| Show More bank for your you r buck I tt t NL N L Thi Campus Reporter Relieving stress and getting Ason As A's Ason Ason on your exams has never been easier Student Services offers free study skill workshops no reservations required September 10 marked the first workshop at the Taylorsville Redwood Campus The first workshop covered the topic of time management In order to be a better student youve you've got to manage your time says Steven Lewis the works workshop op instructor First and foremost get a planning device that you like Recording important dates from your syllabi and back planning prevents future work overload and unnecessary a anxiety Back planning involves putting assignment and exam dates in your calendar first then going backwards For the major project due the last week of class go backwards marking what you need to have done week by That way youre you're not scrambling to finish the day before its it's due Lewis also emphasized distributive practice Most people think studying two to three hours is good when youre you're really just wasting time after that first hour Lewis says Lewis strongly discourages mega sessions especially late at n night or before tomorrows tomorrow's test For those whose attention wanders after just 15 minutes of reading dont don't bulldoze through the rest of the chapter struggling to retain the facts Take a break and then continue Take a break from studying by washing dishes changing your oil or accomplishing other tasks while the information soaks in Taking breaks helps to store the information into your long- long term tem memory faster and easier while making it more resilient to memory loss Spending frequent but smaller amounts of time studying will get you more bank for your buck says Lewis Using flash cards is also a great method as it allows you to study anywhere at any time This builds the repetition necessary for retaining the facts and recalling them quickly and accurately on your next exam German Experimental Psychologist Hermann Ebbinghaus has found that studied material should be reviewed within 48 hours or 80 percent of what was learned will willbe willbe willbe be lost As helpful as this single workshop was Lewis highly encourages attending all seven They all work as one Lewis workshop bop Continued on Study skills workshop Continued from A I 1 said Ive already learned a lot says Danni Hall a first semester college student Hall attended the first session on time management and plans to attend all of the following workshops I think it would be beneficial just to learn if 1 lS there are better ways for studying says Emily Smith also a new college college- attendee As Lewis noted these classes are very beneficial to both new college students and returning students If you missed last Thursdays Thursday's time management workshop another session is being offered on September 16 at the Jordan Campus and September 22 at the South City campus Lean Learning ng and and memory memory J textbook reading classroom note taking study skills stress management and test taking strategies are among the other workshops to follow time management Lewis Lewis' also mentioned that they are in the process of putting all the workshop information on the downloading optional For more information contact Linda Richards at u or L 1 r t Oi i V II I h 11 it o f j |
