1. Study Techniques composed by Daniel Poux, Seattle Central Community College

2. Nine Common Study Techniques - see handout Practice testing – using flashcards to review material Distributed practice – spreading out your study sessions Mnemonics – memory joggers (rhymes, acronyms) Self-explanation – forcing yourself to explain instead of reading Elaborative interrogation – asking yourself “why” as you read Mental imagery – using pictures to help you remember text Re-reading Summarizing Highlighting and underlining

3. Student Activity Rank the study techniques (pass out ranking slips)

4. THE BEST:  Practice testing – using flashcards to review material  Distributed practice – spreading out your study sessions THE REST:  Mnemonics – memory joggers (rhymes, acronyms)  Self-explanation – forcing yourself to explain instead of reading  Elaborative interrogation – asking yourself “why” as you read  Mental imagery – using pictures to help you remember text THE WORST:  Re-reading  Summarizing  Highlighting and underlining

5. Highlighting Interferes with Making Connections

6. Re-reading

7. Summarizing – Pro Tips  Restate ideas of the source in different words and phrases  Do not add your own ideas, opinions or judgment of the arguments  Make it shorter than the source  Ask yourself “So What?”

8. Mental Imagery “Sally Made Harry Eat Onions”

9. English: “I” before “E” except after “C” (believe, receipt) Spanish: this – esto these – estos that – eso those – esos “this and these, keep the t’s, that and those, out it goes” Mnemonics – Rhymes

10. “Jesus Christ Made Seattle Under Protest”

11. Cramming doesn’t work in the long run

12. Vilfredo Pareto Italian engineer, sociologist, economist, political scientist & philosopher 1848 – 1923 Why Distributed Practice Works Better

13. Examples of Distributed Practice

14. Practice Testing Improves Recall