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Academic Survival At JSU

How to Make the Grades…

Presenters:

Ms Monesa Watts Time Management

Ms LaTonya Robinson Effective Note-Taking

Dr Brenda K Anderson Managing Test Anxiety Mrs F Janelle Hannah-Jefferson

Test-Taking Skills Committee Members: Mrs Carol Cooper

Time Management

Skills

Presenter:

Ms Monesa Watts

Time Management

 Time management is

straightforwardly defined

as the

as the management management of

time in order to make the most out of it.

most out of it.[1] [1]

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_manag ement

effective approach What you really manage is your activity during time, and defining outcomes and physical actions required is the core process required to manage what you do.

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_management

Time Management

 Time - the measured or measurable

period during which an action, process,

or condition exists or continues

 Management - the act or art of managing Management - the act or art of managing

: the conducting or supervising of something (as a business)

 Managing - to handle or direct with a

degree of skill.

 http://www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm

Time Management

Questions?

 What are your goals?

 Does free time really mean free time?

 Do you use a planner?

 Do you procrastinate?

 Are you equipped with Time

Management Tips?

How much time do you have?

 There are 24 hours in a day.

 7 days in a week ( 168 hours).

 365 days in a year

 An extra day during leap year.

 Make a list of everything you have to do.

 Figure out how much time you can devote to each task.

 By analyzing your time, you will know what time of the day you do your best work

 You will discover how much time your wasting with telephone calls, interruptions, or just hanging out with friends

 Make sure you include class and study time.

What are your goals?

 Make your goals specific and concrete.

 Set long-term and short-term goals?

 Set a deadline for your goals.

 Monitor your goals.

 Change goals if needed.

Do you have a schedule?

 Set up your semester calendar

 Review Syllabus for class schedules

 Block all class and lab times

 Highlight exams and project due dates

 Identify routine homework

 Incorporate break time

 Divide study time into 50-minute blocks.

 Use spare time to review.

 Don’t forget to reward yourself when you do something right.

Set Priorities

 Which goals are important to you?

 Which goals are urgent?

 Assignments due at the ends of the semester can be completed in a series of steps and need not be completed immediately.

 It is important to work on one task at a time.

 Plan time to begin the process, i.e visiting the library on several occasions to gather research data for a paper that

is due.

 Try to plan at least two hours of study time to per day to review class notes from your courses and to work on assignments that are due

 Faithfully using your student planner/calendar will help you to prioritize your work

 How can you establish priorities?

 “to-do list” – Cross off each task as you complete them.

Most of the time we struggle

to create a balance between:

 Fulfilling the expectations of others

 Hanging out with friends instead of doing homework or preparing for an exam

 Arriving late or missing class will send a negative message to faculty about what you value

 Constant stress and anxiety of accompany ineffective time management

 An awareness of how you balance your

Ways of overcoming

Procrastination



1 Make the Task Meaningful

 Ask yourself why the task is important to you and what it has

to do with your long-term goal

 2 Take the task apart

 Sometime an assignment can appear to be overwhelming Breaking large assignments into manageable parts will help Set dates to work on each of the pieces

 3 Keep yourself organized

 Having everything you need right at your fingertips will save a lot of time when starting a project.

 4 Be positive

 Avoid speaking negatively about the task and your ability to move toward completion Instead, by positive Tell yourself, “I know that I can finish this work.”

 5 Plan a reward

 Do something for yourself that you would not normally no, but withhold the reward if the task remains incomplete.

 6 Just do it – Complete the task

 The moment you find yourself procrastinating, complete the task; then, you won’t have to think about it anymore.

Time Management Tips

 Write things down.

 Don’t rely on memory

 Prioritize your list

 Plan your week.

 Spend some time at the beginning of each week to plan your schedule.

 Carry a notebook.

 Write down those great ideas and brilliant insights (capture your thoughts).

 Learn to say no.

 Say no to low priority requests.

Food for Thought

 Students who control and monitor their time give themselves the ability to be flexible

 They understand that TIME can be used as an important resource.

Academic Survival at JSU

Effective Note-Taking

Presenter: LaTonya Robinson

October 10, 2007

5 C’s of Note-Taking

Material

Take Charge of Your Lectures

 Commit to Class

 Pre-read material to be

covered before class

 Identify areas that are

difficult to understand

 Arrive to class early and

review notes from the

previous class period

CONCENTRATE and focus on the material!!!

Beware of Distractions

 Talking

 Daydreaming & Doodling

 Worrying

Listen Critically

Connect and Capture Key Ideas

 Identify key words, themes and main points

 Relate Details to the Main Point

 Listen for Clues

 Note when a topic comes up more than once

 Transition words signal the change in topics or new key

points

“In contrast to”

“Let’s move on”

“This will be on the next exam”

“You will see this again”

This one for sure!

Choose the Note-Taking Style

that’s Just Right for You!

Use any strategy that

will help the key ideas stand out to

you!!

Note-Taking Styles

 Outline Method

 The Cornell Method

 Paragraph (Summarizing) Method

 Fishbone Diagram (Listing) Method

The Outline Method

 Use headings and

The Cornell Method

 Divide your notepaper by

drawing a vertical line 2

inches from the left margin.

 On the right side, take your

notes from class.

 On the left side, write

 These will make your work

easier to review later

 Test yourself by identifying

the lecture material on the

right , prompted by your

comments on the left.

The Paragraph Method

 Often works best when a lot

of notes are given in a short

period of time and the

instructor is a fast talker or

the lecture is disorganized.

 Listen critically for

important facts.

 Create your own summary

of what has been presented.

 Write down summary in

your own words.

Did you get that?

No, we’d better summariz e!

The Fishbone Diagram

 The Problem or outcome

is printed in the “head”

of the fish

 Identify the primary

factors and connect as

ribs to the backbone

 Elaborate each rib with

the details related to the

primary factor

Other Note-Taking Tips

 Always date your notes!

 Paraphrase your notes!

 Don’t Erase Mistakes!

 For Lectures with fast talkers, consider

writing in cursive or tape recording.

 Use Abbreviations!

 Be Organized!

 Evaluate your note-taking style strategy

regularly!

Presentation pictures form Multi-media 2007

Surviving Test

Anxiety

Presented by Mrs Carol J Cooper

 in the presence of a difficult or challenging situation,

 when you believe you are inadequate or incapable of meeting the challenge, and,

 you fear the consequence of possible failure

Test Anxiety

 When psyched out and anxiety takes over, you may experience:

 distracting thoughts of failure

 an inability to pick out important cues

 becoming distracted by irrelevant cues

 interpreting the results of physical arousal (muscle tension, heart rate, respiration) as signs of fear

 attempting to avoid or escape the situation

 giving up

Some tips for reducing test anxiety

ADDITIONAL COPING STRATEGIES

 The techniques for dealing with test or performance anxiety can be divided into five basic principles:

 Be healthy

 Be prepared

 Practice the performance

 Regulate your arousal level:

 The day of the test:

 begin your day with a moderate breakfast and avoid coffee,

 try to do something relaxing the hour before the test,

 plan to arrive at the test location early, and

 avoid classmates who generate anxiety.

 During the test:

 tell yourself “I can be anxious later, now is the time to take the exam.”

 focus on answering the question, not on your grade!

 counter negative thoughts with more valid thoughts like, “I don’t have to be perfect.”

 take deep slow breaths and try to maintain a positive attitude.

Remember, it is perfectly natural to experience test anxiety while

in college The main thing is not to let it get out of hand

Anxiety can serve as a motivator that prompts us to work toward our full potential When the focus of our energy turns to the

anxiety rather than the task at hand, then it becomes detrimental

to our efforts

To overcome test anxiety:

develop good study habits,avoid cramming at the last minute,eat a moderate meal before the test, learn to relax,

and STOP those negative thoughts!

Test-Taking Skills

Mrs F Janelle Hannah-JeffersonAcademic Advisor

First & Foremost…

your best, but remember:

putting marks on a piece of paper or on a computer screen.

Planning Your Approach

support resources

Strategies for Various Tests

for almost all tests:

 If an answer comes quickly, go with it!

 If you’re really not sure, come back to it later

have different strategies:

 Objective tests

 Subjective tests

Objective & Subjective Tests

Multiple Choice Strategies

it before you read the choices.

second-guessing yourself.

True-False Strategies

a penalty for guessing.

Fill-in-the-Blank Strategies

asked.

vice versa Don’t assume anything.

consonant word and “an” a vowel word.

Essay Question Strategies

of the essay to support

your thesis statement.

completely answered the question.

Okay, you flunked it!

Now recover your balance.

by one failure.

critically think about

 the causes of the poor performance

 crafting new strategies to improve your situation

results.

Tempted to cheat?

Resist the Impulse

Cheating can have ugly consequences:

self-doubt, dissatisfaction, and guilt

possibly be expelled from the college or university

word and refuse to write letters of recommendation, ruining chances for graduate study or participation in special programs

yourself

Finally, one more time:

The Big Three