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Setting the Scene

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Motivation Environment Organisation Distractions

Setting the Scene

* What study can bring * Intelligence can be developed

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Setting the Scene

* Difficult to Learn When Stressed!

* Mindfulness App “Stop, Breathe, Think”

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Setting the Scene

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Setting the Scene

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Setting the Scene

Setting the Scene

* 40 minute blocks max =20m (30secs) 20m

* 40-2-40-10 * 40-2-40 Big Break

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Setting the Scene

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Setting the Scene

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Setting the Scene

* Outside the Room * On Silent * Check When on Break * Blue Light * Blue Light Filter (Android) * Opera Mini (iOS) *  * Flux (Mac/PC)

Setting the Scene

Setting the Scene

Options

* Remove internet access – includes phones!

* Download a Facebook site blocker (e.g. FB Limiter) or heavier duty parental controls (e.g. Net Nanny)

Setting the Scene

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Memory

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Forgetting & Revision

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The Brain – Paths, Senses, Imagination

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Picture & Memory Stories

Memory

Memory Learning What % During/After lost after 24 hours

Memory

Memory During/After Learning

Memory

* 80% loss in 24 hours! * Revision Diary

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Memory

2 mins – 2 mins – 2 mins – 2 mins – 2 mins

1 min - 1 min - 1 min - 1 min - 1 min

1 min - 1 min - 1 min - 1 min - 1 min

* Learning makes

Memory

paths in the brain

* Paths can break * Repeating

strengthens the paths

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Memory

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Memory

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Memory

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Memory

* Asking and Answering Questions * Flashcards * Quizlet * Technology – YouTube, Apps * Book Publishers – Gill and McMillan, Edco, Folens.

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Memory

* Asking and Answering Questions * Flashcards

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Setting the Scene

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Notetaking

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Smart Study

Smart Study

dy Method

Lightning Read

Get Ready

Much How Long

Smart Study

Smart Study

Notetaking

* See the Big Picture!

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Notetaking

Notetaking

Notetaking

Smart Study

Notetaking

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Headings – Graphic Notes – Keywords

Notetaking

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Notetaking

Variety

Overall Effect Practice

Story teller

Reading

Fiction

Topics

Sample Answers

Generall Background

Poetry

English – Junior Certificate

Poems

Practice

Personal Writing

Spelling and Grammar

Comparison

Phrases Letters

Plays

Drama

Functional Writing Advertising

Media Studies Film Newspaper Vocabulary

Others

Notetaking

Notetaking

Notetaking

* Mindmap on a section of your course

* Page on its side (landscape) * Write on the lines * Colour each branch differently * Use pictures * Words/Short Phrases

Notetaking

Notetaking

* Triggers other

thoughts and details

* More memorable

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Notetaking

* After the latest research has

been analysed it has been determined that eating chips increases the risk of heart disease by 15%

* Chips - disease +15%

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Notetaking

* Ask Questions * Similarities and Differences? * Flashcards * Technology – YouTube, Apps * Book Publishers – Gill and McMillan, Edco, Folens.

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Smart Study

Memory

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The Brain –Senses, Imagination

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Picture & Memory Stories

Memory

My Very Entertaining Mother Just Showed Us Nine Planets

Memory

Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain

Memory

Never Eat Shredded Wheat

Memory

Memory

* Senses stored in

different parts of the brain

* More places stored = more memorable

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Memory

Memory

* We think mainly in pictures * Crazy, funny pictures = more memorable

* Especially in notes

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* Imagined = almost

Memory

real to the brain

* What would you

see/hear/feel/touch in a poem – historical event etc.

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Memory

Memory

* English Ruled * Appointed Governors and Imposed Taxes * Boston Tea Party * Battle – Bunker Hill * Battle of Lexington in Concorde

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Memory

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Notetaking

*  Know the question from the answer Know terms – Compare vs Contrast Have answering exam questions as focus near exams

Reading

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Reading

Reading

* Lightning Read * Read Starts and Ends

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Reading

* Attention Wanders

* Eyes Skip Back

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Reading

* Use a Pointer

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Reading

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Notetaking

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Notetaking

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Smart Study

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The Smart Study Method

Smart Study

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Notetaking

* Summarise each chapter onto a page * DO YOUR SUMMARY AS YOU DO YOUR HOMEWORK !!

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Setting the Scene

Smart Study

Memory

Reading

Notetaking

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*  Key Principles

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Setting the Scene

Smart Study

Memory

Reading

Notetaking

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* We think and learn in pictures * Memorable – exaggerate, crazy * Senses

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* Materials * Calendar * Folder * Revision Diary

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* Time Spent vs.

* Amount Achieved

* Routine

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* Kaarst * Clint * Grike * Swallow Hole * Permeable Rock * Stalactites * Stalagmites

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* Kaarst – Car * Clint – Clint Eastwood * Grike – Greek on a bike * Swallow Hole * Permeable Rock – a perm * Stalactites – pair of tights * Stalagmites – mites (small insects)

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* Lightning Read * Brainstorm * Have a Goal * Read Starts and Ends

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* Desk * Quiet Area * Lighting * Ear Plugs?

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* Vacuole * Chloroplast * Nucleus * Membrane * Cytoplasm

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