I'm waiting for laundry to finish, so will bite on this. In addition to what Marc already said sbout quality of study, I mention QUANTITY of time - 2 to 3 hours per hour lecture. I stress re-writing lecture notes to create their own study guides. I'll give examples on how to do this, but nothing very structured, as there are lots of ways to study. To assist in note taking I try to take a few minutes to tell them what I am going to say (at beginning), and, what I said (at end). There are lots of ways to study .. when I was in college I developed a short-hand system that included a few logic symbols, and a few russian words that were shorter than the english equivalents (I took logic & russian my first year). And that studying should be done with TVs and blackberries off - though some people do well with distraction. When I "study" radio or music creates an optimal level of ambient stimulation that keeps me on track. And I HAVE to have my favorite writing instruments close by - mechanical pencil, highlighter, colored pens. I'm sure the Skinnerians out there will say this is stimulus control over my study behavior. It is nice to also take advantage of the Premack idea and do the tough studying first, making the easier studying a reward.
-------------------------- John W. Kulig Professor of Psychology Plymouth State University Plymouth NH 03264 -------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "michael sylvester" <msylves...@copper.net> To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <tips@acsun.frostburg.edu> Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 11:11:04 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [tips] Student's question. ----- Original Message ----- From: Marc Carter To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 10:16 AM Subject: RE: [tips] Student's question. In advance (distributed rather than massed), in a structured way (rather than isolated, index-card sorts of things), and actively (rather than passively re-reading, write things out, practice what you've learned, and thereby learn what you need to study more of). m Do you advocate overlearning? Michael --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
