Learning styles and Study Skills (3).pptx

A presentation about learning styles and study skills

1. Learning styles and Study Skills

2. Lets find what type of learner are you?

3. LEARNING STYLES Do you know how you learn? The VARK questionnaire Neil Fleming's VARK model is one of the most popular. Fleming introduced an inventory in 1987 that was designed to help students and others learn more about their individual learning preferences https://vark-learn.com/the-vark-questionnaire/

4. Other sites for learning style questionnaires https://www.learningstylequiz.com/ http://www.educationplanner.org/students/self-assessments/learning-styles

5. Lets listen to your exam and time management stories !

6. Study skills Study skills are a set of developed competencies and learning abilities crucial for effective processing and retaining information . These are not innate but learned and developed over time. Studying includes a range of active behaviors like time management, note-taking, active reading, and memorization.

7. Study skills

8. During Lectures Avoid talking to your friends Avoid side thought trips Switch off your mobile phone or any other device Take notes

9. After the lecture Review your notes Summarise your notes in your own words Discuss important points with friends Add any further explanation based on your reading

10. Prioritise Tasks

11. Note Taking- Mind Maps

12. Important Study Skills Time Management Academic Reading skills Academic Writing skills Examination Skills

13. Study Practices Make a Daily Study Schedule To keep up with continual education in your field includes studying on a daily basis. Medical students need to develop their study habits and make those habits a part of everyday life.

14. Memorize With Mnemonics You might remember using mnemonics in grade school for the planetary system or the rainbow . You can use this learning technique for medical school as well. This memorization device can help you recall specific physical and neurological information in a systematic manner.

15. Use Visual Aids Some learners benefit from using visual methods and aids to help solidify concepts. As a med student, you can use visual diagrams or sketches to improve your grasp on your studies. Try recreating the diagrams and notations that you need to focus on to improve your understanding.

16. Listen to Audio lectures While studying in medical school, you can take advantage of the numerous lectures in person or search for audio recordings of lectures. Some students like to listen to recordings of lectures while tending to other activities in everyday life, like working out or sitting in traffic on errands. This approach to studying can help you save a bit of time, depending on your lifestyle and preferred learning methods.

17. Write Out Your Notes While studying medicine, many students benefit from writing out detailed notes or even writing out exact passages from the text. Rather than simply reading the text, you can improve your retention by actively engaging yourself through the act of writing the information out. You can also use written notes to create flashcards for specific terms and definitions or other critical knowledge for your exams.

18. Take Practice Tests While you work on discovering your ideal learning techniques, you can test how effectively you retain information by using practice tests. Consider creating question banks to simulate the testing method for “the boards.” In addition to taking practice tests to gauge your knowledge, you can review incorrect answers and work on retaining the correct information for each question or area of study. You might even take it a step further and review each question and appropriate answer before moving to the next one on your list.

19. Identify Your Ideal Learning Environment Every student has different preferences for the ideal space that helps them learn more effectively. Work toward identifying the environment that works best with your learning style and minimizes the things that distract you.

20. Schedule self care Give yourself time to take a walk, go for a swim, or do anything that lets you take a short break to recharge for the rest of your duties. Another part of self-care can include rewards when you complete certain goals that will help you maintain your motivation. Speaking of motivation, another suggestion you can make use of involves creating a vision board to help you stay on task to reach the goals you set for yourself.

21. Collaborate With a Study Group Consider collaborating with students on a similar career path so you can study together. Let’s look at a few guidelines that will help you form the most effective group possible, including: Selecting students outside of your social group (social chats can distract from the study topic) Limiting groups to four or fewer students Studying with those that have similar goals Splitting study tasks evenly among the group