Study Habits

Theories

According to the "Handbook of College Reading and Study Strategy Research", note taking skills should be implemented early in school. (Armbuster, 2000)

It has been noted that the more a skill like this is practiced, the better it affects individuals in the long run, because once you get used to being organized and using a technique that suits you, it becomes much easier to catch the important information and study it later more efficiently.

According to the "Handbook of College Reading and Study Strategy Research", note taking elaborates the way you process and encode information within your brain. (Armbuster, 2000)

It is a system that regulates long-term memory and develops your cognitive skills by a continuous state of systematic learning.

Note taking is essential, it is referred nowadays as how you take notes, not if you take notes.

Techniques

VISUAL-SPATIAL INTELLIGENCE

• Take notes using colored markers and highlighters (to mark important text).
• Use visuals when taking notes of what you hear and read - images, shapes, designs - to help you remember.
• Make mental maps. Draw diagrams, graphs and patterns to describe / explain things to yourselF.

Logical-Mathematical Intelligence

• Organize the main points of a lecture or reading using outline form.
• Rank different items of information according to their importance.
• Organize information into different categories to aid memory.

Visual Learners

• Underlining important words in text (clue words). Highlighting words and phrases that you want to remember in a text.
• Watch videos that show how something is done and include it in your notes.

Auditory Learners

• Record lectures, classes, instructions or your own written notes to play back later, perhaps in the car while you are traveling.

Kinesthetic Learners

• When in class, choose a comfortable spot where you have room to spread out your materials and shift body position when you need to.
• Take two-column notes.

BIBLIOGRAPHY
ND. (Febrero 1998). Encourage and teach good study habits. Helping Your Students With Homework: A Guide for Teachers, Tips for Getting Homework Done, 13. Octubre 18, 2015, De Archived Information Base de datos. Sitio web: http://www2.ed.gov/pubs/HelpingStudents/13teach.html
Armbuster, B. B. 2000. Taking notes from lectures. In Handbook of college reading and study strategy research. Edited by R. F. Flippo and D. C. Caverly, 175–199. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

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