OUTLINE OF THE ADVANCED LEARNING SYSTEMS COURSE

STUDY TECHNIQUES

How to study a textbook – SQ3R method, keywords extraction questioning, summarization.

Essays and Projects – answering the question, preplanning, style, 
                                           substantiation of ideas by proof,
                                           skeleton essay.

Examination Techniques – final revision, reducing anxiety, practice papers, essays, etc.

EFFICIENT READING TECHNIQUES

Vocabulary extension – building vocabulary, prefixes and suffixes, Latin and Greek root words.

Flexible reading – SQ3R, previewing, skimming, cue words, active reading.

Improved retention – interrelating information, questioning, anticipating.

MEMORY

Extracting essential information – keywords, classification of information,
                                                             rejection of superfluous material.

Relating new knowledge to existing information – familiarizing unfamiliar, bridge information.

Association of ideas – interdependence of knowledge, chain reaction, accurate recall.

Mnemonic systems – number-sound system, number-shape system,
                                         classical room system, chain method, the major system.

EFFICIENT LISTENING

Listening Techniques – jotting lecture notes, questioning, anticipating,
                                            cue words, keywords extraction.