My Study Help

What?

The study techniques we went over today were:
1) identifying important info
2) taking notes
3) retrieving relevant prior knowledge
4) organizing
5) elaborating
6) summarizing
7) monitoring comprehension

The technique I chose to experiment with as I study chapter 7, is questioning as I go through the chapter so I can better apply the information and hopefully have it stick in my long term memory. Studying information that is unfamiliar to me and having it remain in my memory past test time has always been a challenge. However, after reviewing the studying techniques I realize that I have never used the most effective techniques for studying. I am hoping to see an improvement in my understanding and applying and remembering of what I study this week in Chapter 7.

So What?
I did try to ask myself questions about what I was reading to apply it to myself, and while it was more helpful than not asking myself questions, I did find it difficult to come up with questions to help me apply the information because all of this information is so new to me. I do think this would be a great study help for other topics where I am more familiar but still struggle, such as science or social studies. For this particular subject, I think a better study help would have been for me to summarize after each paragraph of reading to make sure I was retaining and understanding what I was reading or taking notes on what I read.

Now What?

Knowing the different study helps is a wonderful thing. I am so grateful that we went over this information. I learned that previously I have always used the most ineffective method of studying, when left on my own to study. I am grateful to have these other techniques to try and experiment with to better my learning and understanding in the future.