Academic Workshop
STUDY 101
Iram Khan
Learning Strategist
Agenda
- Getting Started: Time & Task Management
- Keys to Academic Success:
(1) Critical Reading & Writing
(2) Effective Studying
(3) Test Prep & Performance
Time and Task Management I
● 1. Scheduling: 4 month/term calendar; weekly
calendar
● 2. Prioritization: What am I scheduling? How am I
scheduling?
● Dump out everything that you feel you need
or have to do; dump out everything you feel
you would like to do or would enjoy doing
● Sift priorities…
●Try dumping and sifting for the week…
Time and Task Management II
● 3. Manage Interruptions: Ask yourself, is this
interruption an immediate task? Can it wait?
Does it help me reach my priorities?
● 4. Procrastination: recognize and figure-out WHY
● 5. Goal-Setting: Re-assess and revise to be
realistic
Introduction to
Critical Reading
Reading to acquire knowledge
• Reading to increase
understanding
• Reading to critically analyze
information
• Reading skills
• Finding articles
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Critical Reading Strategy: SQ3R
• Survey – using objectives, topic sentences,
visual cues
• Question – based on objectives, topic
sentences, summaries, visual cues
• Read – to answer (and ask more) questions
• Recite – and write
• Review – in different ways (using effective
study techniques!)
Introduction to
The Writing Process
• Pre-writing
• Outlining or planning
• Drafting
• Writing mechanics
• Revising and editing
• Citation
The Writing Process Strategy:
Free-Writing
Write your topic at the top of the page
Start writing; write as quickly as you can
Write down everything that comes to mind
Keep writing, do not go back, do not
correct or cross anything out
• Build your stamina!
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Introduction to
Effective Study Techniques
• Memory – flash cards, mnemonics etc.
• Self-test – practice questions, online quizzes
• Content support –
tutoring, TA, professor
• Visual Organizers –
charts, diagrams, mind maps
Effective Study Techniques
Strategy: Concept Maps
Test Performance
Strategy I: Types of Questions
• Multiple Choice: answer before checking
choices; mark possible answers; test answers
• Essay Questions: be clear on what is being
asked (analyze? contrast? discuss? prove?);
use a rough outline; make a clear point
(thesis? organizing statement?); be conscious
of weighting
Test Performance
Strategy II: BRAVO
• Breathe – and have a pre-test routine
• Review – and plan before writing
• Answer – after actively reading the question
• Verify – that you followed instructions
• Oversee – and remember, this isn’t your last
test!
Contact Information
Iram Khan
iram.khan@ryerson.ca
Faculty of Community Services
Academic Support and Resource Centre
fcs.support@ryerson.ca
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