Study skills - Chapter 3

Question 1

What is a strategy?

Answer 1

Plans or methods to achieve a goal.

Question 2

What are styles?

Answer 2

Particular ways of doing things.

Question 3

What is an assessment?

Answer 3

An evaluation or test to determine your knowledge of a subject.

Question 4

What are formal assessments?

Answer 4

Tasks, tests and exams for marks.

Question 5

List 10 study methods.

Answer 5

Flashcards, mind maps, mnemonics, summaries, tables, talk and listen, move about, be colourful, study to music and rhythm, role-play.

Question 6

What are flashcards?

Answer 6

Flashcards are small cards or pieces of paper on which you write key points and short bits of information.

Question 7

What are mind maps?

Answer 7

They link information together in a logical way using flow diagrams and key terms.

Question 8

What is a mnemonic?

Answer 8

A word, a sentence or a song that helps you to remember something.

Question 9

What is a summary?

Answer 9

A shortened version of your work that includes the main ideas and key words of the work.

Question 10

How does talk and listen work?

Answer 10

You read your notes out loud to yourself and listen to what you are saying.

Question 11

How does move about work?

Answer 11

You walk around while you are reading or repeating your material.

Question 12

How do you study with music?

Answer 12

Playing soft music in the background while you study.

Question 13

Name 3 key elements of studying successfully.

Answer 13

1. Having a study plan.
2. Having a quiet study place.
3. Having your study materials organised.

Question 14

What is a visual learner?

Answer 14

Someone who learns best through pictures, maps and colours as well as visualising how things work and are connected.

Question 15

What is a musical learner?

Answer 15

Someone who uses sound, rhythm and music to memorise information.

Question 16

What is a kinaesthetic learner?

Answer 16

Someone who needs to move around while studying in order to memorise information.

Question 17

What is a verbal learner?

Answer 17

Someone who needs to read, write and speak to memorise information.

Question 18

What is a logical mathematical learner?

Answer 18

Someone who sees patterns and connections easily. They work through problems in a systematic way.

Question 19

What is an interpersonal social learner?

Answer 19

Someone who needs to study in a group with other people.

Question 20

What is an intrapersonal learner?

Answer 20

Someone who works on their own while studying. They need quiet and privacy to study.

Question 21

What are the 3 main steps to writing an exam?

Answer 21

1. Read the question carefully.
2. Plan the response.
3. Answer the question.

Question 22

What is a school based assessment?

Answer 22

All formal assessment, including exams, conducted by the school throughout the year on a continuous basis.

Question 23

What is higher education?

Answer 23

Education after grade 12.

Question 24

What does HEI stand for?

Answer 24

Higher Education Institution, such as a university or college.

Question 25

Why is it important to obtain your NSC (matric).

Answer 25

It allows you study at a HEI.
It allows you to obtain bursaries.
It allows you to apply for a job.