Study Resources
Retrieval Practice:
Spaced Practice:
Mix it Up:
Flashcard How-to:
- One card, one question
- Actually retrieve
- Study cards in both directions
- Shuffle the deck
- Once a card has been mastered, keep it in the deck a while
Questions to get students talking:
- How do you study?
- Why do you study this way?
- Does it work?
Cornell Note-taking Method
Cues (2 1/2" left hand column):
- Written soon after class
- Anticipated exam questions
- Main idea or people
- Vocabulary words
- Used for review and study
Notes (6" lined section of page):
- Taken during class
- Main points
- Bullet points
- Diagrams/charts
- Abbreviate
- Paraphrase
- Outlines
- Leave space between topics
Summary (bottom 2" of page):
Written after class. Brief summary highlighting the main points in the notes on this page. Used to find info. later.
Retrieve Taking
- Read book, watch a video or listen to a lesson without taking notes (yet!).
- Close the book, video or pause during a lesson to write down what you remember.
- Open the book, continue to watch the video and continue with the lesson.
Tip: do this on notecards or a computer to make reorganizing and adding feedback easier.