It is
well known that any transition or change, entails a certain amount of stress. Today familiar student
issues pertain primarily to Study Skills. Particular stress points occur at the
beginning and end of the academic year. With a view to augment the study
skills ,focus and absorption capacity of
the Students , a Workshop on Study Skills was conducted on 6th Dec
13 for the Students of standard 6th
and 7th. The Resource Person
was Ms. Fehmida from the NIE Group. She emphasized
and enriched the Students about the three Rs. Read, Review and Recall. She
explicitly explained a number of ways to boost up the memory of the students
and the power to recall.
She suggested using Mnemonics(Memory
aids) as often as possible. She told the Students that If one needs to learn a list of items, one
should use the first letter of each item and string the letters together.
Remembering the string of letters may help one recall the actual items when
taking the test. Use of highlighters was another pointer for the
Students while going through their notes.
If they are colour coded, underlined or highlighted it may help the Student to memorize based on visual stimulation. The
Students were advised to read their
notes aloud or record the reading. The variety of ways one hears the
notes may help the individual to
remember the material. Use of word
association, imaging or drawing ideas to help remember the concepts was another sure shot
method of retention. Breaking up the material into small portions and
use of note cards could be implemented by the Student for
effective absorption capacity.
Ms. Fehmida concluded her workshop by thrusting on a proper health regime. She
said that studying the night before a test certainly doesn’t guarantee that the
student will hold on to the information and remember it during the test. The
most important aspect she brought into the limelight was proper meals , daily
exercise, athletics and most importantly
6 to 8hrs sleep .
It was a very constructive workshop
for the Students, they were furnished with valuable information and learnt the appropriate techniques of studying .
