Study Smart – Use Powerful Strategies to Remember, Understand and Apply

Study Smart – Use Powerful Strategies to Remember, Understand and Apply

Plan-Monitor-Evaluate Connection

In this chapter, you will be focusing on strategies to master important course concepts. You will do this by active learning that promotes deep engagement with course material.  This chapter focuses on the second part of the planning cycle, where you answer the question “How will I learn this material”?  As you use these strategies, you will also monitor how well you are learning, by actively assessing how well you can answer self-testing questions about the material you are learning.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this chapter, you will be able to:

  • Choose strategies for active learning.
  • Try new memory strategies to effectively retain important course concepts.
  • Effectively master course content by using questioning strategies.

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