Study Skills
Sessions I & III:
Organization
Tutorial (Juniors)
18/09/2024
Sessions 1 & 3: Organization
Discussion of multiple intelligences
quiz
Planning/staying on top of things
Communication
Time management (TBC in Session 3)
Tutors please note: Since there is quite a bit of content in Session
1, whatever you do not have time for can be continued in Session 3.
But please make sure you assign the time management exercise to
be discussed in Session 3. Session 2 will focus on studying for
exams.
Important:
Very often the students who
achieve the best academic
results are not necessarily the
smartest students, but the
most organized students.
Organization is the key to
academic success.
Again: Check
your KYUEM
email account
every day! Link
it to your phone.
Multiple Intelligences quiz answers
At the end of the presentation about study
skills during your induction week, you
were asked to complete the following quiz
about multiple intelligences:
[Link]
yourself/multiple-intelligences-quiz/
Please first discuss your answers to these questions with the
person next to you, and then we will discuss them as a group:
1. What are your most prominent intelligences according to the quiz?
Do you agree or disagree? Why?
2. If you disagree with your results, what do you think your correct top
three intelligences are? If you agree with the quiz results, what
other intelligences do you think you possess? (Please see the next
slide.) It’s ok to say you possess all eight.
3. Briefly summarize the studying strategies the quiz recommends for
your intelligences. If you agree that those are your main
intelligences, you think these strategies work well for you? Why or
why not?
4. What other studying strategies have worked well for you in the
past? What studying strategies work better for you—if any—than
the ones recommended by the quiz?
Planning/staying on
top of things
Planning
Step 1:
Download a planning/calendar/organization
app and use it to plan all your activities—
academic and otherwise (see slide 20 for
some possible apps/techniques) or use
whatever planning method works for you.
Step 2:
But…how do you decide what to do first
when it all seems equally important?
Step 3:
Since you most likely will not be able to delegate
your work to anyone else, another version of the
Eisenhower Decision Matrix could be the following:
Important and urgent: Do it now or as soon as
possible.
Urgent: Do it as soon as possible after you have
done what was urgent and important.
Important: Schedule a time to do it. Make sure
you do it before it becomes urgent.
Not important and not urgent: Either forget it
entirely or do it only when you have done
Communication
How to communicate with your teacher/tutor/college
staff (this will also come in handy when you attend
university abroad)
1. The teachers at KYUEM will do everything in their power to help
you succeed. However, you also must take responsibility for
your studies. You must do your work. If you do not do your
part, your teacher will not be able to help you. You must do all
your homework, finish your reading for class on time, and
attend every class on time.
2. However, always ask if you do not understand something or
need help with something. It is always better to ask. Never
think that you are the only one who does not understand
something. If you have questions, chances are others have
questions too.
3. The same is true if you are worried or stressed
out about something. Talk to someone. You are
not alone. You can talk to your teacher, your
tutor, or the school counselor. Do not suffer in
silence.
4. If you have to miss class, you must inform the school
and your teacher as soon as possible and provide the
appropriate documentation.
5. Do not schedule any other appointments during a class
unless it concerns a serious medical issue or another
major problem. If this is the case, let the school and
your teacher know as soon as possible.
6. When using email to communicate with your teachers or college
staff, be formal, polite, and careful with what you say and how
you say it. It is very easy to get carried away and to forget
whom you are addressing. Use proper forms of address. Spell-
check your email. When a teacher or member of the college
staff sends you an email that requires a response, respond as
soon as possible. When you email a teacher or a member of the
college staff, give them time to respond.
7. Take some time to think about what you are going to say before
meeting in person with your teacher or a member of the college
staff. When you are meeting with a teacher or college staff, be
polite and express yourself as clearly as possible. Be on time
for your meeting! Cancel the meeting well ahead of time if you
cannot make it! If you cannot make it at the last minute, email
your teacher as soon as possible and apologize and explain
why you could not make it.
8. When a teacher or member of the college staff agrees to meet
you on a certain date and at a certain time, respond
confirming that you will be there!
9. Realize that your teacher has a specific teaching style in the
same way you have your own learning style. If these styles
conflict, you just need to find ways to make them coincide. That
is the challenge. Be constructive and address the conflict of
styles; do not criticize the person.
Time management
Useful time management apps/techniques:
[Link]
[Link]
For the THIRD Study Skills tutorial session to be held on
13 November, please:
Watch video below about time management. Please note that
this was made for American university undergraduates, so:
When they say “college”, they mean university.
You can ignore the “credit hours” part (at US universities,
different units provide those who complete them with
different numbers of credits).
The “finals” they talk about are the exams at the end of a
semester. So, this will be similar to semester exams, trial
exams, and even your actual CIE exams at KY.
[Link]
Please write down three things you have learned from the
video that you think might help you with your time
management.
For the THIRD Study Skills tutorial session to
be held on 13 November, please also:
Pick one regular school week between the first week
after break and the week starting on 4 November
and fill out the Time Management Worksheet
available on TEAMS. The sooner you pick a week
and fill out the worksheet, the more helpful this
exercise is likely to be.
Please note: Your tutor will of course not be able to
check whether you filled out your worksheet with
what you actually did during this particular week. You
are doing this for yourself. The more conscientiously
you do it, the more helpful it is likely to be.
