Spring 2010                   Study Skills --J. Roth     Tentative Calendar       5/06/2010

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WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

5 April Course Introduction and Syllabus

6 Introduction to the Web

 

Introductions

(Something that would surprise us if we knew it about you)

7 Introduction to Effective Reading,

 

Please have read pp. 7-10 in the Buff Packet

 

Perhaps a pop quiz

 

Introductions

(Something that would surprise us if we knew it about you)

8 Continue Introduction to Effective Reading,

 

Please have read pp. 7-10 in the Buff Packet

 

Introductions

(Something that would surprise us if we knew it about you)

 

9 Computer Lab 1220-G—please meet me in the computer lab for a brief orientation

12 Peach Book Day—please bring your Peach Book and your Study Skills Packet to class.

 

Introductions

(Something that would surprise us if we knew it about you)

 

Assign the Learning Styles Questionnaire, pp. 84-92 in our packet

13 Goal Setting

 

Introductions

(Something that would surprise us if we knew it about you)

 

Bring your completed Learning Styles Questionnaire, (pp. 84-92 in our packet) to the beginning of class

Assign Learning Styles Inventory Writing Assignment, p. 99 in the Buff Packet

 

 

14 Please have read The Curve of Forgetting, pp. 15-18 in the Buff Packet

 

Beware the Pop Quiz -)

 

 

Explain the Scavenger Hunt

 

Anxiety Vulnerability Questionnaire

 

Test Anxiety Questionnaire

 

Test Taking Diary

 

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More on the The Curve of Forgetting, pp. 15-18 in the Buff Packet

 

Assign Course Chart activity, p. 100 in the Buff Packet

 

 

16 Computer Lab 1220-G open for your use—also time to complete the Course Chart activity, p. 100 in the Buff Packet

 

 

19 Peach Book Day—please bring your Peach Book and your Study Skills Packet to class.

 

 

 

20 Test-Taking, 69-72—Objective Tests, pp. 75-77

 

Goals Due

 

Course Chart activity due, p. 100 in the Buff Packet

 

21  Test-Taking, 69-72—Objective Tests, pp. 75-77

 

 

22 How Knowledge Grows

 

Learning Styles Inventory Writing Assignment due at the beginning of class

 

23 Computer Lab 1220-G open for your use

 

Work on Web Assignment #2—Help with Math Anxiety

 

English Department Retreat

26 Peach Book Day—please bring your Peach Book and your Study Skills Packet to class.

 

DUE: Web Assignment #2—Help with Math Anxiety—10 points

 

27 Meet in the SCC Library—Day One

 

28 Meet in the SCC Library—Day Two

 

29 Assign Research Summary Project

 

 

 

30 Computer Lab 1220-G open for your use.  Suggested: Work on your research summary

 

 

   May 2010                            Study Skills --J. Roth             Tentative Calendar      

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3 Introduction to Taking Classroom Notes—pp. 19-25 in the Buff Packet

4 Communication Conference in the Lair

5 Please work individually on locating and selecting a topic for your research summary

 

Scavenger Hunt

(opportunity extended to Friday, May 7)

 

Library Media Center, computer labs, home

 

6 More on Taking Classroom Notes—pp. 19-25 in the Buff Packet

 

Mid-Quarter To-Do List

7 Computer Lab 1220-G—work on web assignments and research summary

10 Peach Book Day—please bring your Peach Book and your Study Skills Packet to class.

 

Research Summary Topic ONLY due at the beginning of class

11 Practice Note-taking—20 points possible

 

Taking Classroom Notes—pp. 19-33 in the Buff Packet

12 How to Use Your Textbook

 

Please have read pp. 34-40—Textbook Skills

 

50 point quiz on Taking Classroom Notes, pp. 19-33 of our Course Packet

13 Continue How to Use Your Textbook

 

Please have read pp. 34-40—Textbook Skills

14 Computer Lab 1220-G—work on web assignments and research summary

17 Peach Book Day—please bring your Peach Book and your Study Skills Packet to class.

 

 

 

18 More practice on How to Use Your Textbook

 

Please have read pp. 34-40—Textbook Skills

 

 

 

 

19 Begin How to Use Your Memory chapter

 

Please have read Memory Training, pp. 55-59 in our Course Packet

 

 

 

50 point quiz on Textbook Skills, pp. 34-40 of our Course Packet

20  How to Use Your Memory

 

Please have read Memory Training, pp. 64-66 in our Course Packet

 

How to Use Your Memory practice, pp. 61-63 and pp. 67-68

 

 

 

 

Test and Quiz Diary Reflections

 

21 Computer Lab 1220-G—work on web assignments and research summary

 

24 Peach Book Day—please bring your Peach Book and your Study Skills Packet to class.

 

 

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28 Computer Lab 1220-G—work on web assignments and research summary