GSI Workshop: Study Skills

When you learn best by connecting ideas or things with speaking and listening best describes which learning style?

• Auditory

• Kinesthetic

• Visual

• None of these

When you learn best by connecting ideas or things through seeing or observing describes which learning style?

• Auditory

• Kinesthetic

• Visual

• None of the Above

When you learn best by connecting ideas or things by doing, through movement and using a hands-on approach describes which learning style?

• Auditory

• Kinesthetic

• Visual

• None of the above

Which of the items below is an example of an acronym?

• PEMDAS

• Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally

• 1713-555-5555

• Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492

Making a sentence out of letters is an example of what type of mnemonic?

• Acronym

• Acrostic

• Rhyme

• Spelling

If you are taking 12 credit hours, how many hours a week should you be studying?

• 10-12 hours

• 24-36 hours

• 3-4 hours

• an hour

Which item/s below are examples of mnemonics? (select all that apply)

• Chunking

• Acronyms

• Acrostics

• Rhyming

True or False: When color coding, you should use the same colors to signify the same information to avoid any confusion.

• True

• False

Which of the following below is a brain food that increases blood flow and helps boost your focus?

• White chocolate

• Milk Chocolate

• Chocolate Truffle

• Dark Chocolate

True or False: You will most likely forget less than 80% of material learned in class within the first 24 hours if you don't review.

• True

• False