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Contents : Contents Taking Notes & keeping Journal 1 Listening Skills 2 Working Together 3 Managing your Time 4 www.treqnauniversity.org
Hot Tips : www.treqnauniversity.org Hot Tips Notes should help you remember what you learned in class.
Notes should also serve as a guide when you try exercises on your own.
Taking Math Notes : Taking Math Notes Make notes on any new concepts and formulas you have just learned.
Write down any concepts your teacher put on the board. You’ll need to know these for a test. www.treqnauniversity.org
Taking Math Notes : Taking Math Notes If your teacher gives you problems to solve, look back over your notes for help.
Note-taking improves your understanding of new topics because it makes you listen carefully and focus on the key details. www.treqnauniversity.org
Keeping a Journal : Keeping a Journal A journal is a good place to record examples as well as fun facts about mathematics, processes and methodologies.
Write about new vocabulary, use symbols with examples, and draw diagrams or illustrations.
Include descriptions or discussions of how mathematics is used in the world around you. www.treqnauniversity.org
Listening Skills : Listening Skills 1 2 Ask a question if you are uncertain about a particular step or part of a solution. 3 Be ready to respond if you are called upon. Listen attentively - Think about what is being said and how the problem is being solved. www.treqnauniversity.org
Study Buddy : Study Buddy Work Together Gain Better
Results Good Work
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Good Work Habits : Good Work Habits Cooperation - The only way a group can cooperate and work together successfully is to use common courtesy and share a common goal.
Everyone in the group should take part in the project and no one should be left out. www.treqnauniversity.org
Good Work Habits : Good Work Habits Responsibility - Success is learning and reaching the goals of the group.
Be responsible for yourself and for the whole group.
Do your assigned task carefully and help others do theirs. www.treqnauniversity.org
Good Work Habits : Good Work Habits Listening - Listen to group members as they explain the methods they used to solve a problem.
For many problems there are alternate solutions. You can learn a lot by listening to others explain their thinking. www.treqnauniversity.org
Good Work Habits : Good Work Habits Give words of encouragement and credit a job well done or a good suggestion.
Feeling efforts are appreciated will increase contributions of team member’s.
Remember to be courteous. www.treqnauniversity.org
Good Work Habits : Good Work Habits Decision Making - The group often must decide what the project will be, when, where, and how to do it.
Be sure to state your points clearly.
Be willing to follow a different but equally good plan as offered by team members. www.treqnauniversity.org
Good Work Habits : Good Work Habits Creativity - Apply what you already know to learn new concepts. Be open-minded about new approaches and strategies.
Look for rules, patterns, and strategies.
Explore and make sense of new ideas as you work together to try to make new connections. www.treqnauniversity.org
Managing Time : Managing Time If you can’t seem to get things done on time (or at all), you might want to practice time management.
This will help you organize both your study time and your free time more efficiently. www.treqnauniversity.org
Managing Time : Managing Time Keeping a Weekly Schedule in your planner helps you organize your assignments and plan for time to complete them.
It allows you to plan ahead and prepare for exams, projects, or other assignments.
Keep this schedule in your time management book or in your training journal. www.treqnauniversity.org
Managing Time : Managing Time Make a Daily List . Write down things you need to do today and must do tomorrow.
Number them in order of importance.
Keep the list in a place where it is easy to check.
Check off items as you complete them. www.treqnauniversity.org
Managing Time : Managing Time Have a Homework Schedule. Set aside a specific time for doing homework assignments.
Allow yourself short breaks between each assignment. www.treqnauniversity.org
Managing Time : Managing Time Set realistic goals and reward yourself for completing tasks.
Do not be too hard on yourself.
Try to learn from goals or tasks that you don’t quite achieve.
Reward yourself for reaching key goals. www.treqnauniversity.org
Managing Time : Managing Time Get It Done . Go over all the directions given you for completing an assignment.
Check your notes to make sure that you know how to accurately complete an assignment. www.treqnauniversity.org
Review : Review Journal Listen Study
Buddy Time www.treqnauniversity.org
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