ORIENTATION

Master essential study & learning strategies for ultimate exam success!

This course covers; how and why you learn, multiple study skills methods, how to read, take notes and study from books, prioritisation, visual and auditory methods, ensuring you don't miss anything out, how to preempt exam questions as well as a general study approach and a list of apps and web-based systems. This will all combine to produce a system which enables you to learn & recall faster and smarter. The Study Skills Course has the potential to be a powerful model for adult education. It is a challenging and invigorating environment that requires high energy on the part of the teachers and students. The interaction between the students, teachers, and curriculum creates a dynamic learning environment. It is an example of a community of lifelong students working together to achieve success. The importance of education and the student’s ability to pursue it take a front seat in the classroom and extend to other life roles.

In this course, the student will also discover his/her areas of strength and identify weaknesses pertaining to studying. The learner/student will also learn about his/her preferred learning channel, tips to organize studies, and ways to help to remember what is being studied. The skills the student will learn about in this course can be applied in other areas of life as well including that of career, or any activity that requires thought, planning, information processing, and self-discipline. The student will find that once effective study habits have been developed, the effort of studying and learning will become easier.

Instead of working harder, the student will have acquired the art of working smarter.

SYLLABUS

1. Introduction
   1. Baseline/benchmark questions
2. Types of study
   1. To gather information
   2. To learn information
   3. To check to learn
   4. To refresh
   5. To improve learning skills
   6. Main ways to improve learning skills
3. How do we learn?
   1. Visual
   2. Auditory
   3. Kinaesthetic
   4. VAK questionnaire
4. Acrostics, acronyms, analogies & mnemonics
   1. Acrostics
   2. Acronyms
   3. Analogies
   4. Mnemonics
5. Reading skills
   1. Reading materials when studying
   2. Speed reading
   3. The speed reading method
   4. Skim Reading
   5. Scanning
6. Condensing & summarising
   1. Keywords
   2. Tree structure
   3. Spider diagrams
   4. Mind maps
   5. Concept maps
7. Cue methods
8. Note taking
   1. Rewriting your notes method
   2. Skeleton prose
   3. The Cornell note taking system
9. Studying from books
   1. PQRST
   2. SQR
10. Prioritisation
    1. The Traffic light Approach
11. Visual methods
    1. Method of Loci
    2. The Peg / Hook System
12. Auditory methods
    1. Pre-recording checklist
13. Don’t Miss Anything Out
    1. The Black-Red-Green Method
    2. PEE
    3. The Seven Point Scale for Perfect Paragraphs
14. A General Study Strategy
    1. ASPIRE Study Strategy method
15. Apps / web based study aids
    1. General study
    2. Flashcards
    3. Scanning / photographic
    4. Notes
    5. Spidergram / mind maps / thought maps
    6. Reading
    7. Text to speech
    8. Individual subjects
16. Critical Reflective Learning Questions
17. Stop, Start, Continue
18. Summary

DURATION OF THE COURSE

The course could typically be completed within 1 - 3 days depending on the commitment and effort of the student. An online test assessment will be scheduled as soon as the student has communicated his/her readiness to the Online Tutor to take the examination. The pass rate for this course is 60%.

STUDY METHODOLOGY

Students access the prescribed Study Manual as well as the Online Test Assessment by clicking on the link in the left column of the Student Dashboard. Upon completion of the Online Test Assessment, the student will be activated for the next Course.

ONLINE TEST ASSESSMENT

The Online Test Assessment consist of a combination of multiple-choice, true-false as well as assignment-format questions.  

ACADEMIC PROGRESSION

Students who have successfully completed the Certificate in Human Resources Skills (L3Cert.Skill) may progress to the Diploma in Higher Education Access (L3Dip.HEA) in order to access the EduVisa UK Bachelor/Masters Degree Programme or alternatively continue to specialise in the subject matter by registering towards the Professional Diploma in Human Resources Management (L6PDip.Man) (SA) (IQF).

REGISTRATION PROCEDURE

Use the  Pay Online Button  on the Course Portal to be directed to the secure Payment Gateway (PayPal, PayFast, FlyWire) to effect EFT, Debit/Credit Card and Bank/Cash Deposit payments in R, £, ¥, € or $.