First of all, how was your Spring Break everyone? I hope you all had fun in any places you went. I was in NYC for the break and I gotta admit, I've had too much of the fun there! 
The first picture is the page of the glossary for my Astronomy textbook and thankfully for Art History, which is the second picture, my professor posted the terms on blackboard for me to bring it with me for the luctures.
With the two terms familiarized, I learned how I was actually able to listen to and understand the lectures better. This was the Terms and Attend part of my strategy. After the lecture, with well taken notes, I reread them right after class and then at that night, when I was doing my homework. I did not have to carefully Read the given chapters of the textbook. Instead, I speed - read the chapters and I was actually able to understand the materials much quicker and better.
After I finished reading the textbooks, I created the test questions I anticipated in the upcoming test and tried to answer them with going over the textbooks and notes. I have been doing Test questions and I already know how effective it is to my study strategy. This continues to give myself to review the materials, which will shorten my study hours before the tests: with shorter study hours, I can rest more to be well functioned on the test day.
What I realized from this reading strategy was that this could be the strategy in which all different types of strategies we've learned are included. From test prep to note taking, this strategy requires us to do everything for our course which will be a very helpful way for us to prepare for the test in more than one way. I really think TART is a very effective strategy and I recommend you all to give it a try!
Now that we've enjoyed and rested well enough from the Spring Break, let us all get back to our race and finish the rest of the semester in success!! Let's go agents! :D
ADRIEN! you used the same strategy as me. It seems like this strategy fits both of our learning styles. For me, this strategy forced me to learn and review the materials before the lecture and when I went back to my notes after class to re-read it again, I fully understood the materials well. As well, accumulation of possible exam questions will really help towards the actual exam date. I hope you continue using this strategy as it really seems suitable for you! Overall, good job Agent
ReplyDeleteI think TART strategy works best with reading and lecture based courses. Because this strategy focuses on preparing and reading the material before the lecture, it's really easier to understand the concept and terms on lectur day. I think I will be using this strategy more and more for m other courses to make my reading easier.
ReplyDeleteYes I do know the tart strategy and I like it so far. I know that you have a lot of courses that require terms and definitions memorization such as CFS, HOA and U.S history. The tart strategy cannot be any better for you in this sort of situation. I hope to see good results from using this strategy from all the bloggers. Good job!
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, I am very envy of the fact that you have a class that gives out a term paper. I hope that I also have a professor who does that. Too bad that our astronomy professor does not do that. Anyways, I guess that the TART strategy worked for you very well. I also used the TART strategy for me, and it was very effective because you can preview and review the materials. It is good to hear that this strategy helped you in studying two of your classes.
ReplyDeleteYes, I do know TART, and have utilized it as well. It helped me in a lot of ways, from getting prepared for lectures, to reading the materials and writing down some questions that I think will be helpful for the future exam. It is also cool that you have some papers given out by your professors. It seems like a legitimate note to study with. I hope your TART strategy goes out well throughout this semaster, and let's hope that it will save us from these huge reading assignments.
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