The cold is part of the journey

Study Skills - ITC

Introduction

What's in this course, and how should you work through it?

Study Strategy

What's your Study Strategy? What's your goal? (23:30)
Are you studying TOWARDS the exam? (32:20)
What is the PURPOSE of questions? (Spoiler: It's not what you think!) (14:55)
You can't skip Step 1!
Learn to Sit in Uncertainty (24:28)

Study Mindset

Fixed Mindset (27:19)
How does a Fixed Mindset affect your studies? (7:56)
Logic vs Emotion (13:17)
You vs Your Brain (15:22)
'Have' vs 'Build' Answers (13:17)
You vs Study Cowboy (13:33)
Problem Solving vs Problem Matching (1:09)
Knowledge vs Marks (4:00)
Are you a perfectionist? How does this affect your studying?
Studying is like doing pushups - It takes time! (3:06)

Study Habits

Learning is a Journey, not a switch (The stages of learning) (1:13)
Think this, Not that (19:37)
My experience with Think this, Not that (8:55)
Tripwires (5:50)
Triggers Worksheet

Skill 1: Planning your Case Study (Indexing Information for use)

Skill 2: RTFQ! (Reading and Interpreting Tasks)

Skill 3: Basic Mark Conversion (Skills and Knowledge Gap Assessment)

Skill 4: Mark Gathering (Strategic vs Technical Thinking)

Skill 5: Basic Discussion Structure and Communication (Communication Skills)

Skill 6: How to structure your solutions? (Systematic thinking, Planning and Structuring)

Skill 7: Direct; Indirect; Implied (Marking Tool) (Sources of Information)

Direct; Indirect; Implied points - What are these? (12:31)
Example: The Case Study (4:25)
Example: Solution using Direct / Indirect (8:14)
Example: What's the Direct / Indirect Ratio for this question?? (6:41)
What can this tool help you DO for your studying? (10:02)
Example: Case Study & Solution I've used

Skill 8a: How do you fix Application issues?

Skill 8b: How do you fix Communication issues?

Skill 8c: How do you fix Knowledge issues?