GEN 499 Final Project Review
⫸ Study Skills according to Graham and Robinsons (1984). Answer:
These are specific abilities which students may use alone or in
combination to learn the content of the curriculum on their own.
⫸ Study Skills according Harris and Smith (1986). Answer: Study skills
are those that enable a person to gather information and to organize it in
such a way that requires analysis, interpretation, and evaluation.
⫸ Study skills claims by Klein, Peterson, and Simington (1991).
Answer: Study skills are skills necessary for acquiring critical
information from a variety of texts and media sources for differing
purposes and uses.
⫸ (Study Strategies and Thinking skills) Two methods of Remembering
Information. Answer: Repetition and Mnemonics
⫸ Repetition. Answer: Saying or writing information a number of times
⫸ Mnemonics. Answer: techniques for remembering; Acronyms,
Abbreviations, Pegwords, Keywords, Rhymes, and Graphic Organizers
⫸ Mnemonics: Acronyms. Answer: we chunk information into a more
familiar form by creating a word from the first letters of the to-be-
remembered items
⫸ Study Skills according to Graham and Robinsons (1984). Answer:
These are specific abilities which students may use alone or in
combination to learn the content of the curriculum on their own.
⫸ Study Skills according Harris and Smith (1986). Answer: Study skills
are those that enable a person to gather information and to organize it in
such a way that requires analysis, interpretation, and evaluation.
⫸ Study skills claims by Klein, Peterson, and Simington (1991).
Answer: Study skills are skills necessary for acquiring critical
information from a variety of texts and media sources for differing
purposes and uses.
⫸ (Study Strategies and Thinking skills) Two methods of Remembering
Information. Answer: Repetition and Mnemonics
⫸ Repetition. Answer: Saying or writing information a number of times
⫸ Mnemonics. Answer: techniques for remembering; Acronyms,
Abbreviations, Pegwords, Keywords, Rhymes, and Graphic Organizers
⫸ Mnemonics: Acronyms. Answer: we chunk information into a more
familiar form by creating a word from the first letters of the to-be-
remembered items
