Mastering Study Techniques and Life Planning

Identity and Organization

Evaluating Study Techniques

Evaluate the domain level the student has achieved in study techniques.

Life and Career Plan

Promotes self-evaluation of one's life purpose and finding meaning in life.

Life in its Fullness

Begins when one defines what they truly want.

Time

Time is divided into three parts: past, present, and future.

Personal Diagnosis

Is essential to start good life planning.

Abraham H. Maslow

Maslow said psychology shouldn't just cure illness, but also promote self-help. He identified two types of needs: 1. Deficit needs (bodily needs) and 2. Development needs (the more they are satisfied, the greater they become).

Universal Values

Love and justice are universal values.

Decision-Making Criteria

Proposed criteria to guide decision-making: life, love, health, and wealth.

Jean Piaget

Piaget stated that humans think with words, and without words, there is no thought. This raises the question of how animals think.

Love

Love is the care and time devoted to encouraging and supporting someone. It brings fullness, fulfillment, and happiness.

Health

Enjoying a full, happy, and successful life.

Wealth

Wealth encompasses all the resources a person has accumulated to enjoy life.

Abel Cortese

Cortese proposes a method for adequate time management: Plan, Prioritize, Schedule, and Track.

Note-Taking

Key questions for note-taking: What to record? How to record it? Why record it?

Study Techniques

1. Inspection (preview the text to be studied)
2. Reading (ask questions after reading and answer them)
3. Application
4. Repetition (review the learned material)
5. Review (refresh and update known information)

Oral Presentations

Successful oral presentations require: 1. Mastery of the material, 2. Organization of material, 3. Didactic, psychological, and physical techniques, 4. Preparation.

Reading Comprehension Failure

The inability to imagine what is being read leads to not getting the message.

Good Readers

Good readers choose texts of known literary quality, are capable of imagination, and are sensitive to nature.

Inspection

Browsing the text to understand its length and determine if it's worth reading.

Facing the Text

1. Define reading goals and expectations
2. Investigate the characteristics of the work
3. Contrast personal goals with the book's characteristics

Six Indicators for Critical Reading

1. Source
2. How the author presents information
3. Author's purpose
4. Tone
5. Hypothesis or thesis
6. Coherence

Facts vs. Inference

Facts: Information that can be verified through experience.
Inference: Information accepted based on the facts.

Review

A viewpoint that evaluates a subject.

Author's Purposes

1. Inform: Descriptive and fact-based
2. Instruct: The author teaches something
3. Persuade: The author tries to convince the reader of an important issue

Highlights for Reading Aloud

Diction, intensity, attitude, and observing punctuation marks.

Optimizing Text Comprehension

Two basic techniques: Overview and summary table.

Summarization

Abbreviating information without losing its original meaning. Two methods: 1. Shorten original sentences, 2. Use own words without distorting the original idea.

Steps for Summarization

1. Read the text
2. Underline basic ideas and key sentences
3. Elaborate
4. Create a draft
5. Correct the abstract

Rojas Fernandez G

Summary tables can be constructed using diagram formats, columns, or rows.

Syllabic Intensity

Only one syllable of each word is pronounced with greater intensity than the others, called the tonic syllable.

Vowels

Strong vowels: a, e, o. Weak vowels: i, u.

Diphthong

The union of two vowels in a syllable where one is weak and the other is strong, or both are weak.

Luis Fuente of the Court

Diphthongs are divided into three types: increasing, decreasing, and homogeneous.