How to make a useful study guide (adopted from: https://www.herzing.edu/blog/how

How to make a useful study guide (adopted from: https://www.herzing.edu/blog/how-create-successful-study-guideLinks to an external site.)
https://www.herzing.edu/blog/how-create-successful-study-guide
Creating a study guide is one of the best ways to prepare for an exam and improve your test results. In fact, a studyLinks to an external site. by Stanford researchers found that applying a strategic approach to studying helped college students improve their exam scores by an average of one-third of a letter grade.
Your study guide is more than just a collection of your notesLinks to an external site. from class. It’s a personal study tool, customized to fit your unique learning style and studying routine
Check out these tips to create a study guide that will give you a deeper, more meaningful understanding of the material on your next examLinks to an external site.. And you will even get points (max 12) for creating your study guide: win-win.
1. Make it personal
One of the biggest benefits of creating your own study guide is that you can tailor it to fit your learning style. Most people fall within five different types of learning styles: visual, auditory, reading/writing and kinesthetic. As a result, two students studying for the same test might have very different study guides.
As an example, reading/writing learners may benefit from creating a more traditional study guide, such as the summary sheet, and repeatedly rewriting the material. Visual learners will benefit more from color-coding and creating concept mapsLinks to an external site. in order to create meaningful connections between key concepts.
Studying for examsLinks to an external site. can seem intimidating, but with the right approach, you can increase your chances of success. Creating a personalized study guide will help you review the information in a way that is most helpful to you and can help you improve your test scores as a result.
Therefore, this assignment will allow varying kinds of study guides. You can submit a summary sheet (see below), a concept Map, an auditory recording, a video etc.
2. Handwrite it – don’t type it (depending on your handwriting ;-))
It may not seem like a big deal, but it’s critical that you handwrite your study guide as opposed to creating it on a computer. While it’s often easier and faster to type something up, writing by hand requires you to slow down and think about the information you are transcribing. This gives you the added benefit of actually absorbing the information you need to study while you are in the process of creating your guide. However, as I need to be able to read your guide to grade it, you may need to type out your study guide or try a transcribe service/option (like rocketbook) unless you have very neat handwriting (I let you be your own judge of that, but be prepared to type it up if requested by me after I review it). In other words: it is not mandatory for this assignment to hand-write it: but it’s in your own best interest. (and typing it up after hand writing it_ will also help you consolidate the information)
3. Start by organizing your notes
You’ll want to organize the information in your study guide in a way that makes sense to you. The most common type of study guide is called a “summary sheet.” To create a summary sheet, you will organize your notes conceptually. (Read this for tips on how to take notes effectively in class: https://www.herzing.edu/blog/improve-your-note-taking-skills-cornell-methodLinks to an external site.)
Step 1: Divide your paper into two columns, with the right column having significantly more space than the left column.
Step 2: On the right side of your paper, list the most important concepts or terms from each chapter or lesson that will be covered on the test. Underneath each item, provide a summary or description. You can also include examples from the text that will help you remember the material.
Step 3: On the left side of your paper, write cue questions that correspond to the information on the right. Then, cover up the right side of the paper and see if you can answer the questions on the left.
Summary Sheet layout example
Questions
Important Concepts
The summary sheet method forces you to review your notes as you transcribe them into your study guide, making it more likely that you’ll remember the information later. By quizzing yourself on the questions in the left column, you can determine which concepts and terms you need to review further.
Note: Your next assignment for this course will be to create multiple choice questions.. so you can get a head start on those using this summary sheet method.
How this will be graded….
– Make sure that your study guide (regardless of the format) covers each chapter/topic that we discussed (up to the due date).
– Highlight/ include at least 5 key concepts (more are welcome of course) from each lecture (Think: everybody should know/understand/ be able to explain this). Lecture=Topic (e.g. each in person (or Zoom) meeting is one lecture/topic and all Edpuzzle videos for one week are one “lecture” /topic). We had/covered 11 topics this far.
Provide enough detail to make your study guide meaningful
Make sure the study guide is “uniquely yours” (i.e. do not copy and paste summary statements from my slides or the textbook, etc. )
There is no rubric for this assignment, but keep in mind that this is meant FOR YOU to help you study and learn. So the time invested in this assignment should correlate to your performance on the exam. (If it didn’t: put more effort in for the second round).