[nabs-l] Need help Improving my Study Skills

[Carly Mihalakis]

Afternoon, Or, you could record the lecture then, go home and take 
notes thus, experiencing the material twice?
CarAt 11:57 AM 2/19/2015, Lucy Sirianni via nabs-l wrote:
>Hi Roanna,
>
>When I was taking courses, I found it much more effective to take 
>thorough notes in class and then study by re-reading them (as well 
>as of course any assigned texts) rather than listening to 
>recordings.  While I understand that recording lectures is a 
>standard accommodation for blind students, I never did this, as I 
>don't believe that these recordings would have been any more useful 
>for me than for my sighted classmates and as I felt that I'd be best 
>served by using more traditional note-taking and study 
>strategies.  This isn't to say that you shouldn't record lectures if 
>this is useful to you, but my sense is that the active engagement 
>that writing promotes helps most people retain information, so if 
>you're not taking notes in addition to recording, perhaps consider 
>giving that a try?
>
>Hope this helps, and good luck!
>
>Lucy
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Roanna Bacchus via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>Date sent: Thu, 19 Feb 2015 13:40:21 -0500
>Subject: [nabs-l] Need help Improving my Study Skills
>
>Dear Students,
>
>I had an exam on Monday and I did not well on it.  I got a
>fifty-eight out of a one hundred.  I studied the material for
>four days last week and I listened to all of the lectures that I
>recorded in class.  Can you give me some tips to improve my study
>skills for the next one? Thank you for all your assistance in
>this matter.
>
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