Study Strategies

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1. Study  Strategies  for  Art  History  
   

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2. Exam  Format  
   Good  to  Know…  
    Midterm  Exam  Date:  
   Thursday  March  21st    
    Finals  Week:  May  
   13th-­‐17th    
    You  should  do  a  liIle  
   studying  each  week.  
    SecKons  I  and  II  are  
   pulled  from  your  daily  
   monument  list.  
    
   Exam  Format  
     SecKon  I:  Slide  IDs  (10)  
    Ar#st/Architect  
    Title  
    Culture/Stylis#c  Period  
    Cultural  Significance  
     SecKon  II:  Chronology    (3)  
    Place  Slides  in  Proper  
    Chronological  Order.  
     SecKon  III:  Essay  (2)  
   Essays  are  formed  from  
   your  criKcal  thinking  
   quesKons.  
   

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3. Welcome  to  Art  History  Survey  I  
   Reading  
   Textbook  pages  relevant  to  
   the  lecture.  
    
   Range  
   This  is  the  date  range  of  the  
   lecture.  
    
   Terms/Concepts  
   These  are  terms  or  ideas  
   you  should  know  or  may  
   need  to  know  how  to  spell.  
   Monument  List  
   These  are  the  monuments  
   from  lecture  you  will  need  
   to  know  for  the  exam.  
   Sample  Lecture  Page  
   

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4. CriKcal  Thinking  QuesKons  
   At  the  end  of  every  lecture,  I  will  present  to  you  
   4-­‐5  quesKons  to  guide  your  navigaKon  of  the  
   material.  
    
   They  are  usually  quesKons  that  have  already  
   been  answered  in  during  the  lecture.  
    
   These  quesKons  will  be  used  to  write  your  essay  
   quesKons  for  both  exams.  
   Sample  Lecture  Page  
   

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5. Timeline  
   •  March  4th:    I  will  be  releasing  the  study  guide  
   with  your  final  monument  list  and  your  five  
   potenKal  essay  themes.  
   •  March  21st:  The  Midterm  
   

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6. WHAT  KIND  OF  LEARNER  ARE  YOU?  
   Not  everyone  absorbs  informaKon  in  the  same  way,  so  you  should  adopt  
   a  learning  strategy  that  suits  your  strengths  and  helps  you  overcome  
   your  weaknesses.  
   

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7. Ask  yourself  these  quesKons…  
    What  was  my  most  effecKve  experience  studying  
   experience  I  have  ever  had?    What  was  the  least?  
    What  are  some  of  the  things  I  can’t  forget,  no  
   maIer  how  hard  I  try?    Why  is  that?  
    Do  I  understand  things  beIer  by  talking  them  out  
   with  someone?  
    Do  I  remember  the    things  I  write  down  and  
   forget  the  things  I  don’t?  
    If  I  see  a  chart  or  a  diagram,  does  it  help  me  
   understand  complex  ideas  much  more  
   thoroughly.  
    Does  actually  doing  things  helps  me  understand  
   ideas?  
   

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8. Learning  Styles  
    Aural:    If  I  hear  it,  I  can  recall  it.  
    Visual:    If  I  see  it,  I  know  it.  
    ExperienKal:  If  I  do  it,  I  understand  it.  
    Social:    I  find  groups  energizing  and  helpful.  
    Individual:  I  find  groups  to  be  distracKng.  
   You  might  strongly  idenKfy  with  one  of  these  
   learning  styles  or  a  combinaKon  of  them.  
   

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9. For  more  about  learning  styles…  
    hIp://people.usd.edu/~bwjames/tut/
   learning-­‐style/stylest.html  
    hIp://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/LSI/
   LSI.htm  
    hIp://www.engr.ncsu.edu/learningstyles/
   ilsweb.html  
    hIp://www.ldpride.net/learning-­‐style-­‐
   test.html  
   

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10. STUDYING  IMAGES  
    Because  this  is  an  art  history  class,  it  is  important  to  be  able  to  idenKfy  
    the  images  you  have  seen  in  class  and  be  able  to  place  them  in  a  rough  
    chronology.  
    

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11. Flashcards  
    •  Flashcards,  Flashcards,  Flashcards.    
    – This  is  the  most  efficient  strategy  to  connect  the  
    concepts/informaKon  to  the  artwork  as  well  as  
    compare  the  concepts  to  each  other.  
    – Flashcards  don’t  need  to  be  the  old-­‐fashioned  
    index  cards.    You  can  use  power  point,  iphone  
    apps,  spread  sheets,  etc.  
    – Use  your  flashcards  effecKvely:    Group  or  order  
    cards  by  chronology,  culture,  or  whatever  you  
    need  to  focus  on.  
     
    

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12. OpKons  
    Power  Point  
    Online  Flashcards  
    Paper  
    Iphone  apps  
    

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13. Tips  on  Chronology  
     Sort  your  images  into  groups.    If  you  memorize  
    images  as  parts  of  groups,  you  can  get  a  beIer  
    sense  of  a  general  chronology.  
     Rely  on  what  you  know  about  the  culture  of  that  
    object.  
     Do  not  bother  remember  exact  dates  for  the  
    prehistoric  objects.    Narrow  it  down  to  the  
    millennium.  
     Order  all  of  your  images  chronologically  when  
    you  are  studying  for  your  slide  Ids.    Studying  for  
    one  secKon  of  the  exam  should  help  you  with  the  
    other.  
    

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14. MASTERING  CONCEPTS  
    In  studying  the  essay  porKon  of  the  exam,  it  is  vital  that  you  understand  
    the  major  themes  of  the  material  from  the  reading  and  the  lectures.    The  
    following  are  a  variety  of  strategies.  
    

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15. General  Essay  Tips  
     Pay  careful  aIenKon  to  what  is  asked.    Half  of  a  
    successful  essay  answering  the  quesKon  that  is  
    asked.  
     Think  of  visual  examples  that  would  help  you  
    answer  or  explain  each  quesKon.  
     Take  a  couple  minutes  to  think  about  what  you  
    would  like  to  say.    Write  an  outline  or  a  list  of  
    ideas  if  you  need  to.  
     Be  as  specific  and  detailed  as  you  can  when  
    talking  about  your  examples  (i.e.  the  art).  
    

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16. Mind  Maps  and  Flow  Charts  
    

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17. Tell  it  as  a  story  
     Some  people  remember  stories  and  prose  
    beIer  than  they  remember  uncontextualized  
    facts.  
     If  this  is  the  case,  you  may  want  to  think  of  
    each  image  as  having  a  story.  
     Whether  you  write  this  story  down  or  just  tell  
    it  to  yourself,  you  may  find  you  retain  the  
    informaKon  beIer  than  you  would  stand  
    alone  facts.  
    

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18. Mnemonic  Devices    
     If  you  are  the  kind  of  person,  who  remembers  
    song  lyrics    or  poems  easily  you  might  like  
    using  mnemonic  devices.  
     Try  rhyming  difficult  to  remember  terms,  
    names  or  places  with  familiar  words  to  aid  
    your  memory.      
     AlliteraKon  works,  too!  
     Try  to  think  of  the  material  in  terms  of  what  
    you  like,  understand  and  remember.  
    

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19. Study  Group  Tips  
     Decide  quickly  how  you  would  like  to  study    the  
    material.  
     Divide  the  criKcal  thinking  quesKons  among  the  
    group  members.    Each  group  member  is  
    responsible  for  “teaching”  their  quesKons  to  the  
    rest  of  the  group.  
     Find  a  note  buddy  to  help  you  fill  in  the  blanks  
    you  might  have.  
     Call  a  friend  to  “talk  out”  complicated  ideas.    
    Your  friend  doesn’t  even  need  to  be  in  the  class.  
    

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