PUTTING YOUR BEST FOOT FORWARD STUDY HACKS
• Explore your subjects and the QUT Real Law community in Blackboard, and the HiQ website.
• Change the playback speed of your lectures to suit • Download Oce35,6 which gives you free access your notetaking style. to the most up-to-date Word, PowerPoint, Excel,• Exam preparation starts in Week 1. Keep your notes OneNote and Outlook programs. up to date! It will make a big dierence in the long run.
• Make a study group with your peers.
• Use the Pomodoro method (25 minutes study, 5 minutes break) because research shows that we learn best in small chunks.
• Sign up to the QUTLS Mentor Program and meet a more experienced law student. • Go to your lectures and tutorials, even if you haven’t prepared. You will still get something out of it.
• When reading textbooks, use the SQ3R method: survey, question, read, recite, review
• But... preparation is power! Glance over your lecture PowerPoint slides on the bus or train when you’re going into uni for that lecture, or just before you open Echo360. Write dot points for your tutorial question responses if you do not have time to write a full response. Everything adds up.
• The human brain is good at remembering the information we handwrite and not so much what we type. You probably won’t be able to handwrite everything you are learning during lectures and tutorials, but try to write down the important concepts that you’ll encounter in exams. • Print out and bind your Study Guides! This is relatively inexpensive at Oceworks or you can use the free binding machines in the QUT Library. • Past students’ notes can be useful when creating exam templates, but ensure that all the content within is up to date!
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