Create Summary Sheets | Learning Strategies

Create summary sheets for each topic you need to study. The process of creating summary sheets can utilize many powerful learning strategies, including dual coding (using visuals and words) and elaboration (explaining in your own words). Try to create a summary sheet that uses images and words and is organized in a way that makes sense to you. See the Template section below for examples of what this could look like.

Examples:

Summary Sheet Table

Term	Definition	Example/Supporting points
Psychology	Scientific study of behavior, thought, and experience and how they can be affected by physical, mental, social, and environmental factors	7 types of psychology: Learning/Behavioral psychology Child psychology Psychodynamic psychology Humanistic psychology Evolutionary psychology Biological psychology Abnormal Psychology
Scientific Method	A way of learning about the world through collecting observations, developing theories to explain them, and using theories to make predictions	5 basic steps: Make an observation Ask a question Form a hypothesis Make a prediction Test the prediction
Hypothesis	A testable prediction that can be observed and measured	Must be testable, can be proved or rejected through experimentation

Term

Definition

Example/Supporting points

Psychology

Scientific study of behavior, thought, and experience and how they can be affected by physical, mental, social, and environmental factors

7 types of psychology:

Learning/Behavioral psychology
Child psychology
Psychodynamic psychology
Humanistic psychology
Evolutionary psychology
Biological psychology
Abnormal Psychology

Scientific Method

A way of learning about the world through collecting observations, developing theories to explain them, and using theories to make predictions

5 basic steps:

Make an observation
Ask a question
Form a hypothesis
Make a prediction
Test the prediction

Hypothesis

A testable prediction that can be observed and measured

Must be testable, can be proved or rejected through experimentation

Example Summary Sheet Mind Map

map of ideas - linked to each other like a web

Example Summary Sheet Concept Map

Concept map for nursing written in a hierarchical order from top to bottom. Main topic is written inside a box with 3 arrows branching below with "involves" written next to each branch. Each branch leas to a another box with a subtopic.

Source: https://www.xmind.net/m/JfErnS/#

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