Student Wellness and Study Strategies

SLGs (Supported Learning Groups)

• SLGs are facilitated/guided study sessions in a group setting
• They are drop-in, free, and voluntary
• They're a good way to cover course material and develop study strategies/habits

Today's Agenda

• Introductory Activity
• Activity 1
• Activity 2
• Activity 3
• Closing Activity

Student Wellness Services

• Counselling
• Student Health Services
• Health & Performance Centre (HPC)
• Student Support Network (SSN)
• Wellness Education & Promotion Centre
• Student Accessibility Services (SAS)
• Sexual and Gender Based Violence Support & Education

Study Tips

• Take notes during lectures, either on a laptop or by hand
• Review notes before each class to review the previous lecture
• Go over notes as soon as possible after class, highlighting areas of uncertainty
• Identify knowledge gaps at the end of each lecture
• Ask questions during office hours
• Utilize the discussion board and other SLG members
• Practice with textbook questions and create mock test questions
• Create mind maps to help understand complex concepts
• Paraphrase lecture notes for better understanding
• Review notes throughout the semester, compiling summary pages at the end of each week
• Take advantage of easy marks, like attendance in seminars

Disclaimer

• SLG leaders are not teaching assistants
• Leaders cannot provide answers or predict exam content
• Mistakes may not be caught if the review session is not attended
• The goal of the session is to work through multiple-choice questions as a group, and guide learners through the course content

Accessibility Statement

• Students requiring accommodations should contact their SLG leader or the SLG program ([email protected])

Memory (Additional Questions)

• Definition of Memory: The persistence of learning over time through storage and retrieval of information and skills

• Short-Term Memory Span: 7 +/- 2 chunks of information

• Study Strategies: Re-reading, spaced studying, self-testing, and summarizing notes.

• Types of Long-Term Memory: Explicit (facts and events) and Implicit (skills and procedures)

• Long-Term Memory (LTM): Information held in LTM expands over time.

• Retrieval failure: Forgetting occurs right before an exam due to the absence of a specific cue, context, etc.

Other Concepts (Additional Questions)

• Theory of Mind: Understanding that others have their own thoughts and perspectives.
• Classical Conditioning: Learning through associating two stimuli.
• Agonist: A molecule that fills a receptor site and activates it (like a neurotransmitter)
• Neurotransmitters: Chemical messengers in the brain affecting thoughts and behaviors, like those affected by alcohol's effect on the blood-brain barrier.
• Memory Issues: Forgetting, storage decay, encoding failure, retrieval failures (missing the cue needed to remember.)
• Defense Mechanisms: Strategies used to manage painful or difficult emotions and thoughts. (examples listed in other question responses.)