Some second year students are saying if I don't get into a study group I'll never make it out of nursing school, but I've found that I do best without study groups, the two times I tried studying with study groups I received my two lowest grades.
My technique is to make flash cards and study them along with the provided powerpoints and I maintained a B average in first semester nursing.
Do you guys believe a study group is essential? Helpful? Useless?
Okay, I'll be an advocate for study groups. They work for me, but not for everyone. I also study on my own, but it helps me to talk about what we have learned. Plus, it gives us a set time weekly to come together and focus on the subject. I have the same set of three people I have studied with since quarter one, and we will be starting quarter six in January.
I also tutor and have found it very useful to have students take a CAPSOL test to determine how they learn. This has helped my tutees determine what works best for them, and it helps me as a tutor. For instance I tutor a small group, 3 people, and one student hardly speaks up while the other two constantly have questions. I know that she is an auditory learner and by simply listening she is learning the material. Another is a kinesthetic learner so we do lots of hands on and diagraming for her.
The important thing is to find out what works best for you and do it. Don't try to change just because it works for someone else.
No study groups here. I am way to independant and have my own system that I have to follow for my own sake. I have friends and we will call each other if one of us is hung up on something and that has been helpful...but we all know that we would get NOWHERE if we were all together in the same room!
Okay, I'll be an advocate for study groups. They work for me, but not for everyone. I also study on my own, but it helps me to talk about what we have learned. Plus, it gives us a set time weekly to come together and focus on the subject. I have the same set of three people I have studied with since quarter one, and we will be starting quarter six in January.
I also tutor and have found it very useful to have students take a CAPSOL test to determine how they learn. This has helped my tutees determine what works best for them, and it helps me as a tutor. For instance I tutor a small group, 3 people, and one student hardly speaks up while the other two constantly have questions. I know that she is an auditory learner and by simply listening she is learning the material. Another is a kinesthetic learner so we do lots of hands on and diagraming for her.
The important thing is to find out what works best for you and do it. Don't try to change just because it works for someone else.
Good luck!
You learn 10% of what you read, 20% of what you hear, 30% of what you see, 50% of what u see and hear, 70% of what you discuss, 80% of what you experience and 95% of what you teach (Gasser) so im guessing u must have an A since u are teaching them.
You learn 10% of what you read, 20% of what you hear, 30% of what you see, 50% of what u see and hear, 70% of what you discuss, 80% of what you experience and 95% of what you teach (Gasser) so im guessing u must have an A since u are teaching them.
You made me smile:rotfl: As a matter of fact I do carry a respectable GPA. As I said, find out what works and stick with it.
I do agree that when you teach something you remember it. If I say things out loud (yes as in talking to myself:rotfl: ) or explain it to someone I will remember it. But, I am not good at study groups. I will start to socialize instead of studying. And I also found that what I want to study is not always what everyone else wants to study. Anyways, study groups are great but not for me.
Specializes in Medical-Surgical-Ortho-Neuro-Agency.
no study groups here. i am way to independant and have my own system that i have to follow for my own sake. i have friends and we will call each other if one of us is hung up on something and that has been helpful...but we all know that we would get nowhere if we were all together in the same room!
personally i don't believe in study groups either. they are in a way a waste of my time. at my school, there are people who join study groups only to get as much information from other students. those same students don't bring anything to the table. that's why i don't believe in them. i just don't understand how a group of more than 5 people can ever function!!! then, there are some students who perform poorly on exams, and feel that joining a study is their only answer, yet, they continue performing poorly on the exams. need i say more!!!
however, i believe that is only right to do study groups if everyone in the group knows the information to be studied. if that's not the case i would feel lost. i like to study on my own because i know what materials i am good at, and what i need to spend more time on. joining a study group would only take me away from time to perfect my knowledge on the subject. if everyone, in the group is productive, and asking each other questions pertaining to the material, maybe, just maybe then will i find study groups worth my time.
i like to ask others questions, when i don't understand something, or find other resourceful books, for a better understanding. i've performed well without others, and currently at my school, now in the nursing program i find study groups annoying. many of the students are only there to collect information, and it's pretty sad!!! it's suppose to be a two-way thing!!!:yeahthat:
nomatter, how i feel, there are students in the school esp. nur 313 now going to nursing 4 (spring 06, may 2006 graduates), that are very together. i am extremely amazed on how they study amongst each other. that is the only nursing group i would love to join anything of day at bmcc. congrats you guys!!!
unfortunately, my graduating class of december 2006 are so caught up in competing amongst one another. also having their nose stick up in the air!!! no study group for me!!! it's pretty sad that people are still not understanding the concept although they are joining study groups. maybe they need to find other ways of studying, and not relying on others to succeed. oh in this case, digging a big hole to failure!!!:angryfire
My first semester I had a "virtual" study group with 33 members. (Started with 37, but had a few casualties along the way.) Members of my online group support one another by sharing of lecture notes, clinical anecdotes, websites, articles of interest, and most importantly, content objectives.
Our course guide includes content objectives for each lab, learning experience, and lecture. Each member is responsible for answering two or three objectives per exam. There's anywhere from 70-100 objectives that we are expected to know for each exam. Through division of labor, all of the objectives are answered -- and then we just share amongst the group members. It's a team effort, and it works! (I'd put money on it ther there are no more than a half dozen of the remaining 23 class members who prepare written responses to all the objectives.) Those who are habitually late with their work or provide lame responses are removed from the group -- hence the reduction from 37 to 33 members.
There is a core group of 8 members who meet the weekend before the exam to review the material. I moderate the group and keep us on topic. We have become good friends, but stick to the rules. Study group is NOT social hour.
If you really want to learn something well -- READ it, WRITE it, HEAR it, and SPEAK it. I guarantee by the time you've gone through these steps, you'll KNOW it.
btw, most of the members had never been in a study group before, and now they're die hard fans.
Works for me -- AND more than half my graduating class!
Some second year students are saying if I don't get into a study group I'll never make it out of nursing school, but I've found that I do best without study groups, the two times I tried studying with study groups I received my two lowest grades.
My technique is to make flash cards and study them along with the provided powerpoints and I maintained a B average in first semester nursing.
Do you guys believe a study group is essential? Helpful? Useless?
Chris.
Georgia.
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hello! i heard that many times too...but i have never really gotten myself into a study group. i just study (cram, too) alone as i feel less pressured into putting something to the table for others. it is far more comfortable for me both with regard to which subject matter i need to focus on as well as less trouble with different personality quirks...and i'm happy i did just fine (i got an A- in Anatomy I).
but then again, i'd still want to try out doing study groups, or at least have a study partner next term. i think it'll give me more discipline and get to know other students who share my goals. it may be the chance to get that elusive A, too...who knows?
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Okay, I'll be an advocate for study groups. They work for me, but not for everyone. I also study on my own, but it helps me to talk about what we have learned. Plus, it gives us a set time weekly to come together and focus on the subject. I have the same set of three people I have studied with since quarter one, and we will be starting quarter six in January.
I also tutor and have found it very useful to have students take a CAPSOL test to determine how they learn. This has helped my tutees determine what works best for them, and it helps me as a tutor. For instance I tutor a small group, 3 people, and one student hardly speaks up while the other two constantly have questions. I know that she is an auditory learner and by simply listening she is learning the material. Another is a kinesthetic learner so we do lots of hands on and diagraming for her.
The important thing is to find out what works best for you and do it. Don't try to change just because it works for someone else.
Good luck!