Pat's TART Strategy

For this weeks blog I tried the strategy T.A.R.T which I felt was extremely effective in study for my Earth Science and my History test. I knew that I was a visual learner so I decided to try out the T.A.R.T study technique because I could lay out all my notes and questions in front of me, that I could study and that way I didn’t have to flip through pages and then forget what I just learned. I feel like if I am using this technique in class it will help me stay focus and busy by writing down the notes and then writing out the questions after class for review. I tried this strategy for my Earth Science 105 and my History 101 class. I knew for my history test that I would be responsible for knowing key terms that I would have to identify on the test. So by writing out the questions for the key terms like they do on the test I would be able to do exactly what he asks for on the test when I am studying the terms. For Earth Science the whole test is around 60 or 70 multiple choice questions. So I knew if I was able to connect terms together and answer the questions that I thought would be potential test questions. I felt like this TART strategy was very similar to some of the study technique’s that I have enjoyed learning so far and is very effective. I feel like if I continue to do this technique or the 20 minute test prep, I will improve my grades and not waste time on notes or questions that I don’t think will be on the upcoming tests.