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Study Basics Course
Checksheet
A study checksheet is a list of the materials you need to study and the practical demonstrations, drills, exercises, and essays you need to do. They are given in the order that they should be done in. The checksheet is laid out to provide the most optimum path through the subject. Theory is interspersed with practical parts to present the subject in a balanced manner. Please go through the checksheet in the suggested order.
As you go through the checksheet you should write your initials and the date on each item you finish. Some practical items require a check-out from the course instructor or a fellow student and in that case they would initial that point.
The course is intended to be studied in a course room where an instructor is available to guide you through the materials. If there is any part that you need clarified or you wish to discuss the instructor is there for you.
| 1. | Why study? | _________ |
| 2. | Essay: Write down your own personal reasons for studying. | _________ |
| 3. | Pre-requisites to study | _________ |
| 4. | Drill: Pick a book or item from a subject you are interested in. Sit and look at it for 10 minutes without doing anything. Don't read it, just look at it. Notice what happens. | _________ |
| 5. | Myths about retention | _________ |
| 6. | Affinity, Reality, Communication | _________ |
| 7. | Drill: Notice some things you have affinity for, reality about, or good communication with. How well do you understand them? | _________ |
| 8. | Relative Importances | _________ |
| 9. | Drill: Go through the preceding pages about ARC. Note what is basic principles, doingnesses, explanations, examples, opinion, and filler. | _________ |
| 10. | Intelligence | _________ |
| 11. | Drill: Evaluate the datum "In the afternoon we will have light showers and winds up to 25 miles per hour" in terms of differences and similarities. | _________ |
| 12. | Barriers to study | _________ |
| 13. | Check-out: Tell the instructor how the 3 barriers to study are recognized and remedied. | _________ |
| 14. | Mis-understood words | _________ |
| 15. | Drill: Get word-cleared by the instructor on the chapter about mis-understood words. | _________ |
| 16. | Gradients | _________ |
| 17. | Drill: Work out a gradient of steps for studying a subject you chose | _________ |
| 18. | Confusions | _________ |
| 19. | Drill: Outside course, notice something you are confused about. Find or choose a stable datum about it, and then another. Notice what happens. | _________ |
| 20. | Mass | _________ |
| 21. | Essay: Say what the mass is in 5 different subjects. | _________ |
| 22. | Essay: How to recognize lack of mass | _________ |
| 23. | Demonstrations | _________ |
| 24. | Demo: Demonstrate for the instructor what happens when one studies without mass | _________ |
| 25. | Clay demos | _________ |
| 26. | Clay: What happens when one goes past a mis-understood word | _________ |
| 27. | Conceptual understanding | _________ |
| 28. | Essay: 3 things you have conceptual understanding of, and 3 subjects you don't. | _________ |
| 29. | Truth | _________ |
| 30. | Drill: Find something in the course materials so far that you disagree with | _________ |
| 31. | Types of mis-understood words | _________ |
| 32. | Essay: An example of your own of each of the types of mis-understood words | _________ |
| 33. | How to look up words | _________ |
| 34. | Drill: Look up the word "study" in a dictionary. | _________ |
| 35. | Dictionaries | _________ |
| 36. | Drill: Become familiar with the parts of the dictionary you are using. | _________ |
| 37. | Word clearing methods | _________ |
| 38. | W/C: Have the word clearer give you WC4 word clearing on a part of this course. | _________ |
| 39. | Duplication | _________ |
| 40. | The Learning Drill | _________ |
| 41. | Drill: Do the learning drill with another student, both ways. | _________ |
| 42. | Glibness | _________ |
| 43. | Essay:How to recognize a glib student. | _________ |
| 44. | Check-outs | _________ |
| 45. | Drill: Exchange check-outs with another student on the chapter about Check-outs. | _________ |
| 46. | Coaching | _________ |
| 47. | Tape Study | |
| 48. | Demo: Find a tape recorder. Demonstrate to the instructor how you would use it for studying. | _________ |
| 49. | Lectures | _________ |
| 50. | Relaxation and study | _________ |
| 51. | Drill: Sit down in a quiet place with closed eyes, breathe deeply and slowly for 5-10 minutes. Then study a few pages of text of your choice. Write down the results for the instructor. | _________ |
| 52. | Improved study presentation | _________ |
| 53. | Language and meaning | _________ |
| 54. | Undefinable terms | _________ |
| 56. | Drill: Prepare yourself for defining the word "trust" completely for the instructor. Be sure that you can define any of the words in the definition. | _________ |
| 57. | False data | _________ |
| 58. | The pyramid of knowledge | _________ |
| 59. | Essay: The most basic datum you know in your chosen subject, and 3 specific manifestations of it. | _________ |
| 60. | Structuring learning | _________ |
| 61. | Drill: Apply this system to the previous chapter named "How to look up words" | _________ |
| 62. | Outpoints and Pluspoints | _________ |
| 63. | Drill: Take a recent newspaper. Find 5 outpoints and 5 pluspoints on the front page. | _________ |
| 64. | Double-speak | _________ |
| 65. | Drill: Find an example of each type of double-speak in your newspaper. | _________ |
| 66. | Other study techniques | _________ |
| 67. | The importances of study | _________ |
| 68. | Demo: The importances of study | _________ |
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