Task Management

For our blog this week the topic is to choose a Task management routine that you continue to use but have not discussed in a previous blog. Throughout the semester we have been learning about skills to help us with studying, note-taking, stress, and time. We've learned strategies such as SU/Cornell note-taking, the 20 minute test prep, the 10 minute technique, sources of stress technique, and so many more maybe even to many to name them all. However there are two task management techniques that I have used at various time throughout this year but have never written about in my blog. These are: 1) The post-exam review and 2) Jeopardy Note-Taking technique (although I have talked about it in a previous blog I feel it was such a crucial note-taking tool for me I must talk about it again).

The Post-Exam review strategy is a technique that has been very useful to me throughout the semester in a number of courses. All this strategy does is help you figure out if the strategy you used to study for your previous exam was effective or not. The first thing you do in this strategy is ask yourself a list of questions. These questions are:

This strategy is very useful when it is done right away after you take the test and when your memory is fresh. Once you get your test back you should look over your responses to these questions. 

The Jeopardy Note-Taking technique is a strategy that allows you to take your notes and go back and write questions to test yourself following the notes you've taken in class. Here is an example of the Jeopardy Note-Taking Strategy:

While this is not an incredible example of Jeopardy note-taking strategy it shows that this strategy helps you because; it can help you with the notes and info learned from class/lectures and studying those notes learned by writing questions about the notes on those.