Part 3: Study Syndicate
Section 3
Questions 21-30
Questions 21 and 22
Complete the notes below.
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.
Reasons for having study Syndicates:
A Teaching one another is a good way to learn
B It gives the opportunity to 21 ……………………………
C shared reading means fuller notes
D you can do 22 ……………………………….
Question 23-25
Complete the table below
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/ OR A NUMBER for each answer.
| PLAN FOR STUDY SYNDICATE |
| Date | Geology Topic | Name of Presenter |
| 9th May | 23 ……………………………… | Bob |
| 24 …………………………. | Glaciated areas | Andy |
| 23rd May | Rock formation | Helen and John |
| 25 …………………………… | Volcanoes | John |
Question 26-30
Complete the notes below.
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer
• Presentations should last for 26 …………………………..( plus time for 27 ………………………. and ………………………………….)
• Sources of information
– Bibliography
– Library book
– 28 …………………………….
– 29 ……………………………
• For the presentations, use:
– Overahead projector
– Whiteboard
– 30……………………………………
Key
- Share ideas
- Much deeper research
- Mountain building
- 17th May
- 29th May
- 30-40 minutes
- Question(s) discussion
- Journal
- Internet
- Photo copy
Transcript
Andy: Right then, are we ready? Bob? Helen?
Helen: Uh, yeah.
Andy: And is someone taking notes for John? He’s at a tutorial, isn’t he?
Helen: Yeah, I’ll let you know what we agree.
Andy: Good. Okay, well first thing is, has anyone apart from me actually been in a study syndicate before?
Bob: No. What does it actually involve, Andy?
Andy: Well, the idea is that it’s a way for students to study together without a teacher.
Helen: Oh, yeah, right.
Andy: When I did it last time, I found it helpful because, well, as I said, there’s no teacher, so it means we’re teaching one another. And I found I really learned a lot through having to teach it myself. It seemed a very good way to learn.
Bob: And presumably it gives us the chance to share ideas as well.
Helen: And you get fuller notes if you’re all doing the reading.
Andy: That’s right, and as well as that, because of that really, you can do, you know, much deeper research. So I thought we could try to revise what we’ve done on the geology course, because I know this is the one that most of us are worried about, the geology exam. So, the idea is we all look at a different topic, a different topic from the geology course and then give a presentation and talk about it.
Bob: That’s right.
Andy: I’ve drawn up the framework of a table which might be useful.
Helen: Yeah, I’ve made a copy.
Andy: Oh, thanks.
Study Syndicate Presentation Schedule
Andy: For the first topic, I thought we could maybe do mountain building. Is that all right?
Bob: Yeah, sure. Actually, would you mind if I did that? I’m quite interested in it.
Andy: Right. Right. So is May 9th okay for that?
Helen: Mm-hmm, yeah.
Andy: I’ll just write that down, and it’s Bob for Mountain Building.
Andy: And the following week, it can’t be May 16th because of our tutorial. But what about the 17th?
Bob: Hmm. Okay.
Andy: And what about the next topic? What would be the next priority?
Bob: Well, there’s glaciated areas, but I don’t want to do that.
Helen: Fair enough.
Andy: Actually, I don’t mind having a bash. I did an assignment on them. Glaciated areas, Andy.
Bob: Then we need someone to do rock formation.
Andy: Helen?
Helen: Yeah, okay. And John said he’d like to too, so you can put us both down for that.
Bob: When?
Helen: May 23rd would be best.
Andy: Rock Formation, Helen and John, right.
Andy: That really only leaves one week before the exams. Shall we make it on the 30th?
Helen: I can’t make it, I’m afraid.
Bob: 29th of May, the exams on June 3rd?
Andy: Have to be, OK?
Bob: Any ideas for a topic?
Helen: Uh, John said he wouldn’t mind doing something on volcanoes.
Bob: Great. That’s everyone then.
Presentation Guidelines
Helen: And how long should these presentations be?
Andy: Well, it’s obviously up to us. In my experience, 30 minutes is about enough.
Bob: Mmm, maybe a bit short. I’d have thought 40 minutes would be more like it.
Andy: Well, should we say 30 to 40 minutes?
Helen: Okay, and presumably time for questions.
Bob: And discussion.
Andy: Yes, together they usually take about 20 minutes.
Bob: Where should we get the information from? Is it mainly lecture notes?
Andy: Well, actually I suggest we avoid those because we already have all that information. I think it’s better to go more deeply. We could use the bibliography.
Helen: And anything else we find in the library, any other books.
Bob: Hmm and articles, you know from the journals.
Helen: And then, of course, there’s lots of stuff on the internet.
Andy: Yes, that’s the sort of thing.
Bob: And what about the presentations? Will we just be talking? Presumably, we can’t use slides.
Andy: It’d be a bit difficult, but we can use the OHP. And the whiteboard, of course.
Helen: And we can make photocopies of our notes so everyone can have a copy.
Andy: Yes, great! So is there anything else?