1. Study Strategies for Art History

2. What Kind of Learner are you? Not everyone absorbs information in the same way, so you should adopt a learning strategy that suits your strengths and helps you overcome your weaknesses.

4. What are some of the things I can’t forget, no matter how hard I try? Why is that?

5. Do I understand things better by talking them out with someone?

6. Do I remember the things I write down and forget the things I don’t?

7. If I see a chart or a diagram, does it help me understand complex ideas much more thoroughly.

9. Visual: If I see it, I know it.

10. Experiential: If I do it, I understand it.

11. Social: I find groups energizing and helpful.

13. http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/LSI/LSI.htm

14. http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/learningstyles/ilsweb.html

16. Flashcards Flashcards, Flashcards, Flashcards. This is the most efficient strategy to connect the concepts/information to the artwork as well as compare the concepts to each other. Flashcards don’t need to be the old-fashioned index cards. You can use power point, iphone apps, spread sheets, etc. Use your flashcards effectively: Group or order cards by chronology, culture, or whatever you need to focus on.

17. Options Online Flashcards Power Point Iphone apps Paper

19. Rely on what you know about the culture of that object.

20. Do not bother remember exact dates for the prehistoric objects. Narrow it down to the millennium.

23. Think of visual examples that would help you answer or explain each question.

24. Take a couple minutes to think about what you would like to say. Write an outline or a list of ideas if you need to.

27. If this is the case, you may want to think of each image as having a story.

29. Try rhyming difficult to remember terms, names or places with familiar words to aid your memory.

30. Alliteration works, too!

32. Divide the critical thinking questions among the group members. Each group member is responsible for “teaching” their questions to the rest of the group.

33. Find a note buddy to help you fill in the blanks you might have.

34. Call a friend to “talk out” complicated ideas. Your friend doesn’t even need to be in the class.