Lecture 01 Tutorial Activity using the PASS strategy

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Lecture 01 Tutorial Activity using the PASS
strategy

• MGT1000 Organisational Behaviour and Management
• Bernadette Lynch

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Session objectives

• By the end of this session you should

• have covered one of this weeks learning
  objectives and
• have some ideas on how to approach the reading
  and study in this course by using the
  PASStrategy

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The PASS strategy

• The PAS Strategy is taken from the LTSU site.
• PASS involves approaching your study in ½ hour
  blocks. The letters PASS stand for
• Plan,
• then Act,
• then Survey your work,
• then take a Short break

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• The four steps of the PASS strategy are as
  follows
• PLAN - Spend 2 minutes planning what you will do
  in this ½ hour
• ACT Spend 25 minutes doing what you planned

• SURVEY Spend 3 minutes surveying or reviewing
  what you have covered
• SHORT BREAK - Then take a short break

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We will now use the pass strategy to cover one of
this weeks learning objectives.
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PASS - Plan

• The first 2 minutes of your half-hour you spend
  deciding on and jotting down your plan - exactly
  what you are going to do or learn in the
  remainder of the half-hour.
• I have decided we will start with module 1

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You ask the following questions in the planning
step

• Am I focussing on something that relates to the
  course assessment?

• Yes this learning objective is tested on the exam

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You ask the following questions in the planning
step

• What action will I take?

• Obviously you will need to read the designated
  section of the text. But what else will you do?
  Take notes? Draw a mind map? Use a highlighter on
  the text? Make margin notes? You need to decide
  this yourself. You might want to talk to the
  person next to you about this.

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You ask the following questions in the planning
step

• What specific part of the course will I aim to
  cover?

• Specifically complete the text reading for the
  learning objective Describe what managers do
  (read pages 4 - 9 of the text)

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You ask the following questions in the planning
step

• Is this achievable?

• Yes, maybe. Some of you will complete this
  reading easily in 20 minutes and some of you will
  not. You will find it will take you longer if
  this is the first time you have read this
  material.

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PASS - Act

• This is when you DO IT!
• You now carry out your planned actions on the
  specific sections of your study material for the
  next 20 minutes (Usually you would spend 25
  minutes, but we have shortened this as this
  activity is occurring in a lecture).

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PASS - Act

• Remember to be actively engaged by highlighting,
  underlining, making notes, tables, or diagrams,
  seeing how these ideas fit with the module
  objectives and other ideas in the subject.

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• Stop reading your time minutes is up

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PASS - Survey

• Spend the final 3 minutes surveying or reviewing
  what you have just done, making some record of
  what you have learned.

• This step is a crucial one in reinforcing what
  you have just covered and making it easier to
  remember.
• Your survey also needs to be an active one.

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PASS Short break

• Now it's time to stop and take a 2-minute break.
  Relax, stretch, get a drink, give yourself a
  small reward. Then begin another effective and
  efficient half-hour!

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PASS Short break

• After two (2) PASS half-hours, take a longer
  break of 5 minutes, after three (3) PASS
  half-hours take a good break of 20 minutes and
  perhaps a change of subject. After five (5) PASS
  half-hours it is probably time to finish study
  until later in the day, or carry over to the next
  day.

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But there is no break for you now. Prepare for a
short quiz.
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Food for Thought after the quiz

• Did the idea of working in ½ hour blocks work for
  you or not?
• Can you usually concentrate for ½ an hour would
  shorter or longer be better?

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Food for Thought after the quiz

• Do you think using this strategy influenced how
  you went on the quiz?
• Do you usually set goals for yourself when you
  study?
• Can you see any benefit in doing this?

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Food for Thought

• Dont get too worried if you did not do too well.
  You still have plenty of time to really study
  this material. The question is Were you as
  efficient and active in your reading as you could
  have been?

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Food for Thought

• How did you do on the quiz?
• How did you find the survey time? Have you ever
  used this before?
• Can you think of a way to improve this strategy?

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Check what you have learned

• Do you have any unanswered questions about the
  course?
• Do you have a reading and study strategy for this
  week?