Understanding Your College Experience, Ch. 5

Become engaged in learning- Skills to apply

A.) work with others B.) Improve your thinking, listening, writing, and speaking skills C.) Functioning independently and teaching yourself. D.) Managing your time. E.) Gaining sensitivity to cultural differences.

Active Learning

learning through engagement and participation in activities such as talking with others, participating in online and in-class discussions, asking questions, studying in groups, solving problems, and going beyond the lecture material and required reading.

Stay engaged before class and between class meetings - Five steps

1.) do the assigned reading, 2.) Pay careful attention to your course syllabus. 3.) Make use of additional materials provided by the instructors. 4.) warm up for class 5.) Get organized,

8 Steps to Listen Actively

1.) Be ready for the message 2.) Focus on the main concepts and central ideas, not just on facts and figures. 3.) Listen or read for new Ideas 4.) repeat mentally 5.) Decide whether what you have heard is not important, somewhat important, or very important. 6.) Keep an open mind, 7.) Ask questions 8.) Sort, Organize, and categorize

Speak - up 6 steps

1.) Take a seat as close to the front as possible 2.) Focus on the lecture and class discussions 3.) Raise your hand when you don't understand something. 4.) Speak up in class 5.) When the instructor calls on you to answer a question, don't bluff. 6.) If you have recently read a book or article that is relevant to the class topic, bring it in.

what are effective notes?

they are notes that cover all the important points of the lecture or reading material without being too detailed or too limited.

Cornell Format

Note taking where you draw a line on the left side of you paper for key terms or main ideals. The right side is where you write down you notes.

Outline Format

Note taking where you use Roman numerals, upper and lower case letters in a bullet format.

Paragraph Format

Note taking where you might write a summary paragraph on the material you are studying.

List Format

Note taking by writing terms or definitions in sentence form

6 Note taking Techniques

1.) Identify the main ideas 2.) Don't try to write down everything. 3.) Don't be thrown by a disorganized lecturer. 4.) Keep you notes and supplementary materials for each course separate. 5.) download online, notes, outlines, diagrams, charts, and graphs that you teacher my post. 6.) If handouts are distributed in class, label them and place them near your notes.

When taking notes in Mathematics and Science courses, You should do what?

Keep them, you may need them for future classes.

What is the forgetting curve?

The decline of memory over time

The 3 Steps to Review you Notes

1.) Write down the main Ideas. 2.) Repeat your Ideas out loud. 3.) Review your notes from the previous class just before the next class.

4 steps to using your notes for homework

1.) Do a warm-up for your homework 2.) Do any assigned problems and answer any assigned questions. 3.) Don't give up too soon. 4.) Complete your work.