for attendance. • How are you keeping track of homework due? • Why should we schedule study time? –What is included? • Hours studying per week 1 credit hour = _____ study hours. • “If you are early you are on time, if you are on time you are late, and if you are late that is unacceptable.”
tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett "Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall." - Confucius "Only those who dare to fail greatly can achieve greatly.“ - Robert F. Kennedy
form a coherent or functional whole; reorganizing elements into a new pattern or structure through generating, planning, or producing. Making judgments based on criteria and standards through checking and critiquing. Carrying out or using a procedure through executing, or implementing. Constructing meaning from oral, written, and graphic messages through interpreting, exemplifying, classifying, summarizing, inferring, comparing, and explaining. Retrieving, recognizing, and recalling relevant knowledge from long-term memory. Bloom’s Taxonomy http://www.odu.edu/educ/llschult/blooms_taxonomy.htm Breaking material into constituent parts, determining how the parts relate to one another and to an overall structure . Graduate School Undergraduate High School This pyramid depicts the different levels of thinking we use when learning. Notice how each level builds on the foundation that precedes it. It is required that we learn the lower levels before we can effectively use the skills above.
you’re not so good at. “I’ll never be good at it” “I’m smart, I don’t need help.” “I have all easy classes this semester.” “I suck at math.” “My professor is hard to understand.” “My professor just reads off the Powerpoint and doesn’t teach.” “I failed my first test, so I’m just going to withdraw.” “I feel dumb, I am going to give up.”
3. Plan ahead 4. Take notes (before & during class) 5. Meet with your professors 6. Seek help (tutoring) 7. Read the syllabus 8. Review Materials over and over again 9. Personal Connections 10.Study groups
• Take breaks(10-15 min.) o Stretch!! Water! • Read manageable chunks • Avoid reading during your sleepy times • Read actively, not passively • Take notes while you read • To help remember: Use as many senses as possible when studying/reading (read out loud) Be creative…view videos on topic before reading? 16
4. First paragraph under subheadings 5. Last paragraph under subheadings 6. Skim the middle paragraphs looking for vocabulary and examples, and making note of them. 7. Make a summary notes. *Cornell Method
is NOT to transcribe everything the professor says. • Notes are study aids to be used later as you process the information in a deeper level • Record examples, explanations, meaning – NOT definitions