Test Taking Skills
Discouraging Procrastination
Memory/
Test Prep
Mindset and
Becoming A Learner
Approaching Lectures
100
Mercy Supplies (at least 3)
What are brain drain, icy water, tapping, earplugs, belly breathing
100

Five Minute Plan

What is making a deal to work on a task you're putting off for at least five minutes?

100
Consolidation
What is the brain process involved in moving information from short-term to long term memory
100

Growth Mindset

What is the belief that a person's capacities and talents can be improved over time?

100
Thought Speed
What is three times faster than speaking speed? (125 vs. 375)
200

Brain Drain

What is a list of things you don't want to forget during the test. Each time you study, rewrite them until you memorize your list. Write it out before you start your exam.

200
Fear of Success

What is discomfort at the changes success can bring that sometimes leads one to procrastinate?

200

Elaboration

What is using varied approaches to learning that includes adding color, movement, teaching to increase your comprehension?

200

Fixed Mindset

What is the belief or assumption that intelligence and skills are relatively set. You either have what it takes to do something or you don't?

200
Intonation
What are volume, pauses, and cadence?
300
Three Times Through Method
What is the strategy of going through an exam three times. First, answer everything you are most certain about. Second, work on the more challenging questions. Third, guess if you have to on the ones remaining.
300

Divide and Conquer

What is breaking big tasks down into smaller parts as a way of making progress on something like a paper or final exam?

300

Memory Palace

What involves imagining a place very familiar to you and filling it with things you need to learn?

300

College as an Apprenticeship

Enables you to recognize that "becoming" a learner is a steady process that takes time

300
Silver Dollar System
What is a method for identifying the most important ideas in a set of lecture notes?
400

Paired Associations (2 examples)

What are drinking the same tea when you study as when you take the test? What is studying at the site of the test?

400
Empowerment Activity

What event did I attend this semester that contributed to my overall learning and potential for success?

400
Active Retrieval
What is low stakes, self-quizzing?
400

Vital qualities of learning

What are Creativity, the Ability to Think Critically, Excellent Communication Skills, and an Exceptional Character?
400
Mind Mapping
What is a note taking system based on emotion and personal connections?
500
Surveying an Exam

What is a quick assessment of the test, looking over each section, making notes in the margins, determining the order with which you'll complete the test?

500

Strategies In Action (2)

What are 2 strategies that I tried out this semester (describe how they worked)?

500

Roy's Method

What is a routine of studying for 20 minutes then teaching the material to an imaginary audience immediately after?

500

Primary Focus while in College

What is Becoming A Learner?

500
What is the Cornell Q System for Note taking?
What is a system that includes using lecture notes for developing potential exam questions and a summary? Wide margins for questions and self-quizzing.
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