Your Brain is Required for Learning
What are some ways you can test yourself for an exam?
Self-testing; creating practice tests, flashcards, fill-in-the-blanks, pairing up with a student and exchanging practice tests.
What are some positives of working in a group?
Collaboration with other students, new learning strategies, leverage each person's strengths
What skill is identifying similarities and differences between two or more concepts?
Comparing and contrasting
Which level in Bloom's taxonomy do these key words test? (Define, describe, list, name)?
Remember
What is the most basic level of learning?
Remembering
Why is pulling an all-nighter a bad idea? And what kind of studying should you do instead?
They deprive you of sleep when your brain needs rest to process the learning that occurred that day.
Distributed studying is a better idea. It extends studying to several days ahead of time giving your brain more recovery time.
How does flexibility take part in teamwork?
It allows for people in a team to understand each other and customize how you work together. Adapting to create a stronger team is beneficial to all.
What skill is arriving at a conclusion using reason and logic?
Deducing
Which level in Bloom's taxonomy do these key words describe (compare, contrast, classify, summarize)?
What is the highest level of learning?
Creating something
Why should you change up your material?
To connect concepts and help make connections between different materials.
Moving from concept to concept (Interleaved practice) helps you see how concepts are related. By alternating your focus, you help establish brain connections.
Why is expanding your understanding still important once you're in your career?
It challenges you and gives you the ability to advance in the future (promotions). It also helps you become better at your job.
Synthesizing
Which level in Bloom's taxonomy do these key words describe (Solve, organize, plan, develop)?
How do applying critical and creative thinking skills in the workplace benefit you?
Open to new ideas, question existing problems, take multiple perspectives, etc.
How do connections between concepts and real life help make understanding them easier?
It allows for a quicker understanding because there you have prior knowledge of the connection that relates to the difficult concept.
Why is having a flexible training style, when acting as a supervisor, important?
It allows for you to help less experienced employees understand information. Supports their learning and development according to their learning styles.
What skill is judging the authenticity or soundness of an argument?
Evaluating
Which level in Bloom's taxonomy do these words describe (Explain, categorize, examine, investigate)?
Analyze
When you develop your own work-related goals, you also need to pay attention to if it aligns with your ____________'s goals.
Organization/job/workplace
What is self-explanation?
When you ask yourself questions or generate examples related to what you are learning to consider your own thinking.
What does it mean to be a multimodal learner?
Someone who can use different learning strategies based on the situation at hand.
What skill is determining the order of importance of tasks?
Prioritizing
Which level in Bloom's taxonomy do these words describe (synthesize, conclude, criticize, predict)?
Evaluate
Using your understanding of how people learn, what can you do?
Understand your coworkers/teammates, build a relationship with your supervisor, and become more flexible in group settings