Learning Concepts 1
The process of thinking explicitly about the way we learn and think.
A phenomenon in which someone chooses not to learn something, either consciously or unconsciously
What is Not-Learning?
This criterion is similar to a thesis; when evaluating you can ask: 1. Do you have a main claim? 2. Are the reasons for your writing clear? 3. Does your essay fully respond to the prompt? 4. Does your introduction clearly convey the main ideas of your paper?
What is Central Purpose?
The three cities UW is based in?
What are cherry blossom or Sakura trees?
The willingness of someone to achieve a task, composed of the thoughts, hopes, pressures or needs that make one want to learn or do a task.
What is motivation?
Herbert Khol distinguishes this from not-learning. This phenomenon is the inability to complete or master a task despite wanting to do so. It is an important part of the learning process.
What is failure?
Similar to authority - have you provided enough information and detail to sound authoritative
What is fullness?
This is the mascot of UW.
What is a husky? (or Dubs)
Several of you are hoping to get into this School at UW.
What is Foster School of Business?
The tendency our unconscious minds have to prefer one way of thinking over another without having convincing evidence to support that preference. For example - the Halo Effect or the Anchor Effect
What is a cognitive bias?
A kind of scratch pad in the brain, except that its contents are of relatively short duration—often only a few seconds. Writing can support this.
What is working memory?
This category deals with polish and asks if you have edited and followed formatting guidelines?
What is presentation?
The year the University of Washington was founded.
What is the year, 1861?
The three languages known most commonly by our class
What are Chinese, English, and Spanish?
A widespread phenomenon in academic learning where students learn things for a short period (sometimes only long enough to take an exam), but don’t actually learn them deeply and with retention.
A term Lev Vygotsky introduced to identify the situation within which optimal learning can occur. In his words it is: "the distance between the actual developmental level as determined by [a student's] independent problem solving and the level of potential development as determined through problem solving under adult guidance, or in collaboration with more capable peers"
This category deals with the structure of your paper.
What is organization?
This natural history museum was founded in 1885, at the University of Washington. It also is home to the first Native owned restaurant in Seattle, Off the Rez.
The Burke Museum
Many people in our class seem excited to do this outdoor activity.
What is hiking?
The degree to which the cognitive capacity of your working memory is full. Worry, anxiety, and fear can contribute to this.
What is cognitive load?
Concepts or ideas in any given discipline that seem counterintuitive or even impossible to understand and often define ways of thinking that differentiate that discipline from other disciplines by seeing (or re-seeing) a phenomenon in ways that the uninitiated find inconceivable
What are threshold concepts?
This criterion asks how well you have supported your claim with evidence (showing vs. telling).
What is details?
What is the name of the fountain that you see from Rainer Vista?
What is Drumheller Fountain?
A lot of people in this class enjoy this type of entertainment, both participating and watching.
What are sports?