Five Minute Plan
What is making a deal to work on a task you're putting off for at least five minutes?
Growth Mindset
What is the belief that a person's capacities and talents can be improved over time?
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.
What is discomfort at the changes success can bring that sometimes leads one to procrastinate?
Elaboration
What is using varied approaches to learning that includes adding color, movement, teaching to increase your comprehension?
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?
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?
Memory Palace
What involves imagining a place very familiar to you and filling it with things you need to learn?
College as an Apprenticeship
Enables you to recognize that "becoming" a learner is a steady process that takes time
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?
What event did I attend this semester that contributed to my overall learning and potential for success?
Vital qualities of learning
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?
Strategies In Action (2)
What are 2 strategies that I tried out this semester (describe how they worked)?
Roy's Method
What is a routine of studying for 20 minutes then teaching the material to an imaginary audience immediately after?
Primary Focus while in College
What is Becoming A Learner?