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Pre-Lecture
Note-taking
Studying Strategies
Reading Strategies
Learning
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An important strategy for starting class out right.
What is arriving on time?
100
Important information or things highlighted by the professor.
What are things to include in your note-taking?
100
College students who work in these are more actively involved in the learning process and able to learn more.
What are study groups?
100
SQ3R
What is an acronym of the five steps you can take to increase reading comprehension: Survey, Question, Read, Recite, Review
100
Bringing information back to mind when you need it, oftentimes on a test.
What is memory recall or retrieval?
200
Studies show that this is where students sit that typically get the highest exam scores.
What is the front and center?
200
Relying on others to take notes for you.
What is less effective than taking notes yourself?
200
Things that help refresh the mind by giving it a rest, often including physical activity.
What are short study breaks?
200
The second most frequent source of questions on college exams?
What are assigned readings?
200
Saving information in the brain
What is memory formation or storage
300
Sitting upright and leaning forward.
What are ways to increase your mental alertness?
300
Writing on the board, repeating information, or speaking slowly.
What are clues to important ideas that professors may give during a lecture?
300
Touching base on what you did in a previous class or study session.
What is reviewing?
300
Looking for boldface or dark-printed headings, italicized or underlined words, and first and last sentences.
What are ways to find important information while reading?
300
A strategy successful learners use to see whether they really understand what they're attempting to learn.
What is self-monitoring?
400
A strategy to eliminate distraction and interference, increasing your undivided attention.
What is sitting next to others who won't distract you?
400
Reviewing notes and filling in any incomplete thoughts or following up with the teacher.
What is an important post-lecture strategy?
400
The three different types of sensory learning.
What are visual, auditory, and motor memory (kinesthetic; muscle memory)?
400
Previewing a chapter, knowing where it fits in the organization of the class, and putting the chapter in perspective of what you already know.
What are "pre-reading" strategies?
400
When people do this they are not paying equal attention to all tasks at the same time.
What is multitasking?
500
A way to get the "big picture" of the class.
What is checking the syllabus and seeing where you are?
500
Things to do if you don't understand your notes.
What is additional research or asking the teacher?
500
Learning by making meaningful connections.
What is deep learning?
500
Using your text as a coloring book
What is less effective than writing notes (in your own words/thoughts)?
500
Explaining to a friend what you've learned.
What is a way to tell if you really understand something?