Communication & Evidence (Unit 1)
The person who will read, hear, or view your message.
What is audience?
Objective analysis and evaluation of an issue to form a judgment.
What is critical thinking?
Scientific explanations of how people learn.
What are learning theories?
A tool students use to achieve a learning goal.
What is a learning strategy?
Learning that actively processes information in working memory.
What is active learning?
Using proper grammar, formal tone, and no slang is known as this.
What is academic language?
A judgment or decision reached through reasoning.
What is a conclusion?
This theory explains how the brain receives, processes, and stores information like a computer.
What is Information Processing Theory?
Actively recalling information from long‑term memory.
What is retrieval practice?
Simply receiving information without processing it.
What is passive learning?
Information that gives the reader reason to believe something is true.
What is supporting evidence?
Information about performance that helps students improve.
What is feedback?
The stage of memory where thinking and processing occur.
What is working (short‑term) memory?
Processing information using both words and visuals.
What is dual coding?
The amount of information working memory can handle at one time.
What is cognitive load?
Putting an author’s ideas into your own words without quotation marks is called this.
What is paraphrasing?
Why is reflection important after receiving feedback?
What is it helps students learn from mistakes and improve future performance?
Connecting new information to what is already known is called this.
What is encoding?
Studying in short sessions spread out over time is called this.
What is spaced practice?
Why is multitasking with two cognitive tasks ineffective for learning?
What is the brain can only process one cognitive task at a time?
Why should students adjust word choice, format, and tone depending on audience and medium?
What is to communicate effectively and meet academic expectations?
A student receives poor feedback on an essay. What two actions should they take next?
What is reflect on the feedback and adjust strategies for improvement?
Why does highlighting text without doing anything else usually fail to produce learning?
What is it keeps information in sensory memory and is passive?
Give one example of combining retrieval practice and dual coding in a study session.
What is recalling information and drawing diagrams or visuals to explain it?
Design an effective 30‑minute study session using cognitive load principles.
What is limit content, actively practice, and take a short break?