Kasparie's Finals Flashcards
What’s another name for rehearsal?
ROTE learning
Meaningful learning always starts with what?
Activating prior knowledge
Name two ways of organizing thoughts/notes
- Concept map
* Outline
Explain elaboration
Elaboration is when you use your experience to thoroughly explain something with evidence and examples, it is NOT summarizing or regurgitating facts.
List three specific forms of visual imagery
- Picture/Drawing
- Movie
- Dialogue
What was Luis Angel’s memorization technique?
Luis Angel’s technique is translating material into a story in your mind, so your brain is more interested in it than blunt information
Name three “sweet” things about organization
- You always know where everything is
- You are free from a cluttered mess
- You aren’t dependent on anyone else
Recite first success suggestion
Be your own advocate ~ stake a claim in the classroom
Recite second success suggestion
Ask lots of questions ~ show confusion appropriately
Recite third success suggestion
Communicate your struggles to your teachers
Recite fourth success suggestion
Think of school as your office in training
Recite fifth success suggestion
Dress for success
Recite sixth success suggestion
At least do the minimum ~ don’t create gaps
Recite seventh success suggestion
Sweat a little ~ school is your brain gym
Recite eighth success suggestion
Find ways to relate to your reading and writing
Recite ninth success suggestion
Be in class ~ don’t jeopardize your own training
Recite tenth success suggestion
Surround yourself with other students who can help you
A family or guardian has ten main _____________ for their student
responsibilities
- Get the student to __________… on _______.
school, time
- Make sure the kid is _____… on something other than __________.
fed, Snickers
- Make sure the student has had proper ____________ _______.
medical, care
- ___________ with the school.
Communicate
- Be _____________.
accessible
- Know __________ the student goes ________ school.
where, after
- Make sure the student has a ________ to work and a ____________ time to do homework.
place, routine
- Follow the homework to its ____________.
destination
- Learn how kids __________ from year to year.
change
- Share _________ what a student has a tendency to do ______________, ______________, and _______________.
honestly, socially, academically, behaviorally
When answering an umbrella multiple choice question, what are you looking for?
You are looking for the answer that fits the other choices within it
Why are multiple choice questions and true/false questions usually false if they contain absolute words?
~Absolute words limit too many options~ to be good choices for an answer
Sometimes you have to use deductive reasoning to determine the correct answer. What does that mean?
Using deductive reasoning means using context clues and your own reasoning to understand material that is unfamiliar to you
What is a double negative?
A double negative is when two words that indicate “not” or “no” join together to make a “yes.”
What is an example of a double negative sentence?
Sally is not unattractive.
When completing a matching portion of a test, what should you do first?
First you should read all the items in both of the columns.
When completing the fill-in-the-blank portion of a test, what should you do before even looking at the answer choices given?
First you should read the item and think about what is missing.
What strategy should you use on essay questions?
the QUOTE strategy
What does the Q in QUOTE tell you to do?
Question. You should look at what the question is specifically asking you to do.
What does the U in QUOTE tell you to do?
Underline. You should underline words or phrases that seem important for coming up with answers.
What does the O in QUOTE tell you to do?
Organize/Write. You should make sense of the facts you’ve been given and write an answer using them.
What does the T in QUOTE tell you to do?
Time. You should make sure you have an idea of how long you want to take on each question.
What does the E in QUOTE tell you to do?
Evaluate. You should review what you’ve come up with and judge how well you’ve done.
List the five long-term memory storage processes.
- Rehearsal
- Meaningful learning
- Organization
- Elaboration
- Visual imagery
List three other important strategies to remember when preparing for taking your final exams.
- Reading all the directions on each question
- Going back and checking what you put for each answer
- Never leaving any answer blank
