Learning to be a Better Student

Question 1

changes the physical structure of the brain

Answer 1

Learning

Question 2

brain plasticity, ability of the brain to adapt the changes in an individual’s environment by forming new neural connections

Answer 2

Neuroplasticity

Question 3

three-pound organ that controls all functions of the body
sends and receives chemical and electrical signals throughout the body

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Brain

Question 4

most important in learning
where high-ordered functions like memory and reasoning occur
most highly developed part of the human brain
responsible for thinking, perceiving, producing and understanding language
largest part of the brain, composed of right and left hemispheres

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Cerebrum

Question 5

most information processes occur
large outer part of the brain
controls reading, thinking, learning, speech, emotions, planned muscle movements, control vision, hearing

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Cerebral Cortex

Question 6

control movements of voluntary skeletal muscles
speech, verbal, THINKING

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Frontal Lobe

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sensation of temperature, touch, pressure, and PAIN involving the skin

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Parietal Lobe

Question 8

hearing, retrieval of MEMORY

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Temporal Lobe

Question 9

vision

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Occipital Lobe

Question 10

complex brain structure embedded deep into temporal lobe
has major role in learning and memory
curved-seahorse organ
receives information from the cerebral cortex and may play a role in Alzheimer’s Disease

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Hippocampus

Question 11

relay station for almost all information that comes and goes to the cortex
plays a role in pain sensation, attention, alertness, memory

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Thalamus

Question 12

acts as your body’s smart control coordination system/center
keep your body in a stable state called HOMEOSTASIS
directly influencing your automatic nervous system or by managing hormones

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Hypothalamus

Question 13

help to store memories of events and emotions so that an individual may be able to recognize similar events in the future

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Amygdala

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most important factor that affects learning, driving force to act

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Motivation

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factors that affect the learning process

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Motivation
Intellectual Ability
Attention Span
Prior Knowledge

Question 16

give us valuable conceptual framework to understand how we learn anything

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Abraham Maslow’s Four Stages of Learning

Question 17

learner does not have a skill or knowledge set
do not see any reason to learn it because they do not consider it a need
you are unaware of the skill and lack of proficiency
you do not know what you do not know

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Unconscious Incompetence

Question 18

learner is aware of the skill they lack and can understand that there is a deficit
learner wants to learn because they are aware of their lack of knowledge and it makes them uneasy
You are aware of the skill but not yet proficient

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Conscious Incompetence

Question 19

learner has acquired a skill but has not yet mastered it to the point where it comes naturally
you are able to use the skill, but with effort

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Conscious Competence

Question 20

skill is embedded that the learner does not even need to process what they are doing
performing the skill becomes automatic

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Unconscious Competence

Question 21

ability to examine how you process thoughts and feelings
encourages student to understand how they learn best

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Metacognition

Question 22

knowledge of one’s own cognitive abilities, knowledge of cognitive task and knowledge of the strategies to complete the cognitive tasks

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Metacognition Knowledge

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how an individual monitors and controls his/her cognitive process

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Metacognition Regulation

Question 24

process in which individuals take the initiative, with or without the help of others

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Self-directed Learning