Week 4 - Renaissance Learning and Unlocking Your Potential I Flashcards
Why are metaphors and analogies important when learning?
Creating metaphors and analogies are of the best things you can do to not only remember, but more easily understand concepts in many different fields. Often, the more visual, the better.
Why can it be beneficial to change your thoughts?
If you change your thoughts, you can really, truly change your life. It seems people can enhance the development of their neuronal circuits by practicing thoughts that use those neurons. Like Santiago Ramon y Cajal, you can take pride in aiming for success because of the very things that make other people say you can’t do it.
Why is it important to go slowly when learning new material?
Keep in mind that when you whiz through a homework or test question and you don’t go back to check your work, you’re acting a little like a person who is refusing to use parts of your brain. You’re not stopping to take a mental breath and then revisit what you’ve done with the bigger picture in mind, to see whether it makes sense.
What can make you overconfident in how well you know the material you are studying?
Overconfidence in your results can result from using only one mode of thinking.
What is a good way to see where your thinking has gone astray when learning new material?
By making it a point to do some of your studying with friends, you can more easily catch where your thinking has gone astray.
What can you do in preparation to improve your chances of success when taking a test?
Taking a test is serious business, just as fighter pilots and doctors go through checklists before takeoff and surgery, going through your own test preparation checklist can vastly improve your chances of success.
What is a good strategy to take when starting a test?
Counter intuitive strategies such as the hard start jump to easy technique (read through all the questions and start with the easiest ones), can give your brain a chance to reflect on harder challenges even as you’re focusing on other more straightforward problems.
What can you do to take benefit from stress when taking a test?
How you interpret your body’s reaction to stress makes all the difference. If you shift your thinking from, this test has made me afraid, to this test has got me excited to do my best, it helps improve your performance.
What should you do if you are panicking in a test?
If you’re panicked on a test, momentarily
turn your attention to your breathing. Relax your stomach, place your hand on it, and slowly draw a deep breath. Your hand should move outward and your
whole chest should expand like a barrel.
In order to stay calm, it can also be beneficial to think through, and accept the worst case scenario of the test result.
What can you do to ensure your mind is not tricking you that what you’ve done is correct even if it is not?
Your mind can trick you into thinking that what you’ve done is correct even if it isn’t. This means that whenever possible you should blink, shift your attention, and then double check your answers using a big picture perspective, asking yourself, does this really make sense?
