Learning Strategies Workshop - Overcoming Understanding Blanks
Learn valuable strategies to overcome gaps in understanding and enhance your learning experience in the Learning Strategies Workshops. Discover proactive approaches, effective study techniques, and targeted feedback to excel in your academic journey. Practice goal-directed learning and reverse engineering to tackle challenging concepts and prepare for exams successfully.
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R. Balaban/P. Conway 23 October 2019 I m Stumped I m Stumped Strategies for Overcoming the Strategies for Overcoming the Blanks in your Understanding Blanks in your Understanding The Learning Strategies Workshops
The Learning Strategies Workshops The Learning Strategies Workshops Goal: encourage students to be pro-active in designing and assessing their learning strategy. Topics: 4 September Managing Your Class Responsibilities 18 September Organizing your Study Time for the Course 2 October Recognizing the Important Themes of the Course How are the various subjects connected? 23 October I m stumped! Strategies for overcoming the blanks in your understanding. 13 November Anticipating the Final Exam. What do my mistakes on the Midterms tell me to do differently for the Final?
Blanks in our Understanding? Blanks in our Understanding? 1. What do we mean by this? 2. What can we do when we encounter one? 3. What strategies will help us on our next exam?
1. When do you say Im stumped? 1. When do you say I m stumped ? The professor brings up a concept that I ve never seen. I know the concept, but the professor asks me to apply it in a way I don t recognize. I keep doing the same calculation, getting the same result but it s the wrong answer!
Is there a common theme? Is there a common theme? Not enough practice! Practice: the application of learned facts or concepts in settings appropriate to the class you are taking. Practice and feedback are essential to learning.
2. What can we do when we are stumped? 2. What can we do when we are stumped? Two needed antidotes: Goal-directed practice Targeted feedback
Goal Goal- -directed practice directed practice Your instructor projects an essay question as a practice question for the next exam. You re stumped! How does this affect your studying (i.e., practice)? The role of reverse engineering
A Sample Short Essay Question A Sample Short Essay Question Netflix in 2012 released its first TV series (Lilyhammer) and has since that time invested heavily in original series like House of Cards and Stranger Things . Using what we have learned about customer preferences, indicate whether you believe (or not) that the creation of original content is a predictable extension of Netflix s earlier efforts to provide what customers want . Provide a logical and detailed explanation with specific examples from our cases.
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A Sample Multiple A Sample Multiple- -Choice Question Choice Question A donut shop sells fresh baked donuts from 5 a.m. until 3 p.m. every day. The shop does not sell day-old donuts, so all unsold donuts are thrown away at 3 p.m. each day. The cost of making and selling a dozen donuts is $1.50; there are no costs associated with throwing donuts away. If the manager has 10 dozen donuts left at 2:30 p.m. on a particular day, what should she do? a. Throw the donuts away b. Lower the price of the remaining donuts even if the price falls below $1.50 per dozen. c. Lower the price of the remaining donuts, but under no circumstances should the price fall below $1.50 per dozen.
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A Sample Short Essay Question A Sample Short Essay Question Unions often require their members to go through additional training and/or schooling in order to maintain their union membership. As a result, union members are generally more skilled than their non-union counterparts. In 2008, the median full-time union member earned over $22 per hour, which is well above minimum wage. However, labor unions are usually proponents of a higher minimum wage. Why?
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Targeted Feedback Targeted Feedback Who can give you feedback on your practice ? You? Your classmates? Your instructor? The peer tutors in the Econ-Aid Center?
3. What to do if you are stumped in an exam? 3. What to do if you are stumped in an exam? A. Take a deep breath. B. Make an outline. C. Begin with what you do know. D. Show all your work.
4. Conclusions? 4. Conclusions?
