Response 5

Keys to Success: Building Analytical, Creative, and Practical Skills, 6th edition

Carol Carter, Joyce Bishop, and Sarah Lyman KravitsCopyright ©2009 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey 07458 All rights reserved.

Response 5There is more than one way to succeed in

college. What strategies do you think will make YOU successful in college?

When you’re done answeringPeer Planner EvalStudy for quiz on Chpt 4

(it is NOT open book, but you can have 1 pg of notes)



Listen to this song. As you listen, take notes on it.

◦As if you are in a music appreciation class OR◦As if you are in an English class

You will have 5 minutes to talk with a partner about this song

At the end of class today, there will be a quiz on this song.

Death Cab for Cutie, “I’ll Follow You Into the Dark”

Memory quizMemory quiz



Quiz Chpt 4Quiz Chpt 4

Who wants to be a millionaire?

Play in groups of 3Your answers do NOT

have to be the sameThis one is NOT

open book

Chapter 5Chapter 5Reading and Studying: Reading and Studying:

Focusing on ContentFocusing on Content

Keys to Success, Sixth EditionCarol Carter, Joyce Bishop, and Sarah Lyman

Kravits



““Successful intelligence is…Successful intelligence is…

most effective when it balances all three of its analytical, creative, and practical aspects. It is more important to know when and how to use these aspects of successful intelligence than just to have them.”

Robert Sternberg



More than one way to succeedMore than one way to succeedOn the handed out piece of paper,

write your initials in the upper left corner.

Turn the paper over. Write a struggle you are having with

reading.Turn in the papers, I will pick them up

and redistribute themSuggest how to deal with the problem

you are now presented.



Real Questions, Practical Real Questions, Practical AnswersAnswers

How can I improve my reading and studying despite my learning

disabilities?



What Will Improve Your What Will Improve Your Reading Comprehension?Reading Comprehension?

Expectations (pg 137) Active approach to difficult texts (pg 139) Learn to concentrate (pg 142) Define your reading purpose (pg 142) Spend enough time (pg 143) Use special strategies with math & science (pg 144) Expand your vocabulary (pg 145) Use memory aids



Common myths Common myths about Readingabout Reading

You have to read every wordReading once is enoughIt is SINFUL to skip passages in

readingMachines are necessary to improve

my reading speedIf I skim or read too rapidly, my

comprehension will dropThere is something about my eyes

that keeps me from reading fast.



Approaching a Difficult TextApproaching a Difficult TextThink positivelyHave an open mindLook for order and meaning in seemingly chaotic

reading materialsDon’t expect to master material on the first passKnow that some texts require extra work and

concentrationDefine unclear concepts and wordsAsk yourself questionsBe honest with yourself



Approach this textApproach this text

1. In a group – read this text2. Skim it, make a note of what you

THINK it will be about3. Circle words you don’t know (or

aren’t 100% on what they mean)4. Take notes down the side



ConcentrationConcentration Be intensely involved Banish extraneous thoughts onto paper Deal with internal distractions Compartmentalize your life Analyze your environment to see if it helps or hurts

concentration Don’t let technology distract you Structure your study session so you know the time you

will spend and the material you will study Plan a reward



Define Your Reading PurposeDefine Your Reading PurposeRead for

understandingRead to evaluate

analyticallyRead for practical

applicationRead for pleasure



Your challengeYour challenge::

Committing the time and Committing the time and effort required for studying effort required for studying means you must have TIME means you must have TIME to READto READ



On a scale from 1On a scale from 1––10 10 (1= lowest,10 = highest),(1= lowest,10 = highest), how committed are you to how committed are you to spending the time it takes to spending the time it takes to read and study?read and study?

(Use the # of credits x 3 rule for (Use the # of credits x 3 rule for how many hours a week you how many hours a week you should be reading lecture notes should be reading lecture notes and textbooks!)and textbooks!)



How Can SQ3R Help You How Can SQ3R Help You Own What You Read?Own What You Read?

SurveyQuestionReadReciteReview



SQ3R – WorksheetSQ3R – Worksheet

SURVEYSURVEY – Scan and Skim. Look at the organization of the text: front and back.

QUESTIONQUESTION – Develop questions before and during reading.

READREAD – read actively – use highlighters, mark up the text! Answer your questions, write notes in the margins.

RECITERECITE – use practical skills: read aloud, repeat silently, tell another person, write your answers without looking!

REVIEWREVIEW – Reread your margin notes and highlighted sentences. Quiz yourself. Make flash cards. Recall important terms.



How Can You Respond Critically How Can You Respond Critically to What You Read?to What You Read?

Use Knowledge of Fact and Opinion to Evaluate Arguments

◦What is the quality of the evidence?◦How well does the evidence support the

idea?



How Do You Customize Your Text How Do You Customize Your Text with Highlighting and Notes?with Highlighting and Notes?

How to Highlight a Text◦Develop your own system and stick to it!◦Read it first, before you mark it up!◦Avoid overmarking

How to Take Text Notes◦Marginal Notes◦Full-Text Summaries



How to Mark up a PageHow to Mark up a Page

Mark up a page to learn a page (pg 161).



Thinking Successfully About Thinking Successfully About Reading and StudyingReading and StudyingAnalytical thinking: considering how you

can read more effectively; developing critical reading skills

Creative thinking: thinking of different ways to overcome your reading challenges

Practical thinking: making your study plan work!

Chapter 6Chapter 6Listening, Note Taking, and Listening, Note Taking, and

Memory: Taking In, Recording, Memory: Taking In, Recording, and Rememberingand Remembering

Keys to Success, Sixth EditionCarol Carter, Joyce Bishop, and

Sarah Lyman Kravits



How Can You Make How Can You Make the Most of Class Notes?the Most of Class Notes?

Note-Taking SystemsNote Taking Is a Three-Step Process:

Prepare, Review, and ReviseCombine Class and Reading Notes into a

Master Set



Choose a note-taking systemChoose a note-taking system

OutlineCornellThink LinkText book marginsOthers?



UnderstandUnderstandthe Outline the Outline Process Process 179179



Cornell Cornell Note-TakingNote-Taking183183



Think Link - 184Think Link - 184



How Can You How Can You Take Notes Faster?Take Notes Faster?

Pg 191Pg 191Abbreviations/Abbreviations/Short-handShort-hand



Real Questions, Practical Real Questions, Practical AnswersAnswers

How can I improve my memory?



How Can You Become How Can You Become a Better Listener?a Better Listener?

Know the Stages of ListeningManage Listening ChallengesBecome an Active Listener



Listening vs. HearingListening vs. HearingPg 174Hear: Perceiving sound by ear.

Involuntary. It just happens.

Listen: Pay attention. Requires concentration.



Stages of ListeningStages of ListeningSensation – here comes

a sound wave!Interpretation – attach a meaningEvaluation – judge the info – Does

this really mean anything to me?Reaction – question and comment

(don’t rush it! take your time!)

Take a Look at Key 6.1



In your MI groups:In your MI groups:Come up with ways to Combat Come up with ways to Combat Listening ChallengesListening Challenges

MI from pg 72, address pg 174-176

Divided attention and distractions

Listening lapsesThe rush to judgmentPartial hearing loss and

learning disabilities



Become an Active ListenerBecome an Active ListenerBe there – show up on time for class!Set purposes for listeningFocus on understandingAsk questionsPay attention to verbal signpostsExpect the unexpected



Verbal Verbal SignpostsSignposts

•Pg 177



A short storyA short story

In groups, you will be assigned a note-taking style◦Outline◦Cornell Notes◦Think Link

Listen to a story, it will NOT be repeated.



Song quiz! Song quiz!

I’ll follow you into the dark”Death Cab For CutieWhat did you NEED to know

◦Musical terminology – acoustic (not electronically amplified)

◦Literary analogy terminology – “theme” and “tone”◦Lyrics of the song you heard ONCE

What could have helped you◦Visual Aids – graphics? ◦Outline of the song◦Knowing the terms in advance



How Can You How Can You Improve Your Memory?Improve Your Memory?

How Your Brain Remembers: Short-Term and Long-Term Memory

Memory Strategies Improve RecallUse Mnemonic Devices



Physical process - Practice improves strength

Efficiency: Learning once and working to retain that memory takes far less time and energy than relearning over and over again.◦Ex: learning to drive a car =- absorbs rules, use

thinking skills to solve problems, make decisions, evaluate situations. Those actions cannot take place on a regular basis

without long-term retention of the initial details. You can't forget what a flashing red light means.



Three storage banks of memory◦Sensory◦Short term◦Long term

How does the process of remembering relate to learning?◦Does cramming work? Why/Why not?◦What does work (that you've used before)?



Build Memory SkillsBuild Memory Skills

Assigned Device (pgs 194-199)

Assigned Topic (from the chapters)

Mnemonic devicesVisual ImagesFlash CardsThink LinkAcronymsNotesRepeat/Rehearse/ReciteSongs/Rhymes

4 stages of listening process (Chpt 6)

Key time management strategies (chpt 2)

Stages of problem-solving (chpt 4)

Eight intelligences (chpt 3)



Improving RecallImproving RecallRecite, rehearse, write.

Use note cards and other memory aids.

Create your own sample

tests.

Study in a group.



Mental WalkMental Walk



Thinking Successfully About Thinking Successfully About Listening, Note Taking, and Listening, Note Taking, and MemoryMemory

Analytical thinking – understand listening, note-taking, and memory

Creative thinking – think of new ways to listen, take notes, and memorize

Practical thinking – learn from experience and be realistic about how much you can memorize



lagomlagom

In Swedish, the word lagom refers to the place between extremes, the spot that is neither too much nor too little, but just right.

How would you apply this word to your life?



“Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult task that demanded our best.”

Theodore I. RubinPsychiatrist and Author



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