SELF-REGULATED STUDENTS:

SR of Behavior

SR of Cognitive Strategies

SR of Motivation & Affect

U100 Learning to Learn #5Strategies for Success in College

7-Chairs – Another Metaphor

In the room are a number of large cards with thoughts a student might have as they prepare for a test. With your group, identify the 7 thoughts you would want to be thinking about in the hour before taking that VERY important communications test next week. Pick ideas that would help you to prepare for the test as you study in the hour right before the test.

STM has 7 “Space”How should we use those 7 Spaces?

STM is a small room inside a gigantic library (LTM). Since there is way too much information in the library to think about at once, we have the small room where we will consider the important ideas. In the room are 7 chairs. We can choose to put any ideas we want in the 7 chairs but we need to be careful in our choice of ideas.

The key is that YOU CHOOSE what thoughts sit in the chairs !

Short Term MemoryThe problems we didn’t mention

Grey Cards

Yellow Cards

Red Cards

Green Cards

Problems & distraction that interfere with learning Excuses & negative thoughts sabotage learning Metacognitive SRL which can help or overwhelm

your STM Content of communications you need to focus on

learning

Short term memory has a limitation of time (30 sec) and space (7+-2). But it also has a problem with what . . . What happens if we import a virus ?

When you have practiced learning strategies they don’t take up space

Choice is KEYBut how do we control Choice?

Young college students often live in a world with changing priorities and values about life. How can they control those 7 chairs when there are so many new options and confusing challenges? Take time to reflect on priorities and goals Be clear about your priorities You manage time, NOT time manage you Protect priorities & goals from distractions Seek help to find your Identity

This is YOUR education and no one else's. Manage YOUR chairs.

ReviewSR of Cognitive Strategies

Rehearsal Distributed Practice – Flash Cards

Elaboration Make it real for YOU - Examples

OrganizationThe most “challenging” way to study but

the most effective. The key is to discover how concepts relate ?

College vs. High SchoolHow to study for compare & contrast

In your group, discuss how you have studied (or how you would study) if you had a test that required that you compare and contrast concepts or events. For example, if you had to compare author’s style on an English class essay or contrast the American vs. French Revolution for a history class essay test.

How can you prepare for these types of questions BEFORE you take the test? What strategies would you use?

Cognitive Organization Strategies

Memorize these “words”

FB

IMT

VU

SAHB

OC

IA

How about this list

FBI

MTV

USA

HBO

CIA

What makes the second list so much easier to remember?

Cognitive Organizational Strategies

The 2nd list is easier to remember because it has meaning.

You are “learning” something that already makes sense to you.

How much of what you learn in school has personal meaning to you?

Organize information into meaningful patterns TO YOU ! Research on “non-sense” words has demonstrated that humans

learn by making sense of non-sense. Are you making sense of what you learn or learning non-sense?

Do you believe that taking the extra time to organize information is taking too much time and effort?

Organization is taking time early, to save time later.

Cognitive Organizational Strategies

Giving information meaning and structure increases retentionMemorize these words:

Girl Purple Blue Hawk EagleHeart Finger Organ Green ChildRobin Flute Man Lung Piano

Would it be easier to remember this list?Green Man Piano Heart EagleBlue Girl Flute Lung HawkPurple Child Organ Finger Robin

What makes the second list easier?

If it works, why not use it to learn material in college ?

Is it because you think it takes too much time?

Organize Concepts into Patterns

In your group take all your groups flash cards and all the words in bold (and maybe even italics) in the communication chapter and put them into categories or groups. If you have created a good concept map (remember that homework?) you have already started this.

Would it be easier to remember them if they were in groups? Why?

The BIG question is, “Is it worth the time to categorize them?”

Cognitive Organizational Strategies:Learning & Teaching Strategies

Organizational strategies are effective and the more complicated the information the more effective they are in

supporting learning. Outlines Graphic Organizers Concept Maps Hierarchies Ed Syke Games

And very important for success on essay tests and other papers where analysis and synthesis is expected.

Comparing Learning Strategies:Rehearsal vs. Elaboration vs. Organization

Studying Communication using Elaboration and Organization

Next week you have a test on Communication and SRL. Prepare for the test using rehearsal, elaboration, and organization. But don’t just start reading and re-reading the chapter … have a CLEAR PLAN

In you study groups, plan how to study by: Make mnemonics (Acronyms & creative sentences)

Concept maps Hierarchies Graphic Organizers

Your homework for next class it to develop a plan with study aids likeFlash cards, outlines, concept maps, and other material to use in class.

One more Challenge in SRLHow to stay motivated and control emotions

What happens when breaking-up with your boyfriend “sits down in your chairs”? In your group, discuss an example of losing chairs in STM?

Test Anxiety – Give at least 2 examples of student behaviors that make test anxiety worse? How can students solve these problems?

Basic Assumptions & PrinciplesA Quick Review

1. Students are responsible for their learning. Take Responsibility.

2. Expert students adjust their learning to the task. Change is essential.

3. You can’t change if you don’t know you don’t know. Reflection is key.

Where does motivation fit into this ?

Self-Regulation of Motivation and Emotion

Will is Motivational Orientation

Goals (Realistic goals) Values (Find value) Expectancies (Expect

success and plan for it)

Which influences us to use

Skill is our use of the appropriate resources.

Resource management Cognitive strategies Metacognitive strategies

The Key is to BELIEVE

that you can change

Strategies for Regulating MotivationThis is THE most difficult step

SR of MotivationBeliefs – It is critical to believe

in yourself and your strategies for learning

Goals – It is important to have a goal that is more than just a grade.

Interest & Value It is important to find what you are learning as important to your future

SR of AffectAnxiety – Test anxiety is

controllable and the most important control is to be well prepared.

Fear of Failure – This is probably the biggest academic killer: when worry about failure uses up your “7 Chairs” it leads to more failure. Create a plan that builds on success with little steps.

The key is to know yourself and keep emotions in check !

We Believe in You

We know that it sounds awful cheesy, but we believe you can be successful in college or we would never have let you into IUSB. BUT you have to believe in yourself and have a plan for how you will succeed.

Next week you will have the test on SRL and then in week #10 you will have a 2nd test on the Communication chapter. How can you prepare to be successful?