10.6: Chapter Summary
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Chapter Summary
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- Metacognition means “awareness or analysis of one’s own learning or thinking processes.”
- Bloom’s Taxonomy illustrates learning as a comprehensive, multi-step process.
Work Hard
- SQ4R is an active reading system designed to increase reading comprehension and retention of material.
- Various methods of note-taking work for different learning preferences and include Cornell, outlines, mapping, hierarchies and charting/matrix.
- Effective studying means moving knowledge from short-term working memory into long-term memory by using distributed practice/studying, self-testing and practice quizzes, teaching someone else and studying with partners or groups.
- Mnemonics are memory techniques including acronyms, acrostics, songs/rhymes, stacking and loci/memory palace.
- Successful test preparation includes getting enough sleep, good nutrition and arriving or logging in early for the test.
- Review your completed tests to learn from your correct and incorrect answers.
Ask for Help
- If you do not understand what you should be taking notes, reach out to the instructor for help.
- If you do poorly on an exam, set up a time to meet with your instructor to go over what went wrong or attend free tutoring.
- Create a study group or work with friends to compare notes for studying.
- Alleviate test anxiety by preparing and using the SMART test taking plan.