Learning How to Learn

To address the diverse STEM disciplines we have in this class , let’s try to watch some researched-based videos about learning how to learn.  I want you to learn some transferable skills that can apply to your other classes or future career in addition to learning chemistry. 

Initial Post

1. Watch PEN Principle #8: Embrace Error to Improve Learning (4:28) 

1. Watch PEN Principle #9: Active Recall Trumps Passive Review (4:40)

Respond to this discussion prompt by Tuesday 11:59 pm. Select the Reply box and write a paragraph for each of the following questions:

1. You will report on something good that happened to you, or an accomplishment of yours from the last 5-7 days. It doesn’t have to be chemistry or science or even school-related. Please keep it appropriate!
2. How do the high performers differ from low performers in order to enhance activity in the brain?  What’s productive failure?  
3. What type of memory system does multiple choice questions test for?  What about open-ended questions?    
4. What are some examples of passive review?  What are some examples of active recall? 
5. Reflecting how you studied for exams in the past, were you doing more passive review or active recall? 
6. After watching these two videos, did your perception about ALEKS change?  How are you  going to embrace productive failure and active recall when you engage the course content with ALEKS?  Remember: your homework grade is based on whether you can demonstrate to me and ALEKS that you learn the materials before due date.  It was not graded on whether you answered a single question correctly or not within a fixed number of attempts.  

Reply

By Friday night at 11:59 pm, please reply to at least two of our classmates’ posts with ideas or suggestions as feedback by doing two of the following: 

1. You will share your reaction / emotional response to the poster’s good news, and/or ask follow-up question(s).
2. Provide specific feedback about your classmates’ plans to implement the techniques in this discussion.
3. Ask a probing or clarifying question in response to one (or more) of your colleagues’ posts, or
4. Describe a different technique that you have used.

1. You will report on something good that happened to you, or an accomplishment of yours from the last 5-7 days. It doesn’t have to be chemistry or science or even school-related. Please keep it appropriate! – Got to spend time with my