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COLL 1000 College Success and Survival Skills 2/11/14 2/18/14 Processing Information

COLL 1000 College Success and Survival Skills 2/11/14 2/18/14 Processing Information. Mike “Wheels” Breakey , MA. Quote of the Day. A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people. ~John F Kennedy

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COLL 1000 College Success and Survival Skills 2/11/14 2/18/14 Processing Information

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  1. COLL 1000College Success and Survival Skills2/11/142/18/14Processing Information Mike “Wheels” Breakey, MA

  2. Quote of the Day • A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people. ~John F Kennedy • We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them. ~ Christian NestellBovee

  3. Picture of the Day

  4. Words of the Day • Self-Regulation • Adjusting or governing itself without outside interference, controls, or regulations • Self-Monitoring • Understanding reasons behind one’s actions • Self-Reflection • The capacity of humans to exercise introspection and the willingness to learn more about their fundamental nature and purpose. • Why Are You Here? • Homework • Why is there this evil thing?

  5. Exercise • What is the greatest challenge to YOU completing college? 3 minutes • OK, so what can YOU do about it? 3 minutes

  6. Learning • How did you learn to drive? • GACA Again? • RQRRRS—Record, Question, Recite, Reflect, Review, Summarize • Hopper brings up processing information—what does that mean? • What techniques do you have for remembering information...said another way—how do you move knowledge from the STM to LTM? • Notice one of the key concepts is REFLECTION

  7. Immediate Memory • Lasts only seconds • Provides a sense of continuity • Short Term Memory • Lasts up to several minutes • 7 +/- 2 components • AKA Working Memory • Scratch Pad • Transfers to Long Term with Effort • Long Term Memory • Lasts a lifetime* • Different types Declarative Memory Non-Declarative Memory • Procedural • Skills and habits • Emotional responses • Priming • Semantic • Facts • Figures • Episodic • Events • Times

  8. Obstacles to Learning • Distractions • Talking • Texting • Surfing • Thinking of a response too soon • Arguing (mentally or actually) • Disagreement is OK, but there is a knack to it • Angry

  9. Metacognitive(Mental) Maturity

  10. Four principle areas of personal epistemology • Simplicity of knowledge • Fixed nature of knowledge • Quickness of knowing • Certainty of knowledge

  11. Simple Knowledge • Immature • Contents are complete, cannot look outside the box for answers • What is learned in one class cannot be applied to other courses • Mature • Knowledge is made up of discrete parts that can be mixed and matched to make up more complex bits of knowledge

  12. Fixed Knowledge • Immature • “I was born dumb, and dumb I’ll stay!” • Mature • Genetics make up only some of my abilities, I can do this and I can get smarter.

  13. Quick Knowledge • Immature • “If I don’t get it the first time, I just won’t get it.” • Mature • Learning is hard work and persistence pays off! • It is possible to learn to learn

  14. Certain Knowledge • Immature • There is one truth • We can find that truth • Mature • Truth is sometimes ambiguous • Things change • Truth is complex

  15. How mature is your personal epistemology? • Just remember • Knowledge is complex • Your intelligence is malleable • Study pays off • There is often more than one right answer

  16. Notes • How do they help? • What about printing slides?

  17. Thursday • Quiz on Chapters 5 and 6 • What do employers want discussion • More about Communications and why it is important

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