The Study Cycle
The Study Cycle: Preview – Attend – Review – Study – Check
Reading and Writing are Superpowers*
The Study Cycle: Preview – Attend – Review – Study – Check
Over the next week or so, we’ll be meeting one-on-one for a half-hour conference to discuss your progress towards the course learning objectives. All conferences will be held in my SASC office, room 4. You won’t need to check in for these conferences. Find the conference schedule at the bottom of this post. Learning Objectives Read More …
Course Learning Objective: Engagement – 20% Engaged learners are physically, mentally, and behaviorally present in class. They are willing to try new things and accept that mistakes create important opportunities for learning. They embrace what Carol Dweck calls a “growth mindset” that helps keep them open to learning from both success and failure. A student Read More …
Why did Juliane Koepcke survive an airplane disaster over the Peruvian Amazon when others died? According to Miller and Jurecic’s paraphrase of Laurence Gonzalez, she survived because: “Rather than follow rules, she improvised” (22) “Although she was afraid…, she used that fear as a resource for action” (22) She had “‘an inner-resource, a state of mind’ Read More …
Having a growth mindset helps students work more purposefully towards their goals. Coach yourself to have a growth mindset by asking these questions. Thanks to ICTEvangelist, @robfmac, and the people at MindShift for sharing. Leave a comment in which you tell a brief story about yourself that reveals the degree to which you possess a Read More …