Response 6 Do your Peer Planner Check. Study for Quiz on Chpt 5 I need one (1) volunteer (you MUST be brave and not allow disruptions to get to you) How do you think your teachers view YOU? Describe your body language, the tone of your questions (do you ask questions of the teacher? or of a classmate while the teacher is teaching?), your eye contact, your attentiveness, if you take notes... Response 6

Press your luck - NO Whammies! Chapter 5 Quiz

Chapter 6 Listening, Note Taking, and Memory: Taking In, Recording, and Remembering Keys to Success, Sixth Edition Carol Carter, Joyce Bishop, and Sarah Lyman Kravits

“Successfully Intelligent people.. find their path and then pursue it, realizing that there will be obstacles along the way and that surmounting these obstacles is part of their challenge.” Robert Sternberg

Real Questions, Practical Answers How can I improve my memory?

Memory quiz Listen to this song. As you listen, take notes on it. You will have 5 minutes to talk with a partner about this song At the end of class today, there will be a quiz on this song. Death Cab for Cutie, “I’ll Follow You Into the Dark” Memory quiz

But first! A demonstration A volunteer from class will present. Each classmate will be assigned a task to perform during the presentation. All classmates will take their own notes about the presentation How complete are your notes? How did the speaker feel as this was going on?

How do you act in the classroom? Is it important how your teacher sees you? Is how you behave in class important? To whom? How do you act in the classroom?

How Can You Become a Better Listener? Know the Stages of Listening Manage Listening Challenges Become an Active Listener

Listening vs. Hearing Hear: Perceiving sound by ear. Involuntary. It just happens. Listen: Pay attention. Requires concentration.

Stages of Listening Sensation – here comes a sound wave! Interpretation – attach a meaning Evaluation – judge the info – Does this really mean anything to me? Reaction – question and comment (don’t rush it! take your time!) Take a Look at Key 6.1

In your MI groups: Come up with ways to Combat Listening Challenges Divided attention and distractions Listening lapses The rush to judgment Partial hearing loss and learning disabilities

Become an Active Listener Be there – show up on time for class! Set purposes for listening Focus on understanding Ask questions Pay attention to verbal signposts Expect the unexpected

Verbal Signposts Pg 177

How Can You Make the Most of Class Notes? Note-Taking Systems Note Taking Is a Three-Step Process: Prepare, Review, and Revise Combine Class and Reading Notes into a Master Set

Choose a note-taking system Outline Cornell Think Link Text book margins Others?

Understandthe Outline Process

Cornell Note-Taking

Think Link

A short story In groups, you will be assigned a note- taking style Outline Cornell Notes Think Link Listen to a story, it will NOT be repeated. A short story

How Can You Take Notes Faster? Pg 191 Abbreviations/ Short-hand

Song quiz! I’ll follow you into the dark” Death Cab For Cutie What did you NEED to know Musical terminology – acoustic (not electronically amplified) Literary analogy terminology – “theme” and “tone” Lyrics of the song you heard ONCE What could have helped you Visual Aids – graphics? Outline of the song Knowing the terms in advance Song quiz!

How Can You Improve Your Memory? How Your Brain Remembers: Short- Term and Long-Term Memory Memory Strategies Improve Recall Use Mnemonic Devices

Physical process - Practice improves strength Efficiency: Learning once and working to retain that memory takes far less time and energy than relearning over and over again. Ex: learning to drive a car =- absorbs rules, use thinking skills to solve problems, make decisions, evaluate situations. Those actions cannot take place on a regular basis without long-term retention of the initial details. You can't forget what a flashing red light means.

Three storage banks of memory Sensory Short term Long term How does the process of remembering relate to learning? Does cramming work? Why/Why not? What does work (that you've used before)?

Build Memory Skills Assigned Device (pgs 194-199) Mnemonic devices Assigned Topic (from the chapters) Mnemonic devices Visual Images Flash Cards Think Link Acronyms Notes Repeat/Rehearse/Recite Songs/Rhymes 4 stages of listening process (Chpt 6) Key time management strategies (chpt 2) Stages of problem- solving (chpt 4) Eight intelligences (chpt 3) Build Memory Skills

Improving Recall Recite, rehearse, write. Use note cards and other memory aids. Create your own sample tests. Study in a group.

Mental Walk

Thinking Successfully About Listening, Note Taking, and Memory Analytical thinking – understand listening, note- taking, and memory Creative thinking – think of new ways to listen, take notes, and memorize Practical thinking – learn from experience and be realistic about how much you can memorize

lagom How would you apply this word to your life? In Swedish, the word lagom refers to the place between extremes, the spot that is neither too much nor too little, but just right. How would you apply this word to your life?

Psychiatrist and Author “Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult task that demanded our best.” Theodore I. Rubin Psychiatrist and Author

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