Keys to Success: Building Analytical, Creative, and Practical Skills, 6 th edition Carol Carter, Joyce Bishop, and Sarah Lyman Kravits Copyright ©2009 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. 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...

Keys to Success: Building Analytical, Creative, and Practical Skills, 6 th edition Carol Carter, Joyce Bishop, and Sarah Lyman Kravits Copyright ©2009 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. Chapter 5 Quiz Press your luck - NO Whammies!

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

Keys to Success: Building Analytical, Creative, and Practical Skills, 6 th edition Carol Carter, Joyce Bishop, and Sarah Lyman Kravits Copyright ©2009 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. “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

Keys to Success: Building Analytical, Creative, and Practical Skills, 6 th edition Carol Carter, Joyce Bishop, and Sarah Lyman Kravits Copyright ©2009 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. Real Questions, Practical Answers How can I improve my memory?

Keys to Success: Building Analytical, Creative, and Practical Skills, 6 th edition Carol Carter, Joyce Bishop, and Sarah Lyman Kravits Copyright ©2009 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. 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

Keys to Success: Building Analytical, Creative, and Practical Skills, 6 th edition Carol Carter, Joyce Bishop, and Sarah Lyman Kravits Copyright ©2009 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. 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?

Keys to Success: Building Analytical, Creative, and Practical Skills, 6 th edition Carol Carter, Joyce Bishop, and Sarah Lyman Kravits Copyright ©2009 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. How do you act in the classroom? Is it important how your teacher sees you? Is how you behave in class important? To whom?

Keys to Success: Building Analytical, Creative, and Practical Skills, 6 th edition Carol Carter, Joyce Bishop, and Sarah Lyman Kravits Copyright ©2009 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. How Can You Become a Better Listener? Know the Stages of Listening Manage Listening Challenges Become an Active Listener

Keys to Success: Building Analytical, Creative, and Practical Skills, 6 th edition Carol Carter, Joyce Bishop, and Sarah Lyman Kravits Copyright ©2009 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. Listening vs. Hearing Hear: Perceiving sound by ear. Involuntary. It just happens. Listen: Pay attention. Requires concentration.

Keys to Success: Building Analytical, Creative, and Practical Skills, 6 th edition Carol Carter, Joyce Bishop, and Sarah Lyman Kravits Copyright ©2009 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. 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

Keys to Success: Building Analytical, Creative, and Practical Skills, 6 th edition Carol Carter, Joyce Bishop, and Sarah Lyman Kravits Copyright ©2009 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. 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

Keys to Success: Building Analytical, Creative, and Practical Skills, 6 th edition Carol Carter, Joyce Bishop, and Sarah Lyman Kravits Copyright ©2009 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. 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

Keys to Success: Building Analytical, Creative, and Practical Skills, 6 th edition Carol Carter, Joyce Bishop, and Sarah Lyman Kravits Copyright ©2009 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. Verbal Signposts Pg 177

Keys to Success: Building Analytical, Creative, and Practical Skills, 6 th edition Carol Carter, Joyce Bishop, and Sarah Lyman Kravits Copyright ©2009 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. 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

Keys to Success: Building Analytical, Creative, and Practical Skills, 6 th edition Carol Carter, Joyce Bishop, and Sarah Lyman Kravits Copyright ©2009 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. Choose a note-taking system Outline Cornell Think Link Text book margins Others?

Keys to Success: Building Analytical, Creative, and Practical Skills, 6 th edition Carol Carter, Joyce Bishop, and Sarah Lyman Kravits Copyright ©2009 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. Understand the Outline Process

Keys to Success: Building Analytical, Creative, and Practical Skills, 6 th edition Carol Carter, Joyce Bishop, and Sarah Lyman Kravits Copyright ©2009 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. Cornell Note-Taking

Keys to Success: Building Analytical, Creative, and Practical Skills, 6 th edition Carol Carter, Joyce Bishop, and Sarah Lyman Kravits Copyright ©2009 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. Think Link

Keys to Success: Building Analytical, Creative, and Practical Skills, 6 th edition Carol Carter, Joyce Bishop, and Sarah Lyman Kravits Copyright ©2009 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. 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.

Keys to Success: Building Analytical, Creative, and Practical Skills, 6 th edition Carol Carter, Joyce Bishop, and Sarah Lyman Kravits Copyright ©2009 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. How Can You Take Notes Faster? Pg 191 Abbreviations/ Short-hand

Keys to Success: Building Analytical, Creative, and Practical Skills, 6 th edition Carol Carter, Joyce Bishop, and Sarah Lyman Kravits Copyright ©2009 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. How Can You Improve Your Memory? How Your Brain Remembers: Short- Term and Long-Term Memory Memory Strategies Improve Recall Use Mnemonic Devices

Keys to Success: Building Analytical, Creative, and Practical Skills, 6 th edition Carol Carter, Joyce Bishop, and Sarah Lyman Kravits Copyright ©2009 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. 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.

Keys to Success: Building Analytical, Creative, and Practical Skills, 6 th edition Carol Carter, Joyce Bishop, and Sarah Lyman Kravits Copyright ©2009 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. 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)?

Keys to Success: Building Analytical, Creative, and Practical Skills, 6 th edition Carol Carter, Joyce Bishop, and Sarah Lyman Kravits Copyright ©2009 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. Build Memory Skills Assigned Device (pgs ) 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)

Keys to Success: Building Analytical, Creative, and Practical Skills, 6 th edition Carol Carter, Joyce Bishop, and Sarah Lyman Kravits Copyright ©2009 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. Improving Recall Recite, rehearse, write. Use note cards and other memory aids. Create your own sample tests. Study in a group.

Keys to Success: Building Analytical, Creative, and Practical Skills, 6 th edition Carol Carter, Joyce Bishop, and Sarah Lyman Kravits Copyright ©2009 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. Mental Walk

Keys to Success: Building Analytical, Creative, and Practical Skills, 6 th edition Carol Carter, Joyce Bishop, and Sarah Lyman Kravits Copyright ©2009 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. Song quiz! Using your notes (no partners this time), take the quiz

Keys to Success: Building Analytical, Creative, and Practical Skills, 6 th edition Carol Carter, Joyce Bishop, and Sarah Lyman Kravits Copyright ©2009 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. 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

Keys to Success: Building Analytical, Creative, and Practical Skills, 6 th edition Carol Carter, Joyce Bishop, and Sarah Lyman Kravits Copyright ©2009 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. lagom 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?

Keys to Success: Building Analytical, Creative, and Practical Skills, 6 th edition Carol Carter, Joyce Bishop, and Sarah Lyman Kravits Copyright ©2009 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. “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

Keys to Success: Building Analytical, Creative, and Practical Skills, 6 th edition Carol Carter, Joyce Bishop, and Sarah Lyman Kravits Copyright ©2009 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. Homework Portfolio 6 Planner 6 Chapter 6