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3. Chapter 2 Outline and Learning Goals In this chapter you will learn to Analyze your learning style Develop an action plan Understand instructors’ teaching styles Understand instructors’ expectations Use active learning skills Explain and illustrate critical thinking Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc.

4. Analyze Your Learning Style Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. Learning Style Questionnaire Interpreting Your Scores Learning Goals

5. Develop an Action Plan Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. Developing Strategies to Overcome Limitations Several Words of Caution Learning Goals

6. Understand Instructors’ Teaching Styles Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. Comparing Learning and Teaching Style Auditory-Visual Applied-Conceptual Spatial-Verbal Social-Independent Creative-Pragmatic Learning Goals

7. Understand Instructors’ Expectations Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. Take Responsibility for Your Own Learning Focus on Concepts Focus on Ideas, Not “Right Answers” Evaluate New Ideas Explore Ideas Using a Journal Learning Goals

8. Use Active Learning Skills Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. Active Versus Passive Learning Active Learning Strategies Learning Goals

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10. Explain and Illustrate Critical Thinking Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. Levels of Thinking Using Levels of Thinking Learning Goals

11. Let’s Review! Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc.

12. What part of the Learning Style Questionnaire indicates whether you learn better by listening or by seeing? Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. a.Auditory/Visual. b.Social/Independent. c.Spatial/Verbal. d.Applied/Conceptual.

13. What part of the Learning Style Questionnaire indicates whether you learn better by listening or by seeing? Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. a.Auditory/Visual. b.Social/Independent. c.Spatial/Verbal. d.Applied/Conceptual. Analyze Your Learning Style

14. What is the most important reason to identify your learning style? Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. a.To avoid assignments that do not suit your learning style. b.To accept your learning style as fixed and unchanging. c.To make the most of your strengths and improve areas of weakness. d.To determine which subjects and instructors you should avoid.

15. What is the most important reason to identify your learning style? Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. a.To avoid assignments that do not suit your learning style. b.To accept your learning style as fixed and unchanging. c.To make the most of your strengths and improve areas of weakness. d.To determine which subjects and instructors you should avoid. Develop an Action Plan

16. What teaching style best describes an instructor who focuses on ideas, rules, and theories? Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. a.Applied. b.Conceptual. c.Spatial. d.Social.

17. What teaching style best describes an instructor who focuses on ideas, rules, and theories? Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. a.Applied. b.Conceptual. c.Spatial. d.Social. Understand Instructors’ Teaching Styles

18. What is one way that learning in college differs from high school? Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. a.College instructors spend more time reviewing course content. b.Weekly class time in college is much longer than in high school. c.College students are expected to take responsibility for their own learning. d.Most of the focus of college learning is on the memorization of facts.

19. What is one way that learning in college differs from high school? Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. a.College instructors spend more time reviewing course content. b.Weekly class time in college is much longer than in high school. c.College students are expected to take responsibility for their own learning. d.Most of the focus of college learning is on the memorization of facts. Understand Instructors’ Expectations

20. Which of the following does not characterize an active learner? Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. a.Writing down everything an instructor says in a class lecture. b.Considering the purpose behind an assignment. c.Connecting background knowledge and experience to course material. d.Predicting questions that might appear on an exam.

21. Which of the following does not characterize an active learner? Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. a.Writing down everything an instructor says in a class lecture. b.Considering the purpose behind an assignment. c.Connecting background knowledge and experience to course material. d.Predicting questions that might appear on an exam. Use Active Learning Skills

22. What would your score on the Creative/Pragmatic part of the Learning Style Questionnaire reveal? Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. a.Your ability to work with spatial relationships. b.Your preferred level of interaction with other people in the learning process. c.The sensory mode you prefer when processing information. d.The approach you prefer to take toward learning tasks.

23. What would your score on the Creative/Pragmatic part of the Learning Style Questionnaire reveal? Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. a.Your ability to work with spatial relationships. b.Your preferred level of interaction with other people in the learning process. c.The sensory mode you prefer when processing information. d.The approach you prefer to take toward learning tasks. Analyze Your Learning Style

24. What is an example of an assignment at the creating level of thinking? Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. a.Explain a mathematical law. b.Memorize the structure of the human eye. c.Compose an original poem. d.Compare two stories by the same writer.

25. What is an example of an assignment at the creating level of thinking? Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. a.Explain a mathematical law. b.Memorize the structure of the human eye. c.Compose an original poem. d.Compare two stories by the same writer. Explain and Illustrate Critical Thinking

26. What is an example of an assignment at the applying level of thinking? Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. a.Design a website. b.Define a list of marketing terms. c.Memorize dates for a history exam. d.Use a formula to solve a statistics problem.

27. What is an example of an assignment at the applying level of thinking? Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. a.Design a website. b.Define a list of marketing terms. c.Memorize dates for a history exam. d.Use a formula to solve a statistics problem. Explain and Illustrate Critical Thinking

28. Which of the following levels of thinking does not involve critical thinking? Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. a.Analyzing. b.Understanding. c.Evaluating. d.Creating.

29. Which of the following levels of thinking does not involve critical thinking? Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. a.Analyzing. b.Understanding. c.Evaluating. d.Creating. Explain and Illustrate Critical Thinking