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Study Skills Midterm
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Undergraduate 1
03/16/2010

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selectivity
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select what is important to learn
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association
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associate or link together chunks of information
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visualization
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picture in your mind the information you are learning
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elaboration
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work with information and encode information in new ways
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concentration
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stay focused and attend to specific stimuli
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recitation
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repeat information verbally in your own words
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intention
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create a learning goal with clearly defined desired outcomes
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big and little pictures
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recognize different levels of information
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feedback
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check the accuracy of your learning and use the forams of self quizzing
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organization
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reorganize information in meaningful , logical ways
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time on task
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dedicate and schedule ample time to learn
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ongoing review
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practice retrieving information from long-term memory
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cognitive learning styles
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refers to the general way people prefer to have information presented in order to problem-solve, process, learn, and remember new information
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learning modalities (3)
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visual
auditory
kinesthetic
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learning style preference
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tendency to use a visual, auditory, or kinesthetic modality when there is a choice of ways to learn and process new information
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visual learners
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prefer to process and learn information in visual forms such as pictures, charts, or other printed information, such as lists or paragraphs
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auditory learners
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prefer to process and learn by hearing and discussing information
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kinesthetic learners
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prefer to process and learn information through large and small muscle movements and hand on exercise
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multi sensory strategies
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strategies that combine two or more modalities
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verbalizing
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involves speaking or reading out loud to activate your auditory channel and build auditory memory
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recite
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involves explaining inforamtion outloud, in complete sentences and in your own words without looking at the printed information
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brain dominance theory
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a cognitive model that identifies specific functions of the left hemisphere and the right hemisphere of the brain
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