Educational Psychology & The Modern Research University | Effective Goals and Goal Setting | Maximizing Organization | Understanding Memory | Monitoring Comprehension |
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What is applied research?
Research that seeks to develop solutions for real world problems.
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What is a long term goal?
A goal achieved over a long period time.
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What is time management?
Productive and organized use of time to accomplish tasks and complete activities.
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What is short-term/working memory?
The memory component where information is briefly stored until it is either encoded or lost.
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What is active reading?
The kind of reading that takes more time and energy due to decision making and attention to detail.
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What are soft skills?
The type of skill that Liberal arts and GEN ED courses tend to emphasize
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What is an enabling goal?
Several smaller goals that will eventually lead to the completion of a long term goal.
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What are studying and reading material?
Events best done in shorter and more frequent blocks of time.
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What is an elaboration strategy?
A learning strategy that relies on the learner's prior knowledge to process new information.
(Creating your own examples, connecting concepts to prior experiences, creating graphic organizers) |
What is an effective general test taking strategy?
Answering easy test questions first.
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What is Natural Sciences?
Biology, Botany, Chemistry, Geology all fit into this Liberal Arts Division.
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What are the the characteristics of a SMART goal?
Specific, Measurable, Assignable, Realistic, Time-related
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What is a master calendar?
An organizational tool on which you write due dates, large projects/papers, and special holidays
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What is active reading?
A reading approach that uses elaboration strategies to process information into long-term memory.
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What is a learning taxonomy?
A system that helps you monitor comprehension, and acquire deep levels of understanding.
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What is educational psychology?
A field of study that explores motivation, cognitive development, self efficacy, information processing, self regulation and memory
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What is a self-concordant goal?
A goal that is personally meaningful.
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What is an effective method for dealing with procrastination that entails completing your hardest task first?
Eating the frog.
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What is a memory palace?
An exercise that utilizes visual imagery that is silly/impossible, outrageous, or familiar to aid your memory.
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What is dealing with test anxiety/triggers?
Using earbuds or music to drown out the noises of other students, choosing a different seat, not looking around often.
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What are transferrable learning skills?
Inquiry and Analysis, Critical and creative thinking, and Written and oral communication
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What is an action step that avoids a known, likely obstacle?
Proactive Action Step
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What is a method to determine priorities?
ABCDE
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What is
sensory register-(Attention)--Short term/working memory-(Encoding)--long term memory
How memory is encoded. (draw that jawn on da board)
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What is active listening?
Paying attention to how ideas connect with other concepts, closely monitoring your understanding to find gaps in knowledge, and finding underlying messages.
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