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Sociology
Psychology Economics Anthropology Political Science
Give 2 examples of social science courses.
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Listen to the lecture and think about what is being said before writing down notes, so you know the most important information.
What is the listen, think, write rule?
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Chemistry, physics, When you have to use math formulas in the class.
What is a math based science course?
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Leave out information you are unsure of that way you do not loose points for including false information
What does the phrase "when in doubt leave it out" pertain to an essay/short answer exam
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Helps determine what test preparation strategies work for you and where you need to make improvements
How can an exam analysis improve your future test performances?
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Professors know students tend to skip these and they want to make sure students pay attention to the information in them.
They can be test questions
Why is it important to read the text boxes in social science courses?
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They may be based on chronology, history based, to learn sequence of events
Why should you use a timeline in a humanities class?
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So you do not get lost and can stay caught up
Why should you ask questions sooner rather than later in a math based science course?
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Higher level
What type of thinking do objective exams require?
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Summarize main idea
Provide transition
What purpose do concluding sentences serve?
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Higher level thinking questions
Lots of lectures Synthesize text with lecture Objective items combines with essay,SA, and ID Study of people, cultures, etc
Name two task in social science courses.
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Discussion columns, there are usually a lot of discussion in these classes
What note taking strategy should you use in a humanities class?
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Go at your own pace
Make your own schedule Fosters independent work
What are two benefits of online learning?
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start early
get organized distribute your time break up the work stay healthy self-test study with a classmate look at old exams
What are two test preparation strategies?
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Answer to the question
Page number to text/notes where answer is found
What information can be found on the mock exam answer key?
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Activate prior knowledge
Pay attention to chapter organization Read terms, in the margin and text inserts Read intro/conclusion Read review questions
Name two ways to "gear up" for reading in your social science texts.
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Medieval Monk Syndrome, Nothin' Here Syndrome, Rest of the Story Syndrome
What are the three annotation pitfalls?
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Use surfing as a reward
etc.
What should you do to reduce distractions when doing online learning?
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Predict, Rehearse, Evaluate, Organize, Practice
What are the components of PORPE?
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At least a week prior to the exam
When should you take your mock exam?
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Versatile and can be applied to life situations
Written to ask students to self-test on higher levels of thought.
Why is the question answer strategy useful in social science courses?
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An annotation pitfall where you annotate too much and don't paraphrase, too much information to cover when it comes time to study.
What is medieval monk syndrome?
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Asynchronous Courses
What is the most common type of online learning class?
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Problem solving
Open book Take home
What are three types of specialized exams?
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How many supportive statements should you have in your paragraph for the writing strategy?
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