More Questions! Last time we talked about asking questions of what you are reading, hearing & seeing. When you formulate questions you are on the road to making connections, can’t help but become a little more interested in the subject and most of the time you get answers! Practice asking questions about things that you …
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Ask questions. I don’t mean raise your hands in class like good girls and boys. I mean question what you are reading. Question what you are hearing. Question what you are thinking. When a question arises as you read and it is in the book, go back, look it up, remind yourself. Asking questions opens …
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Many struggling students do not have an arsenal of learning strategies and fail to make inter-disciplinary (between different fields of study) and intra-disciplinary (between ideas or categories within one field of study) connections. Making connections between topics and ideas improves understanding, retention, and probably increases level of interest. Creative study techniques and assignments that encourage …
Okay, you know I love outlines. Outlines help you organize information, see what information is related and how it’s related. Here’s an outline I made about things good students do. Some of them are technical things you can mimic. Some require a little confidence, a little faith that what you have to say, and what …
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