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Learning to Learn

Learning to Learn. By: Katie Bresnahan CIS 1020-066 Ages 17-100. Introduction. What is learning? How do we learn? Why do some people learn better or faster? How can we improve our learning?. What is Learning?.

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Learning to Learn

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  1. Learning to Learn By: Katie Bresnahan CIS 1020-066 Ages 17-100

  2. Introduction • What is learning? • How do we learn? • Why do some people learn better or faster? • How can we improve our learning?

  3. What is Learning? • “Learning is a relatively permanent change in behavior that is the result of experience.” (Cherry, 2005). • Memory is learning! When we are learning we are simply creating and recalling memories.

  4. Steps to Making Memories

  5. Encoding • Step one in the learning process is • Step two is • Along with processing we have Attention! Processing Imagery

  6. Tips For Study • Limit distractions. • Process the material in a meaningfully way, apply it to your life/things you already know well. • Use imagery! • Encode early and often.

  7. Storage

  8. Tips for Study • Rewrite and go over notes you have taken. • Take chances to teach other people. • Make tests for yourself to track your progress and see where you need to improve. • While you study, go to class, read and work problems ask questions, to yourself and others.

  9. Retrieval • This is the Big Moment! Can you remember ? • Retrieval is going back to our computer to get the pictures we took before.

  10. Tips for Study • Use cues to help your brain get in gear and start thinking about what you will need to remember. • Be calm, take slow deep breaths, drink water and relax.

  11. Factors that Effect Memory • Forgetting is more than just memory loss • Did you really encode and make a memory in the first place? • Unpleasant memories can be repressed. • When you learned it may determine if you remember.

  12. Tips to Improve Study Skills • Sleep is Vital! “Sleep not only rights the wrong of prolonged wakefulness, but, at a neurocognitive level, it moves you beyond where you were before you took a nap.” • When Solving problems: • Find and Frame • Develop Good Strategies • Evaluate Solutions • Rethink and Redefine

  13. The End References • E:\Learning to Lear1.docx • King, L. A. (2010). Experience Psychology (1st ed.). New York: McGraw Hill. • Congratulations! You have made it through the semester and now it is test time. Use these learning strategies and you can go wrong!

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