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Welcome to 1C. . Curve of Forgetting. Day 2: 50-80% Retention Day 7: <50% Retention Day 30: 2-3% Retention. If you don’t study till midterms, you are relearning nearly EVERYTHING from scratch, without help……. Study a little bit every day and you don’t have to study as much!!!!!!.

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Welcome to 1C.

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  1. Welcome to 1C.

  2. Curve of Forgetting Day 2: 50-80% Retention Day 7: <50% Retention Day 30: 2-3% Retention If you don’t study till midterms, you are relearning nearly EVERYTHING from scratch, without help…… Study a little bit every day and you don’t have to study as much!!!!!!

  3. So how do I fight this? Before class. • Skim lecture slides. • Skim book material on this topic. Special attention to figures. • Try to remember/connect it to things you have seen before. • Should take about 10 minutes per class period.

  4. Procrastination:http://www.ufunk.net/en/humour/procrastination/Procrastination:http://www.ufunk.net/en/humour/procrastination/ • Longitudinal study of first year students :http://http-server.carleton.ca/~tpychyl/prg/conferences/apa2002/apaslides2002/sld002.htm • Higher stress • Poorer coping strategies, avoidant coping styles (denial, behavioral, mental) • Higher alcohol/smoking/recreational drug use • Fewer wellness behaviors (healthy eating habits, sleeping) • Greater health problems • “But cramming makes me do better on tests, I don’t care if it kills me, I want an A” • No it doesn’t! • Howell, A. J., Watson, D. C., Powell, R. A., Buro, K. (2006) Academic procrastination: The pattern and correlates of behaviouralpostponement • Tice, D. M., & Baumeister, R. F. (1997) Longitudinal Study of Procrastination, Performance, Stress, and Health: The Costs and Benefits of Dawdling [2]

  5. So how do I stop procrastinating? • Use easy to handle time gaps. • Immediately after class: (preferably within 10 minutes, but at absolute latest, before sleep. • 2+ questions you have • 3+ sentence summary of class from notes • This should not take more than about 10 minutes. The sooner you do it, the faster it will go.

  6. So how do I stop procrastinating? • Use easy to handle time gaps. • Realistic goals for increased studying. • I will study, do problems, review chemistry at least ____ minutes per day. Suggested 20 minutes. No interruptions (turn off your phone/messager/email/facebook, lock your doors). • Alternative: I will do ____ number of problems per day. Suggested, do sapling problems related to each class immediately afterwards. On “off” days pick 2 book problems.

  7. Other tips!Go to this webpage and read/do the things recommended • http://www.fullerton.edu/DSS/new_handbook/sec7/steps.htm

  8. Note about in class: • Technology Use: Only for subject material use. • Block SMS: *35*0000*16#, simply redial to reinitiate. • Ban yourself from non-class social networking/youtube/email. • Stay engaged. • If you can’t focus, take a minute to work an example problem by yourself. Then come back to me. You might miss some information, but you weren’t really learning anyway. (come to office hours to get any missed notes) • Write lots of questions for later.

  9. Piazza • Q and A: • Each other, myself and Tas • My answers to TodaysMeet questions. • Lecture Note Sharing. • Will not be using the “course management aspects” • Please see website for that information.

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