Metacognition Class, Mind Tools -- Information Skills -- Notes

Mind Maps

Useful for:

• Taking Notes
• Summarizing information
• Consolidating info from different sources
• Thinking through problems
• Presenting information in a format that shows the structure

SQ3R

• Survey
• Question
• Read
• Recall
• Review

Survey -- scan contents, intros, summaries
Question -- make note of your questions, consider any study goals
Read -- actually read the document, go slow as needed
Recall -- run through it in your mind
Review -- read the document again, discuss with others, teach it

Speed Reading

Key Insight: Know what you want from a document before you start reading it

• Read bigger blocks
• Consume those blocks faster
• Skip back less often

Reading Strategies

1. Know what you want to know
2. Know how deeply you want to read
3. Read actively
4. Consider the type of material you are reading
5. Whole subject documents Not sure I get this -- make your own table of contents in advance ?????
6. Use or compile a glossary

Review Techniques

• Establish a review cycle -- one day, one week, one month, and four months after learning

Learning Styles

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SensoryIntuitive

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Concrete, practical, procedural information -- the facts Conceptual, innovative, theoretical information -- the meaning

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VisualVerbal>

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Prefer graphs, pictures, diagrams Prefer to hear/read, explanations with words

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ActiveReflective

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Prefer to manipulate objects, do experiments, try things, work in groups to do problem-solving Prefer to think things through, evaluate options, learn by analysis. Enjoy figuring out a problem on their own

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SequentialGlobal

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Prefer information presented linearly and in order. Put together details to create the big picture Prefer holistic/systematic. See the big picture first and then fill in the details

To create a balanced learning experience, provide both hard facts and general concepts, incorporate both visual and verbal cues, allow both experiential learning and time for evaluation and reflection, provide detail in a structured way, as well as the big picture.
No easy fixes for sure -- the advice here pushes us to work harder

Competence Ladder

1. Unconscious incompetence (don't know you don't know)
2. Conscious incompetence (you know you don't know)
3. Conscious competence (you know you know)
4. Unconscious competence (you don't know you know)

Memory Tools

• Mnemonics
• Whole mind -- mental images
• Make vivid, with a place, time, humor, etc.