Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc.. Chapter 2 Outline and Learning Goals In this chapter you will learn to Analyze your learning style Develop

Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc.


Chapter 2 Outline and Learning Goals

In this chapter you will learn to

Analyze your learning style

Develop an action plan

Understand instructors’ teaching styles

Understand instructors’ expectations

Use active learning skills

Explain and illustrate critical thinking


Analyze Your Learning Style


• Learning Style Questionnaire

• Interpreting Your Scores

Learning Goals

Develop an Action Plan


• Developing Strategies to Overcome Limitations

• Several Words of Caution

Learning Goals

Understand Instructors’ Teaching Styles


• Comparing Learning and Teaching Style• Auditory-Visual• Applied-Conceptual• Spatial-Verbal• Social-Independent• Creative-Pragmatic

Learning Goals

Understand Instructors’ Expectations


• Take Responsibility for Your Own Learning

• Focus on Concepts

• Focus on Ideas, Not “Right Answers”

• Evaluate New Ideas

• Explore Ideas Using a JournalLearning Goals

Use Active Learning Skills


• Active Versus Passive Learning

• Active Learning Strategies

Learning Goals


Explain and Illustrate Critical Thinking


• Levels of Thinking

• Using Levels of Thinking

Learning Goals

• Remembering: memorization• Understanding: comprehension• Applying: applying to a new situation information that you have

memorized and understood• Analyzing: examining what you have learned, studying relationships• Evaluating: making judgments• Creating: putting ideas together to form something new



• Levels of Thinking

Learning Goals

• Analyzing, evaluating, and creating involve critical thinking.



• Using Levels of Thinking

Learning Goals

Let’s Review!


What part of the Learning Style Questionnaire indicates whether you learn better by listening or by seeing?


a. Auditory/Visual.b. Social/Independent.c. Spatial/Verbal.d. Applied/Conceptual.

What part of the Learning Style Questionnaire indicates whether you learn better by listening or by seeing?


a. Auditory/Visual.b. Social/Independent.c. Spatial/Verbal.d. Applied/Conceptual.


What is the most important reason to identify your learning style?


a. To avoid assignments that do not suit your learning style.

b. To accept your learning style as fixed and unchanging.

c. To make the most of your strengths and improve areas of weakness.

d. To determine which subjects and instructors you should avoid.

What is the most important reason to identify your learning style?


a. To avoid assignments that do not suit your learning style.

b. To accept your learning style as fixed and unchanging.

c. To make the most of your strengths and improve areas of weakness.

d. To determine which subjects and instructors you should avoid.

Develop an Action Plan

What teaching style best describes an instructor who focuses on ideas, rules, and theories?


a. Applied.b. Conceptual.c. Spatial.d. Social.

What teaching style best describes an instructor who focuses on ideas, rules, and theories?


a. Applied.b. Conceptual.c. Spatial.d. Social.

Understand Instructors’ Teaching Styles

What is one way that learning in college differs from high school?


a. College instructors spend more time reviewing course content.

b. Weekly class time in college is much longer than in high school.

c. College students are expected to take responsibility for their own learning.

d. Most of the focus of college learning is on the memorization of facts.

What is one way that learning in college differs from high school?


a. College instructors spend more time reviewing course content.

b. Weekly class time in college is much longer than in high school.

c. College students are expected to take responsibility for their own learning.

d. Most of the focus of college learning is on the memorization of facts.

Understand Instructors’ Expectations

Which of the following does not characterize an active learner?


a. Writing down everything an instructor says in a class lecture.

b. Considering the purpose behind an assignment.c. Connecting background knowledge and

experience to course material.d. Predicting questions that might appear on an

exam.

Which of the following does not characterize an active learner?


a. Writing down everything an instructor says in a class lecture.

b. Considering the purpose behind an assignment.c. Connecting background knowledge and

experience to course material.d. Predicting questions that might appear on an

exam.

Use Active Learning Skills

What would your score on the Creative/Pragmatic part of the Learning Style Questionnaire reveal?


a. Your ability to work with spatial relationships.b. Your preferred level of interaction with other

people in the learning process.c. The sensory mode you prefer when processing

information.d. The approach you prefer to take toward learning

tasks.

What would your score on the Creative/Pragmatic part of the Learning Style Questionnaire reveal?


a. Your ability to work with spatial relationships.b. Your preferred level of interaction with other

people in the learning process.c. The sensory mode you prefer when processing

information.d. The approach you prefer to take toward learning

tasks.


What is an example of an assignment at the creating level of thinking?


a. Explain a mathematical law.b. Memorize the structure of the human eye.c. Compose an original poem.d. Compare two stories by the same writer.

What is an example of an assignment at the creating level of thinking?


a. Explain a mathematical law.b. Memorize the structure of the human eye.c. Compose an original poem.d. Compare two stories by the same writer.


What is an example of an assignment at the applying level of thinking?


a. Design a website.b. Define a list of marketing terms.c. Memorize dates for a history exam.d. Use a formula to solve a statistics problem.

What is an example of an assignment at the applying level of thinking?


a. Design a website.b. Define a list of marketing terms.c. Memorize dates for a history exam.d. Use a formula to solve a statistics problem.


Which of the following levels of thinking does not involve critical thinking?


a. Analyzing.b. Understanding.c. Evaluating.d. Creating.

Which of the following levels of thinking does not involve critical thinking?


a. Analyzing.b. Understanding.c. Evaluating.d. Creating.


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