BI296 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Mnemonic, Lateral Thinking, Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America
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Metacognition- thinking about the way you think (awareness of learning) January 9th 2017: a(cid:449)areness or analysis of one(cid:859)s o(cid:449)n learning or thinking process, monitoring your progress as you learn, making changes and adapting your strategies, self-reflection, self-responsibility. What is critical thinking: expands your knowledge, critically thinking is: Improves teaching and learning: reasonable. reflective thinking that is focused on deciding what to believe or do. Remembering information: mnemonic- system for improving memory, acronyms, acrostics, action verbs- list, name identify, define, label and describe, 2. Understanding information: mind maps (webs)- show connection, key words, action verbs: summarize, discuss, distinguish, predict, generalize and categorize, 3. Applying information: problem solving, testing learning in the (cid:858)real (cid:449)orld or in class acti(cid:448)ities, action verbs: apply, demonstrate, examine and solve, 4. Analyzing information: breaking it down fact vs. opinion, reasoned judgement logical thinking, action verbs: analyze, explain, compare and classify, 5.
