Metacognition/Critical Reading Skills
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- Q1What metacognitive questions should you be asking yourself as you read?Am I connecting? predicting? visualizing? questioning?30s
- Q2What two types of distractions prevent you from concentrating as you read?Internal (in your head) and external (in your environment)30s
- Q3Give me an example of an internal distracter that might prevent you from concentrating while reading?various answers as long as the distraction is in your head/thoughts30s
- Q4Give me an example of an external distracter that might prevent you from concentrating?various answers that are related to your environment30s
- Q5What are the three stages of memory?Sensory, short-term memory and long-term memory30s
- Q6Why is rote learning NOT a good idea?Because when you memorize information without understanding it, you easily forget it.30s
- Q7How does mnemonics help you to recall information?After you understand information and learn it, mnemonic memory tricks help you retrieve it from your long-term memory30s
- Q8Name the learning stylesVisual, Auditory, Kinesthetic30s
- Q9What learning style is used when we match using CRS (Card Review System)?Kinesthetic30s
- Q10What learning style is used when you subvocalize (read aloud)?Auditory30s
- Q11What learning style is used when you use mind maps and acrostics?Visual30s
- Q12How do you use your sensory memory to gain information?You purposely PAY ATTENTION and INTEND TO REMEMBER information, and then work to transfer the information to your short-term memory.30s
- Q13How do you use your short-term memory to remember information?CONSCIOUSLY use a CHUNKING strategy to group large amounts of information.30s
- Q14Name some strategies for recalling information from your long-term memory.Mnemonics are memory tricks that use key words, acronyms, or acrostics to help you recall information that you understand. Card Review System (CRS) is the vocabulary matching we do in class.30s
- Q15What is efficient reading?Being able to read and comprehend textbook material in an appropriate amount of time for you30s