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Month: April 2014

Active Learning Motivation 

Identity: what defines you?

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If you need to choose a word to describe yourself, what word would that be? What acts from your life will define your identity? Do you believe every person is given a fair chance to create their own successful identity? In this compelling presentation, civil rights attorney Bryan Stevenson invites us to reflect on our identities through the lens of one of our most challenging and saddening realities: the mass incarceration of young people in the United States.

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Active Learning Learning Strategies Study techniques 

Internet and reading comprehension

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The superficial manner in which we read material online is making it difficult for us to understand works that require more than a momentary commitment to comprehend them. Practices such as key-word searches, scanning for salient words, skimming for comprehension, scrolling, and link-clicking are not conducive to acquiring a deep understanding of the material being interacted with, says Maryanne Wolf, a cognitive neuroscientist at Tufts University.

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Learning Strategies Meta-cognition Study techniques 

Improving reading comprehension takes time

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Reading can be a daunting task for a lot of students. Sometimes because of boredom, others because of poor reading skills and in some cases due to a learning disability. ESL students can also face challenges when reading college level textbooks. These five reading comprehension tips could benefit any body struggling with reading and interested in improving reading comprehension skills.

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Learning Strategies Meta-cognition 

Blooming as a learner

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Memorizing facts is not enough to get a good grade in college. You need to develop higher level thinking skills to succeed in most of your courses. If you’ve heard these statements before, blame Bloom’s taxonomy. There’s a big chance you’ve heard about this concept before, or maybe not. But what does it mean for you as a learner? How does it affect your learning experience?

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