Learning by doing 5 doc

... the order of events in the paragraph. Check by going back to the paragraph. • Draw lines connecting the pictures to the events listed on the timeline. 59 CHAPTER 8 KNOWING WHEN YOU DON’T KNOW You ... KNOWING WHAT YOU KNOW 57 Practice Tips The next time you study, test if you really know a paragraph: • Draw a picture ... to know when you know for sure. You know that you know the material...

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... third color, and so on. If You Learn Best by Hearing Talk and listen. Read texts aloud, and read your notes out loud into a tape recorder, so you can review by re-listening. Use different intonations ... really focused on the task at hand. But perhaps it’s less for you—maybe 10 or 15 minutes. Or maybe it’s more like 25 or 30 minutes. Whatever you find is best for you, try to stick to it....

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... subject when you involve yourself in it, even when you’re just role-playing. (See Chap- ter 5, Learning by Doing, ” for more on role-playing and other ways to be an active learner.) • Pretend you’re ... perhaps your name or your hometown. You automatically stopped whatever else you were thinking or doing and tuned into their conversation. You didn’t mean to overhear what they were sa...

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... subject when you involve yourself in it, even when you’re just role-playing. (See Chap- ter 5, Learning by Doing, ” for more on role-playing and other ways to be an active learner.) • Pretend you’re ... lot—don’t overlook them! 75 CHAPTER 10 GETTING MORE OUT OF READING You can make more sense of what you’re reading when you get involved with it. And you can do this by anticipating...

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... this important to me? Find Out! Jeff (see box) can try out the new words he’s learning, not by mem- orizing, but by using them in conversation—even with friends or family who don’t know Spanish! ... material, using your learning style. T here’s a difference between memorizing something and remembering it. Straight memorization doesn’t usually stay with you very long. Real learning, on...

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... an accom- plished dancer by simply observing. LEARNING BY DOING 33 P LAY THE P ART Y OU W ANT TO B E One way to be an active learner is to act the part of a learner. By doing so, you will feel ... difficult reading or to overcome writer’s block. If doing is your style, you may find ideas just popping into your head as you walk! LEARNING BY DOING 35 U SE A C OMPUTER If you d...

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... of documents that previously were very difficult to obtain—that some libraries are focussing on Internet collections for library-users to use.

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... than learning it in the first place, but still takes lots of “brain energy.” Before and after sleep are good times for review. Make sure you use your learning styles (see Chapters 2 through 5) . Reviewing ... lecture, notes you recorded on audiotape, or a book on tape while you wash dishes. • If you learn best by doing: You might want to go back and forth, spending 10 to 20 minutes on...

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... processes. KNOWING WHAT YOU KNOW 55 • If you learn best by seeing: Compare old notes to new notes; look for common words and phrases, and make connections between ideas. • If you learn best by hearing: Read ... two.” • If you learn best by ordering things: You might say, “The order is right. I know that I start with two individual pencils and end up with a pair.” • If you learn best...

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... KNOWING WHEN YOU DON’T KNOW 65 • If you learn best by seeing: Write or draw what you know, and what questions you have. • If you learn best by hearing: Read aloud as you write, and/or ... you learn best by images: Draw or describe the pictures and/or maps in your head. Focus on when the pictures are unclear. Ask questions to clear your pictures. • If you learn best by order: Make ....

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