ARB2U1C2ForBetterGradesUseYourBrain.ppt

TTElite 1 Iamlateforappointments NeverSometimesOften Pre reading TestYourMemory goodorbad 2 Idon tconcentrateverylongonwhatIamreading OftenNeverSometimes 4 IneedalistwhenIgoshopping OftenSometimesNever TTElite 3 IdonoteasilyrememberthenamesofpepleI vebeenintroducedto NeverOftenSometimes Pre reading TestYourMemory goodorbad notverygoodmemory TTElite 5 IforgetwhatIhavetodowhilegoingfromoneroomtoanother SometimesOftenNever Pre reading TestYourMemory goodorbad 6 Iforgettheday sdate NeverSometimesOften 8 Iforgetthebirthdayofmynearestanddearest OftenNeverSometimes TTElite 7 IhavetroublerememberingwhereI veputmykeysorglasses OftenSometimesNever Pre reading TestYourMemory goodorbad TTElite 9 Inconversation Istruggletofindouttherightword NeverOftenSometimes 10 Irememberuselessinformation OftenSometimesNever Pre reading TestYourMemory goodorbad 12 IquicklyforgetthetitlesofbooksIhavejustread NeverSometimesOften TTElite 11 IforgetincidentsthatIdon toftentalkabout SometimesNeverOften Pre reading TestYourMemory goodorbad TTElite Accordingtoyourperformanceinthequiz doyouthinkyouhaveagoodmemory Why orwhynot Whatspecialmethodsdoyouusetorememberimportantinformation Howdoyouusuallystudyforatest Pre reading TestYourMemory goodorbad TTElite Someofushaveagoodmemory Someprobablyhaveminormemoryproblems Differentpeopleusedifferentmethods strategiesforrememberingthingsastheyhavedifferentlearningstyles Pre reading TestYourMemory goodorbad ForBetterGrades UseYourBrain Predicting Whatisthepassageabout WhileReading ForBetterGrades UseYourBrain Ifyou relikemoststudents youprobablystartedthisnewacademicyearwitharesolutiontostudyharder Now sciencecanhelpyoukeepyourresolution Recentdiscoveriesinbrainresearchpointtobetterwaystolearn Paragraph 1 TTElite Mainidea Task1 Skimmingformainidea Recentdiscoveriesinbrainresearchpointtobetterwaystolearn Tellsus What WhileReading Skimming Howdoesthebrainsavenewinformation Thinkofthelasttimeyoulookedupanumberinthetelephonebookanddialedit Couldyourememberthatnumberfiveminuteslater Probablynot That sbecauseit sinyourshort termmemory Paragraph 2 TTElite Task2 Whycan tyourememberthephonenumberfiveminuteslater TS Answer Becauseit sinourshort termmemory Wecan trememberthephonenumberfiveminuteslater reason cause Result effect Task3 UnderstandingCauseandEffect Onewaytounderstandtheinformationinapassageistothinkaboutcauseandeffect whenonething thecause makesanotherthinghappen theeffect TTElite Readtwosentencesbelow Whichisthecauseandwhichistheeffect Youcan trememberthephonenumberfiveminuteslater cause effectb Youputanewphonenumberinyourshort termmemory cause effect effect cause SkillExtension Discoursemarkersthatareusedforcauseandeffect suchasso because dueto therefore consequently asaresult TTElite Ourmemoryactuallyhasthreecomponents Sensorymemorytakesininformationfromourfivesenses butthesememorieslastjustafewseconds Short termmemoryworkslikea holdingarea fornewinformation that swhereyoukeepthephonenumberwhileyoudialit Butifyoucanputthephonenumberintolong termmemory you llrememberthesamephonenumbernextweek Thispartofyourmemoryholdseverythingfromirregularverbstothenamesofallyourcousins Task4 Howmanyparts componentsdoesourmemoryhave Paragraph 3 Threecomponents Sensorymemory Howtowork Short termmemory Howtowork Long termmemory Howtowork Understandsthingsfrom5senseswithveryshortduration Workslikea holdingarea fornewinfomation Storesthingsoveralongtime WhileReading Paragraph 2 TTElite Paragraph 3 Tellus How TTElite Task5 Whenisiteasiertotransfernewinformationintolong termmemory TrueorFalseWhenwelearnnewthings westoretheminoursensorymemory False Whenyoustudy youtransfernewinformationintolong termmemory Everytimewelearnsomethingnew thestructureofthebrainactuallychanges aswebuildnewconnectionstothenewinformation it seasiertofinditagain Paragraph 4 Tellsus When Task5 Howtostudyeffectively TTElite Betterunderstanding fourtips BetterGrades TTElite ReadingComprehension CheckYourUnderstanding Learnmore HermannEbbinghaus Theforgettingcurveisagraphthatillustrateshowweforgetinformationovertime TTElite TTElite Learnmore Howisnewinformationprocessedandtransferredintolong memory IntegratedSkillExtension CauseandEffectStory Studentstaketurnscontributinglinestoanarrativestory Havethefirstspeakerstartoffbytellingaboutsomeplans Thenhavethesecondspeakersay