Chapter 11

What is the significance of the Ebbinghaus Curve for understanding the importance of note taking during lectures?

30% remember 2 days after, meaningful information over longer period time, forgetting, slower

What kinds of listening are there?

Active, critical, empathic, and appreciative

Listening interferences

Are thoughts, actions, or things that disrupt or shut down the listening process

What are 8 steps you can follow to improve the effectiveness of your listening?

Attitude positive, goal/purpose, image, depth/meaning, take notes, refocus, feedback to speaker, and ask questions!

What are some specific ways to use abbreviations to speed up note taking?

Because= bc For solutions= sol Without= w/out Lead to;causes= arrow

What are three different ways you can ya the recall column in the Cornell system?

Create questions, copy headings, key words

What is the difference between hearing and listening

Hearing-perceiving sound not comprehending what is being told Listening- requires concentration in the brain to be able to comprehend what is being said

Book Notes System

Is a method of note taking that involves marking a textbook as the instructor moves systematically through a chapter

Two-Column Note-Taking System

Is a method of note taking that shows topics, vocabulary terms, or study questions in the left column and details or explanations in the right column

Listening

Is an active process that involves taking in auditory stimuli, attaching meaning to words and understanding the message presented by the words u hear

active listening

Is the process of giving undivided attention to a speaker with the goal of understanding and learning new information

critical listening

Is the process of giving undivided attention to a speaker with the goal of understanding, interpreting, analyzing, and evaluating the content of the message

Empathic listening

Is the process of giving undivided attention to another person with the goal of understanding that persons feelings, emotions, and thoughts related to a specific topic or situation

Paraphrasing

Is the process of using your own words to rephrase or restate another persons words without losing the original meaning

How do date discrepancies between thinking and speaking impact note taking?

It's good for the speaker to speak around 125 word per minute so We DONT lose focus and it's not to fast for note taking

What are some personal factors that can influence whether our listening is effective or poor?

Keep positive attitude- effective blockout external distractions- effective Low concentration-poor Physical discomfort-poor

What are some disadvantages of using a tape recorder in lectures to record the lecture for later listening?

Listening to the recorded tape takes time, recording lecture can encourage poor listening, some professors are weird about that, Device can fail on you at any time

What is the purpose of the book notes system? Why would you use this approach?

Making sure not to miss anything important. If the professor is teaching straight from the book.

What can you do to keep up with lectures that seem to be going too fast for you?

Mentally summarize Predict the next point Use shortcuts &-And @-at X-times

What are some practical strategies for dealing with power point slides in lecture classes?

PDF then in to the 3 slide per page so you can take notes on the slides instead of just writing down each slide

What are the five steps in the Cornell system?

Record, Recite, Reflect, Review, Reduce

How do the rates of speaking, thinking, and writing differ?

Speaking- average number words spoken Thinking- thinking number words per minute Writing- writing number words per minute

What do you do during each step of the Cornell system?

Study carefully, summarize, follow 5 R's (Record, recite, reflect, review, reduce)

What is ironic about the fact that we spend more time each day listening than speaking, reading, or writing?

The thing we do most each day is listen but we are pretty bad at listening

How do rate discrepancies between speaking and writing impact note taking?

When the instructor speaks too fast we miss information l. If speak too slow we tend to lose focus

How does a three-column approach work for math classes?

You can write hour to solve the problem then fold the third column to see if you understand the materials

Rate of writing

indicates the average number of words a person writes per minute

Rate of Speaking ( rate of speech)

indicates the average number of words a speaker says per minute

Rate of thinking

indicates the average number of words or small units of information a person thinks per minute

appreciative listening

is the process of listening to a speaker for the purpose of enjoying, appreciating, and acknowledging the speaker and the message in positive ways