Metacognition

1. Metacognition • Reminders: • Connect assignment due Wednesday • Log into Socrative • Quizzes

2. Socrative Question Room XXXXXX Question 1 • How do you think you’re doing on the quizzes? • Ok. I’m mostly happy with my performance • I wish I was doing a little better • I think I did well, but my grades suggest otherwise • I’m really struggling

3. Quiz Averages Quiz 1: 84% ± 0.95

4. Quiz Averages Quiz 1: 84% ± 0.95 Quiz 2: 48% ± 0.98 Quiz 3: 58% ± 1.37 Quiz 4: 48% ± 1.48

5. So what’s going on? • “I’m a bad test-taker” • “I don’t know what to study” • “This is harder than other classes” • “I don’t know if I’m smart enough for college”

6. Travis, junior psychology student • 47, 52, 82, 86(B in course) • Joshua, first year chemistry student • 68, 50, 50, 87, 87, 97, 90 (final) (A in course) • Dana, first year physics student • 80, 54, 91, 97, 90 (final) (A in course)

7. They became expert learners by using metacognition strategies They studied to LEARN, not just to make the grade! How’d They Do It? Metacognition: learning how to learn

8. Why is this important? • Because this class is harder than other courses • The course moves a lot faster • The material is conceptually more difficult and cumulative • The problems and questions are more involved • The tests require you to apply several concepts at one time You want to do well, and I want you to do well!

9. What’s the difference between studying and learning?

10. What’s the difference between studying and learning? What have you been doing so far in this class?

11. Question from Quiz 3:

12. Socrative Question Room XXXXXX Question 2 • For which would you work harder? • To get an A on the test • To teach the material to the class

13. Our goal for today: Learn to become an expert learner in Biology

14. Use Metacognition Strategies • Metacognition is the ability to: • Think about thinking • Be consciously aware of oneself as a problem solver • Monitor and control one’s mental processing • Be aware of the type of learning that you are doing

15. WITH HOCKED GEMS FINANCING HIM • OUR HERO BRAVELY DEFIED ALL SCORNFUL LAUGHTER THAT TRIED TO PREVENT HIS SCHEME • YOUR EYES DECEIVE • HE HAD SAID • AN EGG, NOT A TABLE • CORRECTLY TYPIFIES THIS UNEXPLORED PLANET • NOW THREE STURDY SISTERS SOUGHT PROOF • FORGING ALONG SOMETIMES THROUGH CALM VASTNESS • YET MORE OFTEN OVER TURBULENT PEAKS AND VALLEYS • DAYS BECAME WEEKS • AS MANY DOUBTERS SPREAD FEARFUL RUMORS ABOUT THE EDGE • AT LAST, FROM NOWHERE, WELCOME WINGED CREATURES APPEARED • SIGNIFYING MOMENTOUS SUCCESS

16. First Voyage of Christopher Columbus • WITH HOCKED GEMS FINANCING HIM • OUR HERO BRAVELY DEFIED ALL SCORNFUL LAUGHTER THAT TRIED TO PREVENT HIS SCHEME • YOUR EYES DECEIVE • HE HAD SAID • AN EGG, NOT A TABLE • CORRECTLY TYPIFIES THIS UNEXPLORED PLANET • NOW THREE STURDY SISTERS SOUGHT PROOF • FORGING ALONG SOMETIMES THROUGH CALM VASTNESS • YET MORE OFTEN OVER TURBULENT PEAKS AND VALLEYS • DAYS BECAME WEEKS • AS MANY DOUBTERS SPREAD FEARFUL RUMORS ABOUT THE EDGE • AT LAST, FROM NOWHERE, WELCOME WINGED CREATURES APPEARED • SIGNIFYING MOMENTOUS SUCCESS

17. Counting Vowels in 45 seconds How accurate are you? Count all the vowels in the words on the next slide.

18. Dollar Bill Dice Tricycle Four-leaf Clover Hand Six-Pack Seven-Up Octopus Cat Lives Bowling Pins Football Team Dozen Eggs Unlucky Friday Valentine’s Day Quarter Hour

19. How many words or phrases do you remember?

20. Let’s look at the words again… How are they arranged?

21. Dollar Bill Dice Tricycle Four-leaf Clover Hand Six-Pack Seven-Up Octopus Cat Lives Bowling Pins Football Team Dozen Eggs Unlucky Friday Valentine’s Day Quarter Hour

22. NOW, write down as many words or phrases as you can

23. What were two major differencesbetween the 1st and 2nd attempts?

25. Bloom’s Example: Space 1) Remembering: List all the planets. Name all the things an astronaut needs for a space journey 2) Understanding: Make a model of all the planets in our solar system 3) Applying: What would you need to travel between planets? What instruments would make music in space? 4) Analyzing: Distinguish the atmospheres on Jupiter and Saturn and Mars 5) Evaluating: Choose a planet you would like to live on and explain why 6) Creating: A spaceship is out of control. Write a newspaper report about the incident.

26. Socrative Question Room Question 3 • What level of Bloom’s taxonomy did you need to get an A on a test in high school? • Remembering • Understanding • Applying • Analyzing • Evaluating • Creating

27. Socrative Question Room XXXXXX Question 4 • What level of Bloom’s taxonomy did you need to get an A on a test in Biol 106? • Remembering • Understanding • Applying • Analyzing • Evaluating • Creating

28. Ok, so how do I move up the levels of Bloom’s taxonomy? Use the Study Cycle!

29. The Study Cycle 4Reflect Preview before class– Skim the chapter, note headings and boldface words, review summaries and chapter objectives, and come up with questions you’d like the lecture to answer for you. Preview Attendclass – GO TO CLASS! Answer and ask questions and take meaningful notes. Attend Review after class– As soon after class as possible, read notes, fill in gaps and note any questions. Review • Study – Repetition is the key. Ask questions ‘why’, ‘how’, and ‘what if’. • Intense Study Sessions* - 3-5 short study sessions per day • Weekend Review – Make connections from this week’s notes Study • Assess your Learning– Periodically perform reality checks • Am I using study methods that are effective? • Do I understand the material enough to teach it to others? Assess *Intense Study Sessions

30. Five Reasons Folks Will Make an A on quizzes: • 1. Did preview-review for every class • 2. Did a little of the homework at a time • 3. Used the book and did the suggested problems • 4. Made flashcards of the information to be memorized • 5. Practiced explaining the information to others

31. Chapter Map Title of Chapter Primary Headings Subheadings Secondary Subheadings

32. Concept #1 Concept #2 Compare and Contrast How are they similar? How are they different?

33. Effective Study Strategies • Start homework early--the day it’s assigned • Do not flip back to check your notes; work problems yourself! Check later • Make flashcards for things you need to memorize • Test understanding by explaining things out loud • Spend time with material every day • Aim for 100% mastery, not just what you need to get an A • Don’t give up too soon (<15 min.). Or spend too much time (>45 min.)

34. Get the Most from Tutorial Centers, Office Hours, and Study Groups • Try to understand the concept or work the problem by yourself first • Come prepared to ask questions • Explain the material to the tutor or instructor

35. What we know about learning • Active learning is more lasting than passive learning • -- Passive learning is an oxymoron* • Thinking about thinking is important • Metacognition** • The level at which learning occurs is important • Bloom’s Taxonomy***

36. Socrative Question Room XXXXXX Question 5 • Who do you think is primarily responsible • for student learning? • Student • Instructor • Institution

37. In Class 8 What will you do differently in the next month to improve your quiz scores? What will you define as success?

38. In Class 8 What will you do differently in the next month to improve your quiz scores? What will you define as success? If you don’t do this in the next 48 hours, you probably never will

39. In Class 8 What will you do differently in the next month to improve your quiz scores? What will you define as success? If you don’t do this in the next 48 hours, you probably never will Goal for the rest of the semester: 75% average on every quiz

40. Growth Mindset • Anybody who is good at anything was once not very good at that thing • Every single person in this class CAN get an A. Now you know how. Do you choose to do so?

41. Take Home Message • Think about how you learn • Use the Study Cycle • You should do this in all your classes! • You don’t learn in class. You learn on your own. Class just gives you the raw materials for what to learn. • I have high expectations. Still…You CAN do this!