Blog Post 2 Jennifer Lynch
· This is a video made by a friend of mine (her name is Jenna) who is an instructor of one of the other sections of Educational Psychology. She's describing some specific metacognitive strategies she uses while reading for her classes. I'd like you to watch this video and write about whether any strategies like these have helped you in regulating your own thinking/studying in the past and describe which metacognitive strategies are MOST effective for you (and describe why that might be, using your knowledge from the book).
o The strategies used in this video that I have used are:
§ Using different colored highlighters. I don’t highlight complete sentences, but rather the main ideas. I highlight a lot more than she does. The highlighters help me separate & organize the knowledge. When we studied Piaget and Vygotsky, I highlighted the names each time I saw them. I also highlighted the main ideas of each person. Piaget was yellow and Vygotsky was pink. This really helped with that blog post.
§ Writing notes in the sidelines. This helped me get through psychology class. I related a lot of the terms to my friends (I had Curt written in the sidelines of my notes quite a bit last semester.)
§ Writing things that are relevant to me. (See the above strategy.)
§ I write down page numbers (in my notes) when I really think it’ll work. This helps me review on my own. We review the content in my writing class. I take notes on the book & include page/line numbers every time they come up. I don’t know what my next paper is going to be about until the class before it’s due, so this really helps me through the paper together in a quick, logical manner.
o The strategies used in this video that I have not used are:
§ Using sticky notes in my book. Sticky notes can fall off.
§ I don’t make my own index. It kind of goes into my notes as I take them.
o The strategy of task knowledge has helped me in regulating my own thinking/studying in the past. I always see how many pages I need to read for the blog assignment. I am a slow reader because I pause at the end of each section to make sure I understand the content and I think about my life to search for examples as I read (I am also easily distracted by things like noise).
§ I am a busy person and need to know how long to allot to an assignment. I like to procrastinate, but I also like to have fun and sleep when I need to.
o The strategy of strategy knowledge helps me the second most. I know that I have to combine all of the learning styles (especially kinesthetic and using my emotions) to remember things I learn. I have a short memory span, so I take really detailed notes that use fragments. I highlight the notes with different colors when I study for tests. I like to hear the knowledge out loud. My reading voice inside my head works fairly well for the content we are learning in this class, but I have to read aloud if I can’t focus on the words or don’t understand the material.
§ I know what has helped me the past. My teachers made me copy their outlines. I learned how to make an outline from them. My mom taught me how to figure out what is important at 4-H meetings.
o I barely use person knowledge. I know that I suck at piano. I practice, but it’s difficult for me to grasp. I don’t expect to do well in tasks that involve the piano. Person knowledge helps me think about what I need to pay attention to the most.
§ It is important to have an expectation of how you will perform. I do this when I take tests.
I can relate to you when you said you're a slow reader, I feel the same way too because I get easily distracted. Whenever I have to read something I do it but I like to put things off a lot, and I realize it's a bad habit. Also I can relate to you saying that you have to pause at the end of a section and think about what i just read to make sure I get the content.
ReplyDeleteI prefer not to use multiple color highlighters when marking important statements throughout the text. It makes the information become to busy looking and causes me to stress out about it, leading to me ultimately comprehending the material. I stick to one color, but do agree that highlighting important text is a good idea. It sounds like your knowledge of that you aren't fast at learning piano shows that you DO tend to use person knowledge more than "barely".
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