Chapter 9 - Learning To Be The Student
Chapter 9 - Learning To Be The Student
Objectives:
a.) Explain how learning occurs.
b.) Enumerate various metacognition and studying techniques.
c.) Identity the metacognitive technique that you find most appropriate for
yourself.
THE BRAIN - Our brain is the most complex organ in our body and it contains100 billion
nerve cells or neurons which are almost as many as the stars in the galaxy (Your
Complex Brain 2017) It is said that each neurons communicates with many others
neurons to form circuits and share information.
When we learn or practice something the neurons in our brain connect with other
neurons until they grow dendrites and create a pathway or pathways. The more we
learn about something the more defined and stronger the pathways.
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Perfecting on what we know, what do we do not know what we want to know are
essential in metacognition.
In metacognition , we have to be mindful of it’s two (2) contemporary process
1) the knowledge of cognition and
2) the regulation of cognition (Makamed,2016).
METACOGNITIVE
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10. NOTE TAKING – taking down notes, the way one understands the discussion ,
video talk, can help process the idea and even add to muscle memory and
retention
11. REFLECTIVE WRITING – keeping a journal or writing one’s realization can help
evaluating our strengths and weaknesses in learning
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1. SELF-EVALUATING
Task analysis (what does the teacher want me to do? What do I want out of it?)
Self-instruction, enactive feedback
Attentiveness
2. SELF-CONSEQUATING
Treats to motivate; self-reinforcement
Arrangement or imagination of punishment; delay of gratification.
2. ENVIRONMENTAL STRUCTURING
Selecting or arranging the physical setting
Isolating/eliminating or minimizing distractions
Break up study periods & spread them overtime
To know more about Learning to be Better, please click the link below:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9twMLaxEHY
Alata, Castillo, et. al, Understanding The Self. Rex Book Store: 2018
https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-
psychology/chapter/introduction-to-gender-and-sexuality/
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