Motivation and Learning Strategies for College Success : A Self-management Approach

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ask you to retrieve information that was previously presented. They

involve responses regarding facts, dates, terms, or lists. Higher level

questions require you to apply the information that you learned in a

new situation, solve problems, analyze information, develop a novel plan

or solution, or make judgments about the value of the information.

OF QUESTIONS IN LECTURES

L for

lower level question or an H for higher level question in the space

provided.

EXERCISE 9.3: IDENTIFYING DIFFERENT LEVELS

Directions: For each of the questions identified below, write an

1. Should Timothy McVeigh have been given the death sentence
   for the bombing in Oklahoma City?


2. How many individuals died in the bombing?


3. What materials were used to make the explosives?


4. What are the differences in trial procedures in federal and
   state courts?


5. What arguments would you use if you had to defend Timothy
   McVeigh in court?

HOW DO I DEAL WITH PARTICULAR NOTE-TAKING PROBLEMS OR ISSUES?

The following questions and responses were adapted, in part, from

Heiman and Slomianko (1993) and McWhorter (1995):

Should I copy over my notes? No. Recopying notes is primarily a

rehearsal strategy that requires lit-

tle thinking. Your time is better

spent writing and answering ques-

tions about the notes using the sys-

tem described in this chapter.

Should I take notes in my Generally, no. Most lectures do

textbook? not follow information directly

from textbooks. Therefore, you

will miss information by trying to

locate the material in the textbook.

One exception to this advice is

books in literature classes. If the

instructor refers to specific lines

or pages while discussing a play,