Write a blog

Format:

1 Blog title:

Help I am having trouble [PROBLEM] in my [COURSENAME] course

2 Blog content:

Dear XXX

I think you should try this….[Detailed description of the strategy or SRL solution]

It should work because… [Connect it to research and course concepts and SRL]

This is what happened when I tried it….[Demonstrated use and report of the outcomes of using the strategy or SRL solution]

3 Attachment

· An example or annotated example of YOU trying the strategy (could be an image, scan, link, etc). 

Requirement:

Example:

Strategy:

Activating Prior Knowledge

Brainstorming

General description of the strategy:

A strategy in which you write down as much information as possible on a particular topic. This exercise can be timed or untimed.

When should you use this strategy? For what kinds of goals is this strategy particularly useful?

(1) preparing to read

(2) preparing for a lecture

(3) preparing to learn or remember information

Explain how to apply the strategy step by step.

(1) Before learning event (lecture, reading, studying), think about the topic you will be learning about.

(2) Write down as much information as possible on that topic.

(3) Do not edit as you write. Try not to pause or stop writing.

(4) When you are finished writing, review what you have written.

(5) Your brainstorm can take many different forms including free writing, listing, and mapping.

Why does this strategy work? Explain the theory and concepts underlying this strategy (justification).

(1) gives you a mental framework for organizing new information

(2) helps connect new knowledge to knowledge and memory structures that already exist

(3) helps to direct your attention and processing resources toward new or contrasting information

(4) helps you to select and encode information

Brainstorming helps you to attain a better quality and quantity of notes by accessing prior knowledge. The more prior knowledge you have access to, the more you are able to select the important ideas from the nonessential ideas, organize the main ideas with subordinate information, remember subject related information more effectively, and integrate novel information into more familiar information (Schneider, 1993). Prior knowledge will also affect the ease and effectiveness of your note-taking (Van Meter, Yokoi, & Pressley, 1994).

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