chapter 6

Active learning = Deep learning

The more time you spend studying you will remember more of what you learned

You can only store five to nine items in your short-term memory. If you try to fit to many items in there they will start to slip away

Mnemonic devices are memory aids or strategies that help you remember items

Thinking is a skill you can develop

Creative thinking is an integral part of education

Analytical thinking involves breaking down a subject and examining its parts

Anyone that tried to figure out why an event happened has used analytical thinking

Learning is a process

People that lost interest in learning when learning gets too challenging is called fixed mindset

People that thrive when they are being stretched have a growth mindset

People with a growth mindset believe they can develop talents and skills even if they fail at the task

People with a fixed mindset believe you are either born smart or you can't change their mind of intelligence

Growth is the first element of GRIT

For every hour you are in class you need to spend three more hours learning outside class

In college you are responsible for more than just memorizing material and restating it on a test or in a paper. instead you will be asked to apply, analyze, synthesize, and evaluate you will be graded on your ability to do all of that

Research has some you only remember 5% of a lecture's material

The more minds working on a problem are more likely to solve it better

Without creative thinking there would not be a lot of the things we have today

A critical thinker is someone who uses specific criteria to evaluate reasoning and make decisions