Learning Objectives
Unit 1 Learning Objectives for Course Content
Topic: Reading/Listening Strategies
1. Identify which component of the Model of Strategic Learning Reading and Listening strategies fall under and why.
2. Relate reading and listening strategies to the pillars of being a strategic learner.
3. Explain what is meant by reading/listening being a "constructive process."
4. Discuss how the three components of constructed meaning -- author, reader, and text -- influence the reading process. Be able to give examples of each.
5. Summarize the results of research conducted about speed-reading as discussed in your student-reading packet.
6. Identify the purposes of pre-, during- and post-reading strategies. Be able to give examples of strategies from each category.
Topic: Note taking Strategies
1. Identify which component of the Model of Strategic Learning note taking falls under and why.
2. Relate note-taking strategies to the pillars of being a strategic learner.
3. Explain the Cornell and SUNY methods of note taking. Discuss how using these methods of note taking help a student to be a more active learner.
4. Identify examples of pre-, during- and post-note taking strategies. Also, explain the purpose of each of these categories of strategies.
5. Demonstrate awareness of which note taking strategies would be most appropriate given specific learning situations.
6. Describe the interaction between note taking and the components of the Model of Strategic Learning: skill, will, self-regulation and the academic environment.
Topic: Attitude (ATT)
1. Identify which component of the Model of Strategic Learning Attitude falls under and why.
2. Relate Attitude to the pillars of being a strategic learner.
3. Define and give an example of a "useful" goal.
4. Discuss how each element of a useful goal can influence a person's motivation to achieve the goal.
Topic: Reading/Listening Strategies
1. Identify which component of the Model of Strategic Learning Reading and Listening strategies fall under and why.
2. Relate reading and listening strategies to the pillars of being a strategic learner.
3. Explain what is meant by reading/listening being a "constructive process."
4. Discuss how the three components of constructed meaning -- author, reader, and text -- influence the reading process. Be able to give examples of each.
5. Summarize the results of research conducted about speed-reading as discussed in your student-reading packet.
6. Identify the purposes of pre-, during- and post-reading strategies. Be able to give examples of strategies from each category.
Topic: Note taking Strategies
1. Identify which component of the Model of Strategic Learning note taking falls under and why.
2. Relate note-taking strategies to the pillars of being a strategic learner.
3. Explain the Cornell and SUNY methods of note taking. Discuss how using these methods of note taking help a student to be a more active learner.
4. Identify examples of pre-, during- and post-note taking strategies. Also, explain the purpose of each of these categories of strategies.
5. Demonstrate awareness of which note taking strategies would be most appropriate given specific learning situations.
6. Describe the interaction between note taking and the components of the Model of Strategic Learning: skill, will, self-regulation and the academic environment.
Topic: Attitude (ATT)
1. Identify which component of the Model of Strategic Learning Attitude falls under and why.
2. Relate Attitude to the pillars of being a strategic learner.
3. Define and give an example of a "useful" goal.
4. Discuss how each element of a useful goal can influence a person's motivation to achieve the goal.