Orientation 2022 Quiz

Which of the following strategies works with the brain's natural cognitive processes?

• Studying the day and night before an exam

• Focused repetition of information until it feels easy to remember

• Studying for 20-30 minutes at a time

• Reading and rereading notes for several hours at a time.

_________ is the belief that because it is easy to remember right now, it will stay that way tomorrow/for the test; so further study won’t help.

Any passive strategy repeated more than once is ineffective.

• True

• False

Which is a passive learning strategy most likely to support the fluency illusion?

• connecting new information to what you already know

• memorizing text exactly as written in the book or powerpoint

• attaching personal meaning to information

• explaining a concept to someone else

Shorter, spaced practice sessions are more effective than blocked practice.

• True

• False

Rereading lecture notes and Powerpoints is an effective way to study and learn new information.

• True

• False

Which is the best way to study new material?

• Create a detailed study guide from the textbook and Powerpoint slides.

• Use lesson objectives to help identify what is most important from assigned readings.

• Listen to recorded lectures more than once after class.

• Wait until after class to email your professor with questions.

To break the fluency illusion, learners should ____ and ____ practice sessions over time.

• space and distribute

• space and lengthen

• vary and lengthen

• combine and repeat

Learners should embrace failure because we learn more when we make mistakes.

• True

• False

Talent, skills, and abilities are fixed and can't be changed.

• True

• False