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10 Cards in this Set
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Glossary
Look it up in the glossary. |
A minidictionary in the back of a bood that contains definitions of course-specific terminology.
"Plenty of definitions can be found in the glossary." |
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Appendix
What can I find in the appendix? |
The part in the back of a book that contains supplementary materials that were not included in the chapters of the book.
"To learn more, see the appendix." |
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Index
Every concept can be found in the Index. |
An alphabetical listing of significant topics that appear in the book.
"Please see the index to locate where important concepts are found in the book." |
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The Recency Effect
Memory is fresh from the recency effect. |
States that the items you will remember more easily are the items that you most recently practiced.
"Because of the recency effect, I know what I ate for breakfast today, but no what I ate for dinner last Tuesday." |
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Summary Notes
Let's make summary notes for our test on Friday. |
Specific notes that include information that you need to review before the day of the test.
"When I am reviewing on Thursday, I need to look at my summary notes." |
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Five-day Study Plan
You should really make a fice-day study plan. |
A plan of action that helps you organize your materials and time to review for a major test, such as a midterm or a final exam.
"For finals week I am going to creat a five-day study plan. |
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Listing Questions
The test was full of listing questions. |
Recall questions that require you to generate a list of items from memory to answer a question.
"Listing questions help test how well someone's short term memory works." |
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Closed Questions
He kept asking me a bunch of closed quesitons. |
Questions that require specific answers.
"I love closed questions because there is only one answer." |
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Open-ended Questions
Why so many open-ended questions? |
Questions that have a variety of possible answers.
"To get to know someone better, you should ask open-ended questions." |
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Definition Questions
Definition questions are self explanitory. |
Recall questions that require you to pull information from memory to write a short answer to a question.
"There were too many definition questions on the test." |
