My strategy is called PACE. Preview, Ask questions while reading (Bloom’s taxonomy style questions), column notes, and finally Elaborate the notes. Throughout my time in LTRE 190 I picked up on a few good strategies that I was good at and a few that I did not do so well on. Through that process I learned how I actually learn and how to become better at learning. My strategy device consist of strategies that worked well for me so I combined them. When a student uses PACE they are constantly active. First, the student will preview any piece of text, I always believe it is a good thing to test the waters before deciding to jump head first. Second, while the student is previewing the text they will write a minimum of five questions that they will
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I developed some ideas and concepts from Cornell notes, Bloom’s Taxonomy, and from the test preparation questions and answers. I found a unique way of being all those strategies together and create one ultimate strategy that would help me and other students in the future. I got the idea of having my important terms, words, phrases, people, and events and their elaboration on two different sides from Cornell style notes. I got the idea of asking higher level questions from Bloom’s taxonomy because while I worked with that strategy I felt that I understood more and by asking higher level questions, I was able to understand more concepts and I personally felt that I was actually learning. I choose to use this strategy main on Biology because I feel that biology is one of those tougher classes to pass because there is just too many concepts and terms that need to be comprehend, rehearsed, and used over again. I feel that my strategy is perfect for that. It hits all three essential factors of learning. Although PACE can be used for more than just Biology, it can be used for Psychology, English, History, Economics, and any other major courses that require the student to comprehend a dense and lengthy amount of text. Students should use PACE and make use to pace themselves and actually learn
I developed some ideas and concepts from Cornell notes, Bloom’s Taxonomy, and from the test preparation questions and answers. I found a unique way of being all those strategies together and create one ultimate strategy that would help me and other students in the future. I got the idea of having my important terms, words, phrases, people, and events and their elaboration on two different sides from Cornell style notes. I got the idea of asking higher level questions from Bloom’s taxonomy because while I worked with that strategy I felt that I understood more and by asking higher level questions, I was able to understand more concepts and I personally felt that I was actually learning. I choose to use this strategy main on Biology because I feel that biology is one of those tougher classes to pass because there is just too many concepts and terms that need to be comprehend, rehearsed, and used over again. I feel that my strategy is perfect for that. It hits all three essential factors of learning. Although PACE can be used for more than just Biology, it can be used for Psychology, English, History, Economics, and any other major courses that require the student to comprehend a dense and lengthy amount of text. Students should use PACE and make use to pace themselves and actually learn