Wednesday, August 31, 2016

August 31, 2016 -- Wednesday


On the board, when students came in:

1. handout on front desk  (see below)
2.outline assignment that was due on Monday
3. Concept Preps -- key concepts in different academic areas
4. pp. 2-5 Bridging the Gap     Active Learning   [NEXT TIME}


Discussion of learning styles as explained in the textbook, including music (!)
NEXT TIME   show the video of the The Element Song (by Tom Lehrer) on YouTube


Handout:  Vocabulary List  (Partial)    Bridging the Gap, Chapter 1          Page 29
What do you know about these words?
assumptions             biases             converge                   divergent                  jibe
hypotheses                contradicts   illumination             unobtrusively

**Now read pages 28 through 34 in Bridging the Gap


Discussion: types of outlines that students used
1. section:  intro, body, conclusion
2. list of important items
3. Cornell notes (by paragraph)
4.  list of pros and cons
5. classic outline form, with Roman numerals, capital letters, regular numerals, etc.
           I
                A
                        1.
                        2.
                 B
                         1.
                         2.
            II 
              etc.
6. bullet points
7. Venn diagram -- how do things overlap and how are they different
8. free association circles

The students' outlines were collected.

We also discussed the pre-reading questions on page 28 of Bridging the Gap


Homework:
Read pages 29 - 34 and answer the questions at the end of the chapter (don't worry about doing the online portion, unless you want to

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