top of page

Tuesday, January 22

What Are We Doing Today?

  • ​Today's Goals

  • Warm Up

  • Getting to Know Each Other!

  • January 18 Political Science Review

  • Best Practices-Note taking 

  • Best Practices-Reading

  • Reminders

Today's Goals

  • Reflect and integrate learning from learning community courses, including development of critical thinking skills, social and/or personal responsibility.

​

  • Interact with faculty and peers about substantive matters through daily activities and discussions

Warm Up

For our warm up today, we are going to play a quiz game! Partner up with at least one other person.  You can get into groups of up to three if that makes it easier.  (The following quiz game is based off Thursday's lecture.)​

​

  • Step 1: Make sure one team member has a phone access to the internet.

  • Step 2: In your browser, head to the site: kahoot.it

  • Step 3: Enter the pin number that is on the screen in the front of the room

  • Step 4: Enter a team name. Make up something easy!

  • Step 5: Enter player's nicknames.

  • Step 6: Begin the quiz game! You can use notes and work together....

Best Practices- Notetaking

Some tips for taking notes...​

1. Concentrate on the lecture or on the reading material.

​

2. Take notes consistently.

​

3. Take notes selectively. Do NOT try to write down every word. Remember that the average lecturer speaks approximately 125-140 words per minute, and the average notetaker writes at a rate of about 25 words per minute.

​

4. Translate ideas into your own words.

​

5. Organize notes into some sort of logical form.

​

6. Be brief. Write down only the major points and important information.

​

7. Write legibly. Notes are useless if you cannot read them later!

​

8. Don't be concerned with spelling and grammar.

​

If we have time, we will watch the following video:

https://students.dartmouth.edu/academic-skills/learning-resources/learning-strategies/notetaking-listening.

​

Best Practices- Reading

As note taking is a process, so is reading!​

​

Do you...

  • Seek a quiet space

  • Drink or eat before/while reading

  • Have a plan for what to read

  • Have you given yourself enough time to read what you have planned

  • Do you read more than once

  • Take notes - document ideas on reading

​

Active Reading Strategies: Remember and Analyze What You Read

Choose the strategies that work best for you or that best suit your purpose.

​

  • Ask yourself pre-reading questions. For example: What is the topic, and what do you already know about it? Why has the instructor assigned this reading at this point in the semester?

​

  • Identify and define any unfamiliar terms.

​

  • Bracket the main idea or thesis of the reading, and put an asterisk next to it. Pay particular attention to the introduction or opening paragraphs to locate this information.

​

  • Put down your highlighter. Make marginal notes or comments instead. Every time you feel the urge to highlight something, write instead. You can summarize the text, ask questions, give assent, protest vehemently. You can also write down key words to help you recall where important points are discussed. Above all, strive to enter into a dialogue with the author.

​

  • Write questions in the margins, and then answer the questions in a reading journal or on a separate piece of paper. If you’re reading a textbook, try changing all the titles, subtitles, sections and paragraph headings into questions. For example, the section heading “The Gas Laws of Boyle, Charles, and Avogadro” might become “What are the gas laws of Boyle, Charles, and Avogadro?”

​

  • Make outlines, flow charts, or diagrams that help you to map and to understand ideas visually. See the reverse side for examples.

​

  • Read each paragraph carefully and then determine “what it says” and “what it does.” Answer “what it says” in only one sentence. Represent the main idea of the paragraph in your own words. To answer “what it does,” describe the paragraph’s purpose within the text, such as “provides evidence for the author’s first main reason” or “introduces an opposing view.”

​

  • Write a summary of an essay or chapter in your own words. Do this in less than a page. Capture the essential ideas and perhaps one or two key examples. This approach offers a great way to be sure that you know what the reading really says or is about.

​

  • Write your own exam question based on the reading.

​

  • Teach what you have learned to someone else! Research clearly shows that teaching is one of the most effective ways to learn. If you try to explain aloud what you have been studying, (1) you’ll transfer the information from short-term to long-term memory, and (2) you’ll quickly discover what you understand — and what you don’t.

​

For more information: https://mcgraw.princeton.edu/active-reading-strategies

​

For Thursday's lecture, try using the above tips for reading.  If you have already finished reading, re-read a section you did not understand or had trouble getting through.

 

We will discuss this on Thursday during Seminar to see what you can do differently to improve reading and work on comprehension for that A on the first test!

Reminders...

A) Exam #1 is coming up on 2/6! Be sure to start compiling your notes and review guides for the exam.

​

B) Be sure to keep up with your readings and notes!

​

C) First LC Points are due on February 1st!

​

D) Be sure to do your reading/homework for Professor Galvan!

​

​

Getting to Know Each Other

Let's play a game!

​

A) Name

B) Major

C) Where are you from?

D) Answer question on the ball!

January 18 Political Science Review

Let's have a class discussion on the first two In-Class Discussion Questions we discussed on Thursday! I suggest to take notes or start your exam materials! You should have these notes in your Online Folders which I will be checking for Participation!

  1. Identify and discuss the distinguishing characteristic of each of the four forms of power discussed in class.

  2. Provide some examples (your own or from class discussion) that illustrate the meaning of each of the four forms of power (or "how they work" in practice.) 

bottom of page