Cognitive Enhancement: Help me kick some midterm ass.

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Originally Posted by bohemiandonut [Dear Guest/Member you have to reply to see the link.click here to register]

Anyway this leads us right back to our friend Watson. About Jews, it's definitely not the families that are the main cause, they are simply more intelligent in general. 'Specially those damn Ahskenazis. Look it up if you don't believe me.

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I've read about this, actually. The way I heard it is that the brightest of the bright were the ones that (in many cases) were removed from Europe during WWII, so their offspring had a biological advantage. Combine this with the cutural emphasis on education, and there you go.

And I agree with DM about the Asians working hard. When I study at the bookstore or library, the Asians make up the majority of other students studying.

I don't really understand your grading system but if you need to pass some exams, maybe this can help you:

+ Focus on the big picture: remember they teach you something as part of a course program.
+ Make summaries by hand. When you write by hand you subvocalize (repeat what you are writing in your head while you do it) and that's like writing it twice.
+ Study the summaries.

EDIT: Maybe your exam is over now, sure you can use these tips next time.

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Originally Posted by Tedel [Dear Guest/Member you have to reply to see the link.click here to register]

+ Make summaries by hand. When you write by hand you subvocalize (repeat what you are writing in your head while you do it) and that's like writing it twice.
+ Study the summaries.

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+1

Interesting. I did this also. I used to take shorthand notes in lecture which I recopied & expanded w/in a day into a spiral notebook for each subject. I would review these notes before an exam along w/any problem sets we did.

But I remember things visually (I close my eyes & see words). I think it depends on one's learning style.

Do you students know what your learning style is? Most, especially males, are visual but if you are auditory you need to know so you can do things like record your lectures for auditory review (those mp3 recording devices work well, I'm told).

[url]http://agelesslearner.com/assess/learningstyle.html[/url]
[url]http://www.usd.edu/trio/tut/ts/stylest.html[/url]

Which makes me think. Teachers are expected to address the different learning styles in our courses, its covered in our instructional skills workshops. But we don't formally get students to determine *their* learning style & how they can best study. I suppose thats something that could easily be done in a first year undergrad curriculum. Tell your profs, you guys, if they aren;t doing this. Demand your education.

interesting observations, i wonder if they practice what they preach?

Wonder if who practicses what, Imsome?