Learning to be a Better Student

• Learning - might be a result of practice or experiences
• Learning - a process that leads to change as a result of experience
• Learning - important to survival; it enables people to discover new knowledge, technology, and intervention
• What are powerful agents of change?

  Development, Learning
• Neuroplasticity - the ability of the brain to change throughout one's life
• Metacognition - the awareness of one's thinking and the strategies one uses to learn
• Metacognition - simply defined as cognition about cognition or thinking about thinking
• What are two components of metacognition?

  Metacognitive Knowledge, Metacognition Regulation
• Metacognitive Knowledge - includes knowledge of one's own cognitive abilities, knowledge of cognitive tasks, and knowledge of the strategies to complete the cognitive tasks
• Metacognitive Regulation - refers to how an individual monitors and controls his or her cognitive processes
• Self-Regulated Learning - the process in which students systematically direct their thoughts, feelings, and actions towards goals
• Self-Regulated Learning - a process of taking control of and evaluating one's own learning and behavior
• Self-Regulated Learning - a cyclical process in which the student plans for a task, monitors his or her performance, and reflects on the outcome
• What are the components of SRL?

  Planning, Problem-Solving, Self-Evaluation
• Planning - increases efficiency, control, and motivation
• Problem-Solving - allows students to learn to think and look for solutions when faced with adversities
• Self-Evaluation - increases self-awareness that leads to the better understanding of one's own emotions, strengths, and weaknesses
• What are the General Benefits of Metacognition & SRL?

  Monitor, Assess, Recognize, Help Plans and Prioritize, Evaluate, Open, Value Feedback, Take Charge, Continuously Refine, More Aware
• Neurons - the basic building blocks of the nervous system that transmit impulses or messages
• Neurotransmitters - contained by the vesicles, used to transmit impulses or messages
• Receptors - receives the information and sends to the brain
• Synapses - are gaps between the presynaptic and post-synaptic neurons
• Synaptic Cleft - where the presynaptic neurons send neurotransmitters to the postsynaptic one