Struggle For Smarts? How Eastern And Western Cultures Tackle Learning

Read or listen to the article posted below. After you have read or listened to the article, write a reflection comparing and contrasting how Eastern and Western cultures take on education and learning and your own personal opinion and experiences with education in the United States. Also comment on how your education would be different if you were being educated in an Eastern culture versus the Western culture of the United States. Your refelction should be at least 500 words.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/11/12/164793058/struggle-for-smarts-how-eastern-and-western-cultures-tackle-learning?utm_source=NPR&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=20121112

What College Majors Will Match Your Personality?

You can do anything you want to do! This quiz is designed to help you think about the college majors that are available to you. It will also make you think about your own personality traits and how they may fit well within different areas of study.

http://homeworktips.about.com/library/maj/bl_majors_quiz.htm

Take the following quiz and post a comment with what majors/degrees the quiz matched for you. Does this  match what you plan to major in? If not what do you plan on majoring in? How does your personality match your planned major? What do you plan on doing as a career based on your major? Its okay if you are undecided and in between choices. List and talk about all that your thinking about.

MID SEMESTER REFLECTION

It is middle of the semester and almost time for your first 9 weeks report card to be submitted. For this weeks blog I want you to reflect on your work thus far by answering the questions below honestly:

1. How do you feel about your performances in all your classes? List each class, then write 2 to 5 sentence reflection on how you feel you have been doing in this class. Discuss study habits, testing habits, and class participation.

2. What is your weakest class? How can you improve in this class?

3. How important is making an A in a class to you? Do you try to get all A's?  Do you feel like you are capable of getting all A's?

4. How do you feel about getting a D in a class?

5. Describe your most challenging or  frustrating moment so far this semester in one of your classes and how you overcame it.

6. Describe one of your best moments you have achieved academically so far this semester.

What is your learning style?

Take the following quiz: 
What is my learning style? Quiz Link

After you have reviewed your results, in a comment to this blog, post your Learning Style Results by stating your percentage in each category learning style. Next post your learning style that you were most dominant in and post the tips for learning that the website offered you about your learning style. (If you click on the learning style in the chart it explains this style for you and gives you tips for learning). Lastly, explain how knowing your learning styles will help you personally.

What is the ACT / SAT ?????

This seminar is designed to inform you about the ACT and SAT. As Juniors you are required to take the ACT in March with WECHS and you are encouraged to take the SAT. Copy and paste the links below in a new window to find out more about the ACT and SAT. Based on this information, answer the following 12 questions as a comment to this blog. You need to answer by Friday. Your answers need to be in complete sentences.

http://testprep.about.com/od/act/a/Basic_ACT_Info.htm
http://www.actstudent.org/
http://sat.collegeboard.org/about-tests
http://www.collegeboard.com/testing
http://www.studypoint.com/ed/act-vs-sat/
http://www.princetonreview.com/sat-act.aspx

  1. What is the ACT?

  2. What is the SAT?

  3. What is the difference between the two?

  4. How many sections are on the ACT? the SAT?

  5. What is considered a good score on the ACT? What is considered a good score for the SAT?

  6. How can/do you prep for the ACT? How can/do you prep for the SAT? (Provide at least one link to a test prep website for each test)

  7. Do you prep for the ACT or SAT currently? why or why not?

   8. Why is it important to do well on the ACT or SAT?

 9. What colleges do you plan on applying to? what are the SAT or ACT requirements for that school?

  10. How much does it cost to take the ACT? the SAT?

   11. When is the ACT offered? When is the SAT offered?

   12. How do you register for ACT? How do you register for SAT?

SOAR SEMINAR 3: STUDY GROUPS

An expectation of WECHS is for students to form and participate in study groups on their own. A part of your grade in SOAR depends on how you spend your free time and whether you are participating in study groups. It is your responsibility to form, participate, and document study groups. Below is a link to my teacher page and a PowerPoint titled "Creating Study Groups" Click on the document and download. Go through the PowerPoint and post your response to the final slide on the blog as a comment and contractual agreement. http://teacherpages.nhcs.net/schools/wechs/nikkistrawn/Pages/ClassDocuments.aspx?RootFolder=%2fschools%2fwechs%2fnikkistrawn%2fDocuments%2fSOAR&FolderCTID=&View=%7b1D4D3AB5-0564-477B-B94C-CA4B1C87B91D%7d

Soar Seminar 2: Concentration

Now that you have completed the study skills survey. Let's talk a bit about concentration. Read the following article on concentration. Answer the following questions below as a comment. Comment on at least two other's posts:

http://www.studygs.net/concent.htm

1. How well do you concentrate in general? How about while studying?How about during movies? How about during class? How about when your friends talk?

2. Based on how you answered the above questions what do you think affects how well you concentrate? How could use this awareness to help you concentrating when studying?

3. As college students, you are assigned lengthy reading assignments that are sometimes difficult to concentrate and focus on.  The article mentions SQR3 reading method. Click on the SQR3 link and read. Explain in your own words what this method is and would you use it? Do you think it might be helpful with your reading assignments? Why or why not?

4. Based on this article tell us one tip or advice you think you might follow that you read about.

SOAR SEMINAR 1: STUDY SKILLS ASSESSMENT

WHAT ARE YOUR STUDY SKILLS AND  HABITS LIKE?

Complete the following survey.

http://www.studygs.net/attmot4.htm

Now after completing the survey respond in a comment to this blog post with the following information:

ü  your name

ü  your study survey score

ü  A resolution you would like to make to better your study habit. (If you could change one aspect about your studying habits what would it be? Why and how do you think you could change it?)

ü   Answer the following questions listed below

o   Where are the best places you have found to study in your school?

o    Why do you think that many college students form study groups? Do you have a study group? Why or why not?

o   What advice would you give an eighth grader about how to study in high school?

o   Which do you think is more important at your age, acquiring knowledge or acquiring good  study habits? Why?

ü   Lastly you need to comment on two other classmates responses as well and respond to any comments on your post if needed.