FBLA 2023-2024 Learning Strategies: Summarizing

• Learning Strategies: Notes*

Summarizing

• Identifying the main idea and most important facts
• Brief overview with only key details and ideas
• Short and to the point
• Methods: Somebody Wanted But So Then, SAAC, 5 W's, 1 H, First Then Finally
• Goals: Improve memory, comprehension, critical thinking, and creativity

Note Taking

• Active listening: Increase understanding and retention of information
• Methods: Mnemonics, Summarizing, Being Selective, Reviewing Notes Regularly
• Key points: Use color, symbols, and headings, Review notes regularly, and label notes

Cooperative Learning

• Structuring classes around small groups that work together
• Each group member's success is dependent on the group's success
• Benefits: Learn more, remember it longer, and develop better critical-thinking skills
• Skills gained: Social skills, personal responsibility, self-awareness, and teamwork

Inquiry-Based Learning

• Process of learning that engages learners
• Creates real-world connections through high-level questioning and exploration
• Steps: Observation, Conceptualize, Investigation, Conclusion, and Discussion
• 5E Model: Engagement, Exploration, Explanation, Elaboration, and Evaluation

Differentiation

• Tailoring lessons to meet each student's individual interests, needs, and strengths
• Gives students choice and flexibility in how they learn
• Key points: Content, Process, and Product, Learning Environment, and student needs

Cognitive Skills

• Functions: Attention, Memory, Logic, Emotion, Processing information, and Thinking
• Theories: Cognitive Learning Theory, Social Cognitive Theory, and Cognitive Behavioral Theory
• Importance: Shapes memory, thinking abilities, and attention spans, and improves outcomes### Learning Strategies
• Learn through discovery, adding information to existing knowledge, and enhancing and evaluating content.
• Knowledge is received, organized, stored, and retrieved by the mind through cognitive processes.
• Cognitive skills, such as decoding, must be atomic for successful reading.
• Cognitive Reading Strategy involves mental processes like perceiving, organizing, and storing information.

Retention and Recall

• Repetition, spaced learning, teaching others, writing, and visualization can increase memory and retention.
• Quiz yourself and engage in active learning to reinforce learning.

Active Learning

• Active learning involves engaging students with course material through discussions, problem-solving, and other activities.
• It promotes higher-order thinking, deep learning, and critical thinking.
• Students engage in discovery, explore their own learning styles, and build resilience.
• Active learning increases motivation, self-awareness, and communication skills.

Critical Thinking

• Critical thinking involves analyzing information to make reliable judgments.
• It involves clarifying thinking, questioning, identifying, analyzing, evaluating, and creating arguments.
• Critical thinking steps include clarifying, questioning, identifying, analyzing, evaluating, and creating arguments.
• Critical thinking requires logic, reasoning, and creativity.

Advanced Organizer

• Advanced organizers are instructional tools that link previously learned material to new lessons.
• They improve retention, connect new information with prior knowledge, and provide scaffolding for understanding.
• Advanced organizers can help students recognize patterns, compare perspectives, and ask further questions.

Vocabulary Development

• Vocabulary development is the process of acquiring new words and meanings.
• Vocabulary enhances communication skills, critical thinking, and overall intelligence.
• Teaching vocabulary can improve reading comprehension, writing, and decoding.
• Word walls, visual aids, and collaborative learning can foster word-consciousness and vocabulary building.