Study Skills 94/J. Roth FALL QUARTER 2010
Tentative Beginning Calendar Effective
October 25
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20 Course Introduction and Syllabus For tomorrow,
please consider Why
are you here? What are your
expectations and hopes? |
21
Introduction to the Web Reading
Baseline Exercise For tomorrow, please think of something that
would surprise us if we knew it about you. |
22
Introduction to
Effective Reading, Please
have read pp. 7-10 in the first-day handout A
pop quiz? Introductions (Something that would surprise us if
we knew it about you) |
23
Continue Introduction
to Effective Reading, Please
have read pp. 7-10 in the Course Packet Assign
the Scavenger
Hunt, pp. 102-103 in the Course Packet Introductions (Something that would surprise us if
we knew it about you) |
24 11:30 class
meets in Computer Lab 1220-G—please meet me in the computer lab for a brief
orientation Please Note: 8:30 class
meets in Computer
Classroom 1122 (first floor—Main Building) this Friday only. |
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Peach Book Day—please bring your Peach Book and your Course Packet to class. Begin your
20-minutes-a-day reading practice. Introductions (Something that would surprise us if
we knew it about you) Assign the Learning Styles
Questionnaire, pp. 84-92 in our Course Packet |
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Goal Setting Introductions (Something that would surprise us if
we knew it about you) Bring
your completed Learning
Styles Questionnaire, (pp. 84-92 in our packet) to the beginning of class Introductions (Something that would surprise us if
we knew it about you) |
29
Please have read The Curve
of Forgetting, pp. 15-18 in the Course Packet A
Pop Quiz? Assign Learning
Styles Writing Assignment, p. 99 in the Course Packet Optional Learning
Styles Bonus Assignment for bonus points |
30
More on the The Curve of Forgetting, pp. 15-18 in the Course
Packet Priorities Assign
Course Chart
activity, p. 100 in the Course Packet |
1 October Computer
Lab 1220-G open for your use— To-Do
List of assignments |
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4
Continue your
20-minutes-a-day reading practice. Goals due at the
beginning of class. (P. 101 in our course packet) Peach
Book Day—please bring your Peach Book and your Course Packet to class. |
5 Begin Classroom
Etiquette Assignment Begin How to Take
Lecture Notes unit. Please have read pp. 19-23
in the Teal Packet, particularly p.
19 Surprises and
Frustrations |
6 Results of the
Attitudes and Behaviors Questionnaire Continue How to Take
Lecture Notes unit. Please have read pp. 19-23
in the Teal Packet Course Chart
activity due at the beginning of
class. (P. 100 in our Course Packet) |
7 Continue How to Take
Lecture Notes Unit. Please have read
pp.
23-25 in the Teal Packet Learning
Styles Writing Assignment, due
at the beginning of class. (P. 99 in our Course Packet) Optional
online-only Learning
Styles Bonus Assignment due at
the beginning of class |
8 Scavenger Hunt,
pp. 102-103, in the Course Packet due Monday Computer
Lab 1220-G open for your use Time
to work on Classroom
Etiquette Assignment |
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11 Scavenger Hunt,
pp. 102-103, in the Course Packet due
today Peach Book
Day—please bring your Peach Book and your Course Packet to class. |
12 Complete How to Take
Lecture Notes Unit. Please have
read pp.
23-25 in the Teal Packet Practice
Lecture Notes Day—up to 20 points
possible |
13 Classroom Etiquette
Assignment due Begin Textbook
Skills Unit, pp. 35-38 in the Teal Packet |
14 Continue Textbook
Skills Unit, pp. 39-40 in the Teal Packet. In class practice 50 point quiz over the How to Take
Lecture Notes Unit at the top of the hour Classroom Etiquette
Assignment due at the beginning of class. |
15 Computer
Lab 1220-G open for your use Web Assignment
for your own enrichment |
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18 Why should
I Learn How to Research?—How Knowledge
Grows |
19 Library and
Research Orientation Meet in the
SCC Library classroom |
20 Library and
Research Orientation Meet in the
SCC Library classroom |
21 Assign
Research Summary |
22
Computer Lab 1220-G help with your Research Summary |
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25 Peach Book Day—please
bring your Peach Book and your Course Packet to class. |
26 Finish Textbook
Skills Unit, pp. 48-53. Using a “tinker-toy”
to extract information |
27 Begin Memory Training,
pp. 54-59 Top-of-the-hour
50 point quiz on Textbook
Skills |
28 Continue
Memory Training Skills—Catchwords
and Catchphrases, pp, 60-68 |
29 Computer
Lab 1220-G help with your Research Summary |
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1 November Peach Book Day—please
bring your Peach Book and your Course Packet to class. Research Summary Topic
due—10 points |
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5 Computer Lab
1220-G help with your Research Summary |
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8 Fall Quarter
Course Fair |
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11 HOLIDAY |
12 Computer
Lab 1220-G help with your Research Summary |
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24 Faculty Work
Day |
25 HOLIDAY |
26 HOLIDAY |
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1 December |
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6 DL Testing day “Dead
Day” no classes. |
7 FINALS 7:30, 10:30,
1:30 |
8 FINALS 8:30, 11:30,
2:30 |
9 FINALS 9:30, 12:30 End of Fall
Quarter |
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