Posted in Learning on Jul 29th, 2008 No Comments »
Visual Learners might find this article on mind-mapping interesting. Check out the other articles on the site too, for some graphical representations of different thinking concepts.
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Posted in Learning on May 13th, 2008 No Comments »
Preparing for an open book test is a bit different to a closed book test. The emphasis isn’t on memorising as much - although it’s still worth doing that - but your main focus is on understanding and preparing notes to take into the test.
1. Understand the materials
Your aim is to have a broad understanding [...]
Posted in Learning on May 8th, 2008 No Comments »
Hint: they’re not as easy as you might think.
My Helpdesk students have an open book test coming up (evil laughter … more evil laughter … maniacal laughter).
I hate to tell you, but open book tests aren’t easy.
I thought might help you to know how I think about open book tests, and why I set them [...]
Posted in Learning on May 6th, 2008 No Comments »
What?! OMG!! Oh well, I’ll worry about that when I’ve done all my assignments.
Right?
Wrong. Sorry.
Most of your assignments are due almost at the end of term, which only gives you one week to study before exams. It’s certainly possible to study only for that week, and pass - if you’re very (very) good at [...]
Posted in Learning on Apr 20th, 2008 No Comments »
What they are: You’re reading a blog! “Blog” is short for “weblog”. Blogs are a series of articles, kind of like a newspaper or magazine, which are called “posts”, and are shown in date order (most recent first). The idea is that the blogger regularly publishes new content to keep their readers informed or to [...]
