CS-CV0005 - Mind & Study - toolbox for being well in studies, Lectures, 26.2.2024-21.4.2024
Kurssiasetusten perusteella kurssi on päättynyt 21.04.2024 Etsi kursseja: CS-CV0005
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Welcome to the fourth course week!
Have you thought about what “studying” actually means to you, how you learn best or how to make studying go smoothly? Study skills consist of many areas, such as mastering different study methods, self-management, working in teams and regulating one's own emotions. In this section, we will focus on mastering effective study techniques and how your own attitude towards learning can have a big impact on how you learn.
Pausing in this moment
This course week also begins with an invitation to pause now. It means giving yourself a chance to calm down and become aware of what's going on with you right now, in this moment. What could be a suitable way for you to stop right now?
One option is to do the familiar mindfulness exercise from last week, hour-glass-exercise:
This week's assignments are:
- Read: How do you study so that you also actually learning?
- Apply in practice the week's theme by filling in the Flinga: The market for the best study techniques
- How to use Pomodoro technique
- Concrete tips for getting started with the studying
- Vote: How do I feel about learning?
- Read: An attitude of fixed-mindset and growth-oriented mindset towards learning
- Submit individual assignments
- Peer group meeting (face-to-face or via video) and submitting the memo
- Finally: What will you take away from his week?
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1. I have always been good at certain things and bad at others. In the exam, I prove how good or bad I am at the subject in question. If I fail, I feel like I'm just not smart enough.
2. I believe I can learn almost anything with enough practice. When I fail, I feel that it provides an opportunity to improve. My effort and attitude affect my success in studies more than my intelligence.
Answer the anonymous poll!
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Individual assignment (book 1-2h)
Before starting with these assignments, read thoroughly the material and your notes for this week. Then answer the following questions in a free-form text. The most essential thing for you is to take the time to reflect on the questions on your own part.
- Reflect in the individual assignment, in what kinds of situations you recognize beliefs included in the fixed mindset and growth mindset. How do these beliefs affect your actions? Write a reflection on at most one page.
Choose one /or more) technique from the market place for the best study techniques (Flinga) that you haven't actively used recently, but you might think about trying to use. Reflect on how could you apply the technique(s) to your own studies or situation?
Submit your answer via the “Add submission” button below. The submission format is online text instead of file submissions, because of your privacy. Teachers can read online texts in MyCourses, while files must be downloaded for reading them. We still recommend you to save your texts for yourself in a suitable file format.
Note that only course teachers can see your submissions. Please don’t include any sensitive information, such as time of birth, social security number or health information, in your response.
After submitting the assignment, pause for a while to reflect, and answer the questions for the week!
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Instructions for the Week 4 group discussion:
At first, feel free to share something about your week and how you have been. In case you meet online, please turn on your cameras, whenever possible. Agree on turns for keeping notes and submitting the memo after the meeting via the "Add submission" button below. One of the best practices is to rotate this task on weekly basis.
Each of you is allowed to decide how much and at what level you want to tell about your individual assignment answers. The main point is that each group member has the opportunity to take part in the discussion and everyone is listened to. See the Guidelines for peer group discussions in the Orientation week material.
Discuss in free format at least about the following topics:
- What kinds of thoughts did this course week’s material and individual assignments provoke?
- Take a joint look at the “bring-and-buy market” for the best study techniques. Co-evaluate, which of these could be based on scientific research on study techniques.
- Share each other your experiences on which of the techniques you tried during the week (or maybe earlier) and how they worked for you.
Discuss the theory of fixed and growth mindset, and especially in which situations and with what means/tools it might be possible for you to influence your own attitude towards learning.
The note taker makes notes and in the end of the meeting, go through together the most important points in your discussion. The note taker writes these down and submits the memo as soon after the meeting as possible. There are no minimum or maximum lengths for the memo, but it should cover the topics you have discussed.