Henry David Thoreau

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Henry David Thoreau
A man receives only what he is ready to receive .
. . We hear and apprehend only what we already
half know . . . Every man thus tracks himself
through life, in all his hearing and reading and
observation and traveling. His observations make
a chain. The phenomenon or fact that cannot in
any way be linked with the rest of what he has
observed, he does not observe. By and by we may
be ready to receive what we cannot receive now.
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Study tips
ARRANGE FOR REPETITION
ARRANGE FOR REPETITION
ARRANGE FOR REPETITION
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Reading your book

1. Put the highlighter away

FIRST TIME Just relax and read 2ND TIME Start
with summary read through text, stopping for
unfamiliar words understand details 3RD TIME
read for complete understanding relate details
to major points in summary (use highlighter now)
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Taking notes in class
DONT WRITE THIS DOWN THINK ABOUT IT
FEELING IT IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN WRITING IT
Write down main ideas in complete phrases
complete sentences after class if possible.
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We are MEAT, not magnetic media
MEAT learns through EMOTION S.E.E.?
Significant Emotional Experience
Forgetting is an integral part of learning
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3 ways to learn to remember something

1. Think about it, feel about it, think about your
   feelings
2. Think about specific cues that lead back to what
   you are trying to learn remember
3. Beware of false confidence

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Dont confuse
FAMILIARITY
with
KNOWLEDGE
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Goethe, Maxims and Reflections
It used to occur and indeed still happens to me
that a work of fine art displeases me at first
sight, because I have not grown towards it
however, let me once suspect it of any merit, and
I will seek to gain access to it, finding then no
lack of the most gratifying discoveries I become
aware of new properties in things and of new
faculties in myself.
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INTELLIGENCE
A key component of general
is the capability to distinguish KEY POINTS from
SUPPORTING DETAILS
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SALIENT
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SALIENT
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SALIENT
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We learn through a. Repetition emotional
experience b. storing information in our
computer-like memories.   Studies show that
college students forget 50-80 of factual course
material within a. one week b. one month c.
one year d. ten years.  
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10 of the final grade for this class, an entire
letter grade, depends on your trip report about
going to an art museum. This is because the
professor believes that a. computer and slide
projections are pathetic representations of works
of art. b. illustrations in the textbook are far
too small and are also pathetic representations
of works of art. c. the best place to experience
art is not in the classroom. d. there is no
substitute for being in the presence of the
actual object. e. All of the above.