2 Important Questions

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2 Important Questions

• What was the difference between you and your
  peers who decided to pursue higher education, and
  those that did not?
• What made some of you prepared for a UC
  education, others a CSU, and others community
  college?

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Answers

• Family Support
• Personal Motivation
• Commitment to Invest Time Energy
• Having an Optimal Learning System in Place

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What is Optimal?
Optimal is performing at the highest level that
YOU can at a particular point in time
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The Key to Building Anything That Will be
Successful is a Strong Foundation
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• Mastery comes from preparation and hard work
• Active engagement in the learning process makes
  it more interesting, relevant, and effective
• I am responsible for my own learning
• I am my own best teacher
• Formulating questions facilitates thinking
• Making mistakes is an effective way to learn
• Self-confidence comes from persistence through
  adversity
• Ability is a variable, not a constant
• Academic performance is a result of my learning
  methods, attitude, and behavior
• The purpose of school is to assist me in
  learning how to learn
• An effective way to learn a concept is to teach
  it

Dr. Winston Doby
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COMPETITIVE
A
H/AP
B
Strength of Foundation will Affect Student
Performance
C
D
F
NON-COMPETITIVE
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Completing the Optimal Learner8 Principles

1. Self-Honesty/Honest Self-Assessment
2. Motivation and Sense of Urgency to Achieve
3. Commitment to Invest Time and Energy
4. Awareness and Full Use of Strengths and Talents
5. Courage to Learn, Change, and Resist Negative
   Pressures
6. Consistently Using an Optimal Learning System
7. Developing and Using Effective Learning Tools
8. Having Attitudes and Behaviors that Promote
   Optimal Learning

Dr. Chip Anderson
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Self Honesty
Attitudes/Behaviors
Motivation
Commitment to Invest Time Energy
Using Effective Learning Tools
Using Optimal Learning System
Strengths/Talents
Courage to Learn
Dr. Chip Anderson
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American Paradigm
Cycle of Learning
(3) Homework
Outside Classroom
(4) Feedback
(2) Practice
Classroom
(1) Instruction
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PALS PARADIGM
Cycle of Learning

• Preparation
• Individual

(6) Homework
(2) Dialogue Group
Outside Classroom
(5) Feedback
Classroom
(3) Instruction
(4) Practice
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KEYS TO PALS PARADIGM
Preparation occurs before instruction
Students support each other in study groups, also
prior to instruction
Students consistently use effective learning
tools for each step of the model
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Learning Tools

• Preparation
• Asking Questions
• Actively Engaging Texts
• Critical Reading

• Dialogue
• Active Listening
• Note-taking
• Questioning

• Instruction
• Lecture note-taking
• Listen to have questions answered

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PALS OBJECTIVES
P.A.L.S

• To help students initiate their own learning
  cycle
• To make use of effective study techniques
• To promote scholar optimal learning
• To improve specific Learning tools

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THE PRINCIPLES OF PALS
P.A.L.S

• Values and Beliefs
• The practices of optimal learning
• painstaking preparation and hard work
• Team leader
• Attitudes and behaviors

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Dimensions of learning
P.A.L.S

• Psychological
• Behavioral
• Methodological

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THE ACTORS OF PALS
P.A.L.S

• Fellows
• Scholars
• Junior Scholars
• Personal Academic trainers

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WHAT WE WANT SCHOLAR TO KNOW
P.A.L.S

• The PALS learning System
• Which Classes to select
• Entrance requirement at UC and other Prestige
  universities
• What involvements in H.S
• How to become competitively eligible for
  admission to UC

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IMPACT ON STUDENT
P.A.L.S

• Self Confidence
• Persistence
• Perseverance
• Can Do

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WHAT WE WANT SCHOLAR TO DO
P.A.L.S

• To use PALS Learning System on regular basis
• Engage in a personal goal setting process and
  involve their parents
• Teach what they are learning to someone
• Work to change their thought patterns, attitudes
  and beliefs
• Form relationships with parents, teachers and
  peers

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FELLOW EXPECTATIONS
P.A.L.S

• Experiences
• Teaching strategies