CRCB Ch3. Remembering What you Read
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
TFY Ch2. Exercise
TFY Ch2
Quiz Page 62-63
1. FALSE When Frederick Douglas grasped the concept of abolition, he understood it was possible for him to become free.
2. TURE Words can be used to do a better or worse job of describing experiences but can be more than translations of the experiences themselves.
3. TURE A dictionary can help us think better when we use it to clear up word confustion.
4. TURE Definitions of word show the word’s boundaries.
5. FALSE Knowing the words for things helps us see them better.
6. FALSE We do not fully understand a word unless we can define it.
7. FALSE When people debate a topic, Understanding is greatly helped by their taking the time to define the key terms.
8. TURE Etymology gives us word histories.
9. FALSE Pocket dictionaries are sufficient guides for a critical study of word meanings.
10. TURE The word “ohm” comes from the Sanskrit language and means the sound of creation.
11. FALSE According to most dictionaries, there is more than one acceptable spelling of the word “cooperate”.
12. FALSE The term “French leave” means to say good-bye with a big kiss.
13. TURE The prefix in the words “insignificant” and “inflammable” means not in Latin.
14. TURE The following words all contain the sound called a “schwa:mass, polite, placement, bogus, visible.
15. FALSE The word nausea can be pronounced at least three different ways.
16. FALSE The word “round” can function as six different parts of speech: adjective, noun, transitive, and intransitive verb, adverb, and preposition.
17. FALSE “Egregious” comes from a Latin word meaning standing out from the head.
18. TURE The word “nadir” in the phases “the nadir of politics” means the highest point.
19. FALSE A “cogent” argument is a convincing one.
20. TURE The word “decimate” means to dice something up into pieces.
Quiz Page 62-63
1. FALSE When Frederick Douglas grasped the concept of abolition, he understood it was possible for him to become free.
2. TURE Words can be used to do a better or worse job of describing experiences but can be more than translations of the experiences themselves.
3. TURE A dictionary can help us think better when we use it to clear up word confustion.
4. TURE Definitions of word show the word’s boundaries.
5. FALSE Knowing the words for things helps us see them better.
6. FALSE We do not fully understand a word unless we can define it.
7. FALSE When people debate a topic, Understanding is greatly helped by their taking the time to define the key terms.
8. TURE Etymology gives us word histories.
9. FALSE Pocket dictionaries are sufficient guides for a critical study of word meanings.
10. TURE The word “ohm” comes from the Sanskrit language and means the sound of creation.
11. FALSE According to most dictionaries, there is more than one acceptable spelling of the word “cooperate”.
12. FALSE The term “French leave” means to say good-bye with a big kiss.
13. TURE The prefix in the words “insignificant” and “inflammable” means not in Latin.
14. TURE The following words all contain the sound called a “schwa:mass, polite, placement, bogus, visible.
15. FALSE The word nausea can be pronounced at least three different ways.
16. FALSE The word “round” can function as six different parts of speech: adjective, noun, transitive, and intransitive verb, adverb, and preposition.
17. FALSE “Egregious” comes from a Latin word meaning standing out from the head.
18. TURE The word “nadir” in the phases “the nadir of politics” means the highest point.
19. FALSE A “cogent” argument is a convincing one.
20. TURE The word “decimate” means to dice something up into pieces.
Monday, September 21, 2009
CRCB Ch1. Exercise
CRCB Chapter 1 Exercise
Exercise 1a)
Concentration Survey
1. Yes I know that concentration is a skill that can be learned.
2. No I have a study area, complete with study supplies, and this area is used only for studying.
3. Yes I try to concentrate as I read, but my mind usually drifts to other things, such as bills I have to pay or people I have to call.
4. Yes If I get angry, I am unable to concentrate on my reading.
5. Yes I know how to minimize all distractions.
6. No I cannot read unless my house, or study environment, is immaculate.
7. No I have a system to let others know when I'm reading and that I do not want to be disturbed.
8. Yes I lose concentration easily when I'm bored with what I'm reading.
Exercise 1b)
Active and Passive Learning Strategies
1. Copying down everything your professor says. (P)
2. Revising lecture notes. (A)
3. Reviewing sections of your textbook by summarizing and reciting information. (A)
4. Reading each chapter straight through. (P)
5. Always begin reading by previewing each chapter and developing questions to help you focus. (A)
6. Testing yourself on the information in your notes. (A)
Exercise 1a)
Concentration Survey
1. Yes I know that concentration is a skill that can be learned.
2. No I have a study area, complete with study supplies, and this area is used only for studying.
3. Yes I try to concentrate as I read, but my mind usually drifts to other things, such as bills I have to pay or people I have to call.
4. Yes If I get angry, I am unable to concentrate on my reading.
5. Yes I know how to minimize all distractions.
6. No I cannot read unless my house, or study environment, is immaculate.
7. No I have a system to let others know when I'm reading and that I do not want to be disturbed.
8. Yes I lose concentration easily when I'm bored with what I'm reading.
Exercise 1b)
Active and Passive Learning Strategies
1. Copying down everything your professor says. (P)
2. Revising lecture notes. (A)
3. Reviewing sections of your textbook by summarizing and reciting information. (A)
4. Reading each chapter straight through. (P)
5. Always begin reading by previewing each chapter and developing questions to help you focus. (A)
6. Testing yourself on the information in your notes. (A)
TFY Ch1. Exercise
Thinking for Yourself Chapter 1 Quiz Page 38~39
1. FALSE Observation skills are learned mainly through book learning. Support for Answers. On the contrary, observation is learned from participation, which is more active and spontaneous than reading. Samuel Scudder learned observing through the active coaching of his teacher Agassiz as well as from his own efforts, curiosity, and persistence in studying his fish.
2. TRUE The standard academic study of all the physical sciences requires observation skills, whether in the field or laboratory.
3. TRUE In thinking, the correctness of our conclusions usually depends on the clarity of our perceptions.
4. TRUE Observation skills can be extended to observing how you observe.
5. TRUE An insight is an experience of understanding that can occur spontaneously after we observe something intently for a while. One illustration of this experience is the story of Archimedes, who, while in his bath, discovered the means of measuring the value of an irregular solid by the displacement of water.
6. FALSE Agassize was simply too busy to give his student all the assistance he needed.
7. TRUE Perception and sensation are synonyms.
8. TRUE It is difficult to feel sensation and to think at the same time. If we want to feel whether a pair of new shoes fits properly, we have to pay attention.
9. TRUE Assimilation, according to Piaget, is an experience of easily understanding something that readily fits into our preexisting schemes or world view.
10. FALSE The word thinking, according to the dictionary, has only
1. FALSE Observation skills are learned mainly through book learning. Support for Answers. On the contrary, observation is learned from participation, which is more active and spontaneous than reading. Samuel Scudder learned observing through the active coaching of his teacher Agassiz as well as from his own efforts, curiosity, and persistence in studying his fish.
2. TRUE The standard academic study of all the physical sciences requires observation skills, whether in the field or laboratory.
3. TRUE In thinking, the correctness of our conclusions usually depends on the clarity of our perceptions.
4. TRUE Observation skills can be extended to observing how you observe.
5. TRUE An insight is an experience of understanding that can occur spontaneously after we observe something intently for a while. One illustration of this experience is the story of Archimedes, who, while in his bath, discovered the means of measuring the value of an irregular solid by the displacement of water.
6. FALSE Agassize was simply too busy to give his student all the assistance he needed.
7. TRUE Perception and sensation are synonyms.
8. TRUE It is difficult to feel sensation and to think at the same time. If we want to feel whether a pair of new shoes fits properly, we have to pay attention.
9. TRUE Assimilation, according to Piaget, is an experience of easily understanding something that readily fits into our preexisting schemes or world view.
10. FALSE The word thinking, according to the dictionary, has only
TFY Ch1. Observation
Observation is either an activity of a living being, consisting of receiving knowledge of the outside world through the sense, or the recording of data using scientific instruements. The term may also refer to any datum collected during this activity.
Observation plays a role in several steps. However the need for reproducibility requires that observations by different observers be comparabe, verifiable and falsifiable. Human sense imperssions are subjective and qualitative making them difficult to record or compare. The idea of measurement evolved to allow recording and comparison of observations made at different times and places by different people. Measurement consists of using observation to compare the thing being measured to a standard; an artifact, process or efinition which can be duplicated or shared by all observers and counting how many of the standard units are comparabe to the object. Measurement reduces an observation to a number which can be recorded, and two observations which result in the same number are equal within the resolution of the process.
Observation plays a role in several steps. However the need for reproducibility requires that observations by different observers be comparabe, verifiable and falsifiable. Human sense imperssions are subjective and qualitative making them difficult to record or compare. The idea of measurement evolved to allow recording and comparison of observations made at different times and places by different people. Measurement consists of using observation to compare the thing being measured to a standard; an artifact, process or efinition which can be duplicated or shared by all observers and counting how many of the standard units are comparabe to the object. Measurement reduces an observation to a number which can be recorded, and two observations which result in the same number are equal within the resolution of the process.
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