Testing anxiety thwarts one's ability to complete in-class assignments and assessments to the best of his or her ability. Therefore, your grades do not accurately show your abilities. The main question/dilemma that I want you to think about while reading is: how does someone overcome this anxiety, so that they can be properly assessed?
In order to answer that question you must understand how you learn. As stated in previous Blogs, as a C.S. student you must become familiar with your disability in order to overcome it. Please make sure while you are reading, parallel the material to personal experience.
Please read the following article "Overcoming Test Anxiety" on the Study Guides and Strategies website. This week's Blog assignment is to write about a personal experience with testing anxiety.
http://www.studygs.net/tstprp8.htm
There are two different assignments. Please read below carefully and choose which category you fall under.
1. If you DO have testing anxiety write about what it feels like. Describe a situation when you experienced testing anxiety.
2. If you DO NOT have testing anxiety please write a paragraph suggesting how to overcome testing anxiety
Please post your paragraphs to the Blog this week. If you feel uncomfortable posting it, please email it to me.
Mr.Moore
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Summarize
Summarizing is a necessary skill for both inside and outside the classroom. It is an important ability to become comfortable and skilled at. To be able to summarize concisely and correctly you must be able to sort the main points from the "unnecessary" information. As many of you know, a thorough summarization includes the following: who, what, why, where, when, how.
According to University of Idaho, they believe that the following process must be completed to create a well drafted summary. (http://www.class.uidaho.edu/adv_tech_wrt/resources/general/how_to_summarize.htm)
1. Read the article.
2. Re-read the article.
-Underline important ideas.
-Circle key terms.
-Find the main point of the article.
-Divide the article into sections or stages of thought,
-Label each section or stage of thought in the margins.
-Note the main idea of each paragraph if the article is short.
3. Write brief summaries of each stage of thought or if appropriate each paragraph. Use a separate piece of paper for this step. This should be a
brief outline of the article.
4. Write the main point of the article. Use your own words. This should be a sentence that expresses the central idea of the article as you have determined it the from steps above.
5. Write your rough draft of the summary. Combine the information from the first four steps into paragraphs.
6. Edit your version. Be concise. Eliminate needless words and repetitions.
(Avoid using "the author says...," "the author argues...," etc.)
Now, Mr. Moore’s summarization of the University of Idaho’s process:
1. Read
2. Underline, Highlight, Circle
3. Write
4. Edit
5. Edit
This week’s Blog assignment is to go onto http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/ and summarize an article (7-10 sentences) that you read there.
Please include a link to your article in your response.
Please post all responses on the Blog.
Do not email me your responses.
According to University of Idaho, they believe that the following process must be completed to create a well drafted summary. (http://www.class.uidaho.edu/adv_tech_wrt/resources/general/how_to_summarize.htm)
1. Read the article.
2. Re-read the article.
-Underline important ideas.
-Circle key terms.
-Find the main point of the article.
-Divide the article into sections or stages of thought,
-Label each section or stage of thought in the margins.
-Note the main idea of each paragraph if the article is short.
3. Write brief summaries of each stage of thought or if appropriate each paragraph. Use a separate piece of paper for this step. This should be a
brief outline of the article.
4. Write the main point of the article. Use your own words. This should be a sentence that expresses the central idea of the article as you have determined it the from steps above.
5. Write your rough draft of the summary. Combine the information from the first four steps into paragraphs.
6. Edit your version. Be concise. Eliminate needless words and repetitions.
(Avoid using "the author says...," "the author argues...," etc.)
Now, Mr. Moore’s summarization of the University of Idaho’s process:
1. Read
2. Underline, Highlight, Circle
3. Write
4. Edit
5. Edit
This week’s Blog assignment is to go onto http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/ and summarize an article (7-10 sentences) that you read there.
Please include a link to your article in your response.
Please post all responses on the Blog.
Do not email me your responses.
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