Deck 7: Engaging, Listening, and Note-Taking in Class

Question 1

If you are engaged in your classes, you are _____.

A) reading
B) listening
C) taking good notes
D) all of these are correct

Answer 1

all of these are correct

Question 2

Which of the following is a recommended way of engaging in class?

A) Reviewing the syllabus
B) Pretending to be a reporter
C) Sitting in the front
D) All of these are correct

Answer 2

All of these are correct

Question 3

Which of the following is NOT a "Rule of Engagement" in the classroom?

A) Talking in class
B) Turning off your cell phone
C) Eating before class
D) Arriving on time

Answer 3

Talking in class

Question 4

Studies show that if you take notes, you have a _____% chance of recalling that information at test time compared with a 15% chance if you did not take notes.

A) 20
B) 30
C) 40
D) 50

Question 5

According to the text, gestures that indicate importance during a lecture are _____.

A) a raised index finger
B) leaning forward
C) walking up the aisle
D) All of these are correct

Question 6

Learning to calm yourself, keeping an open mind to learning, and managing your energy are all strategies for _____.

A) engaging
B) listening
C) preparing
D) planning

Question 7

When you are listening to chit-chat and emotionally charged situations, you are most likely engaged in _____.

A) soft listening
B) hard listening
C) discerning listening
D) decisive listening

Question 8

When you are listening to new information or to someone trying to persuade you of something, you are most likely engaged in _____.

A) soft listening
B) hard listening
C) discerning listening
D) decisive listening

Question 9

In order to practice hard listening, you need to _____.

A) listen intently, practice sympathy, don't judge
B) be accepting, sympathetic, and non-judgmental
C) think critically, be there for someone else, analyze
D) listen intently, think critically and analyze carefully

Question 10

The lecturer who uses extensive discipline-specific jargon is the _____.

A) rapid-fire lecturer
B) slow-go lecturer
C) content-intensive lecturer
D) active-learning lecturer

Question 11

As few as _____% of your classmates will have done the assigned reading prior to class.

A) 5
B) 15
C) 20
D) 40

Question 12

The Cornell system of note-taking encourages you to write key words and questions on the _____ of the page.

A) right side
B) left side
C) bottom
D) top

Question 13

What type of learner is most likely to benefit from using mind maps as a note-taking method?

A) Visual
B) Aural
C) Read/write
D) Kinesthetic

Question 14

Taking notes during class is important because it engages which VARK categories?

A) Aural and Read/Write
B) Visual and Aural
C) Visual, Aural, Read/Write and Kinesthetic
D) Read/Write and Kinesthetic

Question 15

The process of typing your notes out later is best defined as _____.

A) manipulating
B) paraphrasing
C) summarizing
D) mapping

Question 16

Good note-taking requires that you _____.

A) write a complete account
B) write an accurate account
C) write an organized account
D) all of these are correct

Question 17

If you write a brief overview of your notes from one lecture, you are _____.

A) manipulating
B) paraphrasing
C) summarizing
D) mapping

Question 18

A study determined that students are tuned out of a fifty-minute lecture around _____% of the time.

A) 10
B) 20
C) 30
D) 40

Question 19

Students typically only record _____ of the lecture's main content ideas in their notes.

A) 1/4
B) 1/3
C) 1/2
D) 2/3

Question 20

Which of the VARK categories involves listening to a lecture?

A) Visual
B) Read-write
C) Kinesthetic
D) Aural