SKILLS FOR SUCCESS HOW CAN STUDENTS DEVELOP SKILLS

SKILLS FOR SUCCESS HOW CAN STUDENTS DEVELOP SKILLS THAT MIGHT ENHANCE SUCCESS IN AP PSYCHOLOGY AND SUBSEQUENT FUTURE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES?

LESSON #1 • You can be a genius, but it doesn’t happen by just dropping out when it gets tough.

GRIT. . . WHAT’S NEXT WITH ANGELA LEE DUCKWORTH • https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=FBM 0 P 1 Ivl. Ew • Here is another facet of the work of the “GRIT” psychologist. Let’s watch for just a few minutes. • What is a genius? Are your students geniuses? How can we help our students become geniuses?

IT’S GENIUS! WITH ELBOW PARTNERS, DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS. • Angela Lee Duckworth states, “there is a gap between what kids can do and what they do, ” would you agree? • Based on work by Catharine Cox (Miles) who studied the historical data on 301 geniuses, what makes a genius? • According to Angela Lee Duckworth, what is GRIT? • Angela Lee Duckworth states that “skill is what happens when talent is multiplied by effort. ” Do you agree or disagree? • What are the steps that can be done to enhance human skill through deliberate practice? (Four steps) • Can you become genius? • Can you help your students become geniuses?

LESSON #2 • Self-Control

SELF CONTROL STRATEGIES FOR SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN ANGELA LEE DUCKWORTH • https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=X 1 euh. GUKIRc • “The most important scientific discovery about self-control is that it can be taught. ” • Walter Mischel (Marshmellow Test) • I know! There is a bit of discussion on this research out now.

PROCESS MODEL OF SELFCONTROL • Situation Selection • Situation Modification • Selective Attention • Cognitive Re-appraisal • Response Modulation

PLAN AHEAD • W Today’s study wish: • O Best Outcome: • O Obstacle: • P If, then plan: • If _________, then______. • Obstacle (time/place). obstacle) Action (to overcome • With practice this can become a habit.

WILLIAM JAMES (1899) ON THE ROLE OF HABIT FORMATION • Our virtues are habits as much as our vices. . . Our nervous systems have grown to the way in which they have been exercised, just as a sheet of paper. . . Once creased or folded, tends to fall forever afterwards into the same identical fold.

SOCRATIC SEMINAR • Step One: Select appropriate text (p. 2 -3 or 4) • Step Two: Prepare for seminar (leader develops open ended question from text) • Step Three: Contracting (explain the process) • Step Four: The Socratic Seminar (fishbowl may be used-participants and observers) • Step Five: Reflection and Evaluation

OPEN ENDED QUESTION FROM TEXT • Select one of the readings and one group to participate in. • College is not the 13 th Grade, Drew Appleby • We are teaching GRIT the wrong way, David De. Steno • Open Ended Questions: • Reading #1: In what ways is college not the 13 th grade? What can we do to help our students realize this concept and overcome the hurdles of freshman year? • Reading #2: What’s GRIT? What type of GRIT should we be teaching to allow for greater success of our students in their futures?

• What do you feel are the academic skills students most need to be successful in high academic classes?

CATEGORIES FOR ADDITIONAL SKILLS FOR SUCCESS • Listening Skills (Note Taking Listening_habits-3) • Note-taking Skills (Lecture) • Note-taking Skills (Academic Reading) • Thinking Critically and Visibly • Vocabulary (in M/C Monster session)

LISTENING SKILLS • What can be done about listening? • Do your students “listen” well? • What can be done about listening?

LISTENING SKILLS • See provided article: Note taking listening habits, “What Can Be Done About Listening” • Note: The date of the article, what has changed? • Suggested ways to enhance listening: • Anticipate the next point • Identify supporting material • Recapitulating • Dartmouth College (2001)

PRACTICE LISTENING SKILLS • Samples • https: //www. npr. org/sections/healthshots/2017/07/06/535608442/architecture-of-anasylum-tracks-history-of-u-s-treatment-of-mentalillness • Speaking a foreign language (NPR) Parlezvous+français • Yawning from Vsauce (Clips for Class) • Model Questioning Techniques

NOTE TAKING SKILLS • See provided article “Notetaking Tips” • See provided article: “Effective Notetaking Dos and Don’ts” • See provided article: “ NOTE-TAKING IN THE 21 st CENTURY: TIPS FOR INSTRUCTORS AND STUDENTS” • See provided article: “The Pen is Mightier Than the Keyboard” • The Cornell Method Dartmouth College • Sample Presentation • Sample “Hawk Cornell Notes”

CRITICAL THINKING? WHAT IS IT? • Critical thinking: What is It? • Critical thinking is a type of critical analysis • A purposeful reflective judgment to determine what to think or what to do • It is applying what we know to a novel situation

WHY DO I CARE? • It is a key to success for the AP Psychology student. • In both the multiple choice and free response questions on the AP Exam, you will make good use of your critical thinking skills.

JANE HALONEN • Critical Thinking Companion, Jane Halonen, Worth Publishers • Not a new source(read as OLD), but excellent for developing critical thinking skills particularly for the FRQ. I update ideas for use in my class. • I do this in many ways, orally, written, in groups, as outside assignments and much more. (examples with The Brain Session) • Other sources are available. Your suggestions?

SUBSEQUENT SESSION: MAKING THINKING VISIBLE IN THE AP PSYCHOLOGY CLASSROOM • And Study Skills will be addressed in later session

RECAP. . . LESSONS WE CAN TEACH OUR STUDENTS • #1 You Can Be A Genius/ How? • #2 Self-Control/ Can you teach it? • #3 College is not the 13 th Grade • #4 Skills, listening, reading, notetaking • #5 Thinking, critically and visibly • #6 Study Skills