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JumpStart Your Learning Tutorial: Test your Prior Knowledge

Assess your Understanding of Active Learning

An important part of the learning process is to connect what you already know to the new learning you will do. To learn more effectively, ask yourself, 'what do I already know about this topic?'. The following poll will help you assess what you already know about 'learning', and the skills required to learn better.

Note, this is not a quiz. Knowing the answer is less important than reflecting honestly on what you believe to be true. If you would like to learn more about the topic from any of the questions, click the Don't Know/Not Sure link.

Do you agree or disagree with the following statements?

Learning actively is more effective than learning passively.
Agree: 109 votes (96.46%)
Disagree: 1 votes (0.88%)
Not sure: 3 votes (2.65%)
Total Votes: 113

Reading can be both an active and a passive learning process.
Agree: 97 votes (88.99%)
Disagree: 8 votes (7.34%)
Don't know: 4 votes (3.67%)
Total Votes: 109

Students are often resistant to learning actively and prefer learning passively.
Agree: 81 votes (73.64%)
Disagree: 17 votes (15.45%)
Not sure: 12 votes (10.91%)
Total Votes: 110

There is a difference between deep learning and surface learning.
Agree: 104 votes (97.2%)
Disagree: 2 votes (1.87%)
Don't Know: 1 votes (0.93%)
Total Votes: 107

Metacognition is the skill of learning how to learn.
Agree: 94 votes (87.04%)
Disagree: 3 votes (2.78%)
Don't know: 11 votes (10.19%)
Total Votes: 108

Being self-reflective and self-aware develops metacognition.
Agree: 100 votes (92.59%)
Disagree: 0 votes (0%)
Don't know: 8 votes (7.41%)
Total Votes: 108

Being metacognitive helps students become aware of their strengths and weaknesses as learners, writers, readers, test takers, etc.
Agree: 102 votes (97.14%)
Disagree: 0 votes (0%)
Don't know: 3 votes (2.86%)
Total Votes: 105

Reading the syllabus or course outline can help you determine what to expect of a class but more importantly, what is required of you in that class.
Agree: 117 votes (99.15%)
Disagree: 0 votes (0%)
Don't know: 1 votes (0.85%)
Total Votes: 118