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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: 92 votes (95.83%)
Disagree: 1 votes (1.04%)
Not sure: 3 votes (3.13%)
Total Votes: 96

Reading can be both an active and a passive learning process.
Agree: 84 votes (90.32%)
Disagree: 6 votes (6.45%)
Don't know: 3 votes (3.23%)
Total Votes: 93

Students are often resistant to learning actively and prefer learning passively.
Agree: 71 votes (74.74%)
Disagree: 12 votes (12.63%)
Not sure: 12 votes (12.63%)
Total Votes: 95

There is a difference between deep learning and surface learning.
Agree: 89 votes (97.8%)
Disagree: 2 votes (2.2%)
Don't Know: 0 votes (0%)
Total Votes: 91

Metacognition is the skill of learning how to learn.
Agree: 77 votes (84.62%)
Disagree: 3 votes (3.3%)
Don't know: 11 votes (12.09%)
Total Votes: 91

Being self-reflective and self-aware develops metacognition.
Agree: 83 votes (91.21%)
Disagree: 0 votes (0%)
Don't know: 8 votes (8.79%)
Total Votes: 91

Being metacognitive helps students become aware of their strengths and weaknesses as learners, writers, readers, test takers, etc.
Agree: 86 votes (96.63%)
Disagree: 0 votes (0%)
Don't know: 3 votes (3.37%)
Total Votes: 89

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: 101 votes (99.02%)
Disagree: 0 votes (0%)
Don't know: 1 votes (0.98%)
Total Votes: 102