GS 1115 Foundational Strategies Week 3 Work Sheet

Name:______
Date:______
Module 2 Discussion: Taking Charge of Your College
Experience
If you are Present in class during discussion time, you will
complete this discussion during class and talk about it in small
groups. After class discussion, write your name on this paper and
hand it to Instructor.
If you were Absent from class during discussion time, print out
this Work Sheet, fill out Part 1 and Part 2 below, and hand it to
Instructor during class. You will receive a late grade.
Part 1: Refer to p. 34 of your textbook, Study and Critical
Thinking Skills in College where it states, "People who make
plans and decisions are more successful than those who do not"
(McWhorter, 2015).
In thinking about this excerpt, write a paragraph (four or more
complete sentences related to a topic or idea) in the following
lines, about a time in your life when you made a decision to get
something you wanted, and in the same paragraph, write about why
this certain something was important to you.
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Part 2:
Write a paragraph (four or more complete sentences related to a
topic or idea) in the following lines, about the strategic path
you took that allowed you to attain this specific thing. In the
same paragraph, share any obstacles you encountered and how you
overcame them. Also include what motivated you to continue
forward to reach your goal. Then discuss how your experience,
working to reach this goal, relates to your college experience.
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To make participation in Module 2 Discussion official, log

in to distance-education.itt-tech.edu (ITT Online System)
and go to GS1115: Foundational Strategies Learning Plan
page. Click on Module 2, and from the starred sub-menu,
click on Participate in Discussion. On the window that pops
up, find the gray bar that says Thread View | Topic View,
and on the right of that bar, click Reply. In the field
labelled Response, type your name. On the gray bar near the

bottom of the window, click Post Reply.

If you do not do this, I cannot grade your written Module 2
Discussion.

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Module 2 Essay: Active Learning

Assessment Description:
On the basis of your understanding of active and passive learning
and the levels of thinking explained on pp. 3945 of your
textbook, Study and Critical Thinking Skills in College, circle
your response to the statements listed on the following:

ACTIVE-LEARNING STRATEGIES QUESTIONNAIRE

Respond to each of the following statements by checking Always,
Sometimes, or Never.

I try to figure out why an assignment was given.

Always
Sometimes
While reading I am sorting important information.

Never

Always
Sometimes
I think of questions as I read.

Never

Always
Sometimes
Never
I try to make connections between reading assignments and class
lectures.

Always
Sometimes
Never
I attempt to see how a newly assigned chapter in my text relates to the
previously assigned one.

Always
Sometimes
Never
I try to see how my instructors class lectures fit together (relate to one
another).

Always
Sometimes
Never
I review a returned exam to discover what types of questions I missed.

Always
Sometimes
Never
After writing a paper or completing an assignment, I think about what I
learned from doing it.

Always
Sometimes
Never
I think about how the information I am reading can be used or applied.

Always
Sometimes
I react to and evaluate what I am reading.

Never

Always

Sometimes

Never

Each item that you marked as Sometimes or Never identifies skills you
need to work on to become a more active learner. Review the checklist, then
gradually introduce the skills into your daily reading and study methods.
Source: McWhorter, K. T. (2011). Study and critical thinking skills in college (7th ed.). Boston,
MA: Longman.

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In the form of a six-paragraph essay (remember a paragraph is

four or more complete sentences related to a topic or idea),
write about the following:
INTRODUCTION PARAGRAPH
In your own words, define both active learning and passive
learning.
In thinking about these two types of learning,
provide what you think of each of these overall-what is the one
main opinion you have come to concerning active learning VS
passive learning? (This will be your thesis.)
PARAGRAPH 2
On the basis of your answers to the statements on the ACTIVELEARNING STRATEGIES QUESTIONNAIRE, write a paragraph about

which type of learner (active or passive) that you are. What do

you think about this? When you think about how you have learned
in the past, does this make sense? Why so? Provide specific
details and examples that allow the reader to see and understand
this.
PARAGRAPH 3
Select three statements for which you answered sometimes or
never. In this paragraph, write about the first of the three
statements you chose. Or, if you dont have three statements for
this section, write about an active-learning strategy you already
use and why it has been helpful in school up to this point.
Provide specific details and examples that allow the reader to
see and understand this.
PARAGRAPH 4
Keeping in mind those same three statements for which you
answered sometimes or never, in this paragraph, write about
the second of the three statements you chose. Or, if you dont
have three statements for this section, write about an activelearning strategy you already use and why it has been helpful in
school up to this point. Provide specific details and examples
that allow the reader to see and understand this.
PARAGRAPH 5
Keeping in mind those same three statements for which you
answered sometimes or never, in this paragraph, write about
the third of the three statements you chose. Or, if you dont
have three statements for this section, write about an activelearning strategy you already use and why it has been helpful in
school up to this point. Provide specific details and examples
that allow the reader to see and understand this.
CONCLUDING PARAGRAPH
Refer back to your thesis (the one main opinion you communicated
in your introduction) and, then, write a paragraph about one way
in which you will become a more active learner. Choose one of the
strategies provided on p. 42 and include three specific things
you will do to make this strategy work for you.
On the Instructor Page for this class, under Uploads, there is a
MS Word template, called Essay Template, which you may download,
save, and use to complete Module 2 Essay.

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Once you have completed and saved your 6-paragraph document as
Module 2 Essay:

Log on to ITT Online, and go to GS1115: Foundational

Strategies Learning Plan page.

Click on Module 2, and from the starred sub-menu, click on

Submit Essay.
At the bottom of the window that pops up, click Start
Assessment.
In the field labelled Answer/response, type Active Learning.
Below this field, click the Attach/Remove File button.
From the window that pops up, click the Browse button.
From the window that pops up, navigate to the place you saved
your Module 2 Essay file, click on the file, and then click
Open.
From the window that pops up, click the Attach button.
Seeing that Module 2 Essay is now under Attach/Remove Files
list on this window, click Return to Assessment button.
At the bottom left of the window, click Save Answer.
At the bottom left of the window, click Submit for Grading.
You will be asked if you want to submit the assessment for
grading. Click OK button.
From the window that pops up, click Close (its in blue
lettering at the right of the page).

Module 2 Essay is due by 6PM on the morning of class for Week 4.

You may use lab time in Week 3 to work on it if you wish.
Remember that submissions do not get posted to the Modules
immediately, so do not wait until right before class to complete
and submit the Essay! Instructor must have it by 6PM, or it will
receive late penalties.