DOES IT WORK FOR ME?Learning about your learning style
DOES IT WORK FOR ME?WHY ARE YOU HERE?
Hopefully, you are here because you are interested in learning more about how you learn. Maybe you have been having troubles with a certain class this year. Maybe school has always been difficult for you and you are getting tired of parents and teachers telling you to "try harder" and "apply yourself". Maybe you do feel that you are a little lazy, but you just don't know how to get started on a new track. By the time you reach high school, you are expected to have some understanding of how to study, take notes, pay attention in class and prepare for tests. For some people, these skills seem to come very easily, like having natural musical talent or athletic ability. For other people, however, these skills are kind of a mystery. This webquest will give you some activities to try to help you better understand what works for you, how to use your learning strengths and be able to describe how you learn best to others.
YOUR
CHALLENGE
Your challenge is to complete the activities listed below which will lead you through learning about:
--Your learning style and metacognition
--What study skills you need and which strategies may work for
you
--Where on the web to get more information, including sites for
learning about learning disabilities, homework help, and for getting
tips from other high school students who have survived learning
difficulties.
--Creating a learning profile for yourself that will describe
what your learning style is and what steps to try to improve your
learning skills
WHAT DO YOU NEED TO KNOW TO
GET STARTED?
METACOGNITION
This is not the latest superhero figure that your little brother wants for his birthday. Metacognition means "knowing about what you know" and understanding how you learn. If you break the word down, "meta" means "self" and "cognition" means "thinking". If you have good metacognitive skills, you are good at understanding yourself.
This webquest is designed to help you get to know that part of yourself better.
When you complete a visit to a recommended site, you will be asked to complete a review form which will let the maker of this quest know if the site was interesting, helpful or just a dud.