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Monday 8/31
 Podcasts of introductions to each chapter
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 Assignment
due Wednesday
 Link
to Computer labs and other tech sources on campus
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Wednesday
9/2
www.mtsu.edu/itunes
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Survival
Kit PowerPoint
Link
to Blank Log
Class
Activity
Assignment
due Wednesday 9/9 
 The
Study Skills Help Page Scavenger Hunt Use
the Scavenger Hunt for the Study Skills Help Page handout, or
link to the site above and follow directions.
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Friday 9/4
Important |
Survival
Kit /Internet You
can also get to your webmail direct account from browsers such as Netscape,
Explorer, or AOL by using webmail: https://webmail.mtsu.eduand
PipelineMT
Assignment
due Wednesday
 Internet
assignment #1 http://www.mtsu.edu/~studskl/instructoremail.html - Take
and Score LASSI (directions on inside covers)
- Read
and work all exercises pp. 14-20 in text
- Start
Time Log on p. 20 (Ex 1.2)
- Unless
indicated otherwise, pages assigned in the text include carefully
reading text, working all exercises, and answering all questions in
writing in the textbook itself.
- Microsoft Word
Download for Chapter 1 Summary If
you wish, instead of or in addition to writing answers to summary
in text you may download and type your answers to each chapter
summary giving you a clearer study sheet. The download for Chapter
1 summary is above.
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| Monday 9/7 |
 Labor Day--No classes |
Wednesday
9/9
Time
saving tip: |
The questions in the summary at the end of each chapter are in the order
you read them in your text. Before you read, check to see what questions
are asked, and write the answers in the summary as soon as you read them. |
Friday
9/11www.mtsu.edu/itunes
Other time saving tips from students. |
Time
Management/Master Schedules PowerPoint
Blank Master Schedule Word Download
Assignment
due Monday
- Complete
pages 22-29,Modeling the Learning Process and Summary pages 31-33
- Evaluating Learning
Outcomes and your tip on page 35
Microsoft Word
Download for Chapter 1 Summary
If
you wish, instead of or in addition to writing answers to summary in text
you may download and type your answers to each chapter summary giving
you a clearer study sheet. The download for Chapter 1 summary is above.
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Monday
9/14www.mtsu.edu/itunes |
Critical
Thinking Decision Making Fact/Opinion PowerPoint
Assignment
due Wednesday
- Pages
36-42 all exercises
- Summary
page 49-50(You can fill in the answers to Blooms after we cover it
next class) Microsoft
Word Download for Chapter 2
- Making
It Concrfete page 45. Skip VFTs
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Wednesday
9/16
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Assignment
due Friday
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Friday
9/18
www.mtsu.edu/itunes |
Assignment
due Monday
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Monday
9/21  |
No
late homework accepted after the test on Wednesday. |
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Wednesday 9/23
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Test
I When
you finish your test,click here.
Remember
there is a 10-point
penalty for
not taking test on scheduled date. If
you miss a test, make an appointment to make up the test before the next
class meeting if at all possible. Failure to contact your instructor within
one class period of a missed test will result in not being allowed to
make up the test.
An additional 5-point deduction will be made for each class
period the test is not made up. No unit test may be made up after
the next unit test has been given.
This test counts 1/10 of your final grade.
Assignment
due Friday
- Pages
74-92 including making flash cards for Memory Principles as directed
(page 79). Making it Concrete on page 78.
- Practice
Flashcards practice (on line)( in addition to your index cards)
- Compute
your daily average
- Test
I Evaluation Print
and Complete in class when test returned
- Test
I evauation word format If your
computer has Word, you can download and fill in
on your computer and then print.
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Friday
9/25
www.mtsu.edu/itunes
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Assignment
due Monday
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Monday
9/28 |
Memory
Principles
Activities Using Memory Principles
Assignment
due Wednesday
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Wednesday 9/30  |
Memory
Principles PowerPoint
How Memory Works Flow Chart /Memory Workout
Use page
104 to take notes in class.
Assignment
due Friday
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First 25 points (minimum ) on EXPLORING
COLLEGE ACTIVITIES due |
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Friday
10/2
Review
Week set aside to do Focus Project with your advisor. |
Assignment
due Friday
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Monday
10/5
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Test
II When you finish your test.
Remember
there is a 10
point penalty
for not taking test on scheduled date.
If you miss a test, make an appointment to make
up the test before the
next class meeting if at all possible.
Failure
to contact your instructor within one class period of a missed test will
result in not being allowed to make up the test. An
additional 5-point deduction will be made for each class period the test
is not made up. No unit test may be made up after the next unit
test has been given.
This test counts 1/10 of your final grade.
Assignment
due Wednesday
Read and
Work pages 110-114 Fill in summary as you go |
| Wednesday
10/7
www.mtsu.edu/itunes |
Work
Exercise 5.1 in class
Assignment
due Friday.
- pages
116-119
- Complete
Plan worked on in class.
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| Friday
10/9
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Set
Line Weight at .5 and Line
Spacing at 3 lines per inch
Assignment
due Monday
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Monday
10/12www.mtsu.edu/itunes |
Assignment
due Wednesday
- Pages
130-137
- Complete
Summary pages
- Evaluating
your learning outcomes
- Modeling
the Learning Process, Parallel Parking and Student Tip
- Pages
138-147 (Note directions through 145 on in margin on 143 -Mark text
following example)-down to Do you understand
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Wednesday
10/14
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Assignment due Friday
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Friday
10/16 
Link to Snack Lecture |
Assignment
due Wednesday
- Pages
154-161(excluding VFT)
- Complete
Summary for Chapter 6
- Evaluating
Learning Outcomes /Modelling the Learning Process/Parallel Parking/Student Tip
- Pages
165-168 Sensory Mode and 171-173 Hemispheric Dominance Inventories
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| Fall Break |
October 17-20  |
Wednesday
10/21
www.mtsu.edu/itunes |
Learning
Styles Hemispheric Dominance Sensory ModesPowerPoint PowerPoint
Assignment
due Friday
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Friday
10/23
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Learning
Styles Multiple Intelligence PowerPoint
CLASS ASSIGNMENT
MI scramble
Assignment
due Monday
- 178-191
complete what not finished in class (includes summary)
- Modeling
/Evaluating Learning Outcomes/Parallel Parking/Student Tip
- Virtual
Field TripPage 181 (Below is a site you may use to discover your
MI strengths. The higher the number given on the results, the more developed
that intelligence)
- Bring
Review Sheet for Test III
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First 50 points (minimum ) on EXPLORING
COLLEGE ACTIVITIES due |
| Monday
10/26 |
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| Wednesday
10/28
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Test
III
Remember,
there is a 10-point
penalty
for not taking test on scheduled date.
If you miss a test, make an appointment to make
up the test before the next class meeting if at all possible.
Failure to contact your instructor within one class period of a missed
test will result in not being allowed to make up the test. An
additional 5-point deduction will be made for each class period the test
is not made up. No unit test may be made up after the next unit
test has been given.
This test counts 1/10 of your final grade.
Assignment
for Friday Meet in Library Turn in Completed
Scavenger Hunt (Assignment #1)  Link
MTSU Library Home Page |
Library
Unit Option
www.mtsu.edu/itunes |
You
may work ahead of schedule and turn in work as completed. However,
you must check in each class period until the ENTIRE packet is
complete and graded. Once you have a score for the entire packet,
the next class period required is Monday 4/16. Staple page
19 of packet to each assignment when you turn it in.
Link to Library packet PowerPoint
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Friday 10/30 Meet
in LibraryCheck
in with instructor in glassed are 114d |
Turn
in Scavenger Hunt (Assignment #1)Work
on Assignment #2 pages 254-271
You have 2 days to complete Assignment #2
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Monday 11/2
Check
in with instructor in glassed are 114d |
Continue
to work on Assignment #2.
If
you finish it, give it to your instructor and begin on Assignment #3 and
#4 in packet)
Assignment
#2 due at beginning of class on Wednesday |
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Wednesday
11/4Check
in with instructor in glassed are 114d |
Turn
in Assignment
#2 at beginning of class
Work on
Assignments 3 and 4 from packet
Research Gateway Exercise and Map of library-due at beginning of class
on Friday |
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Friday 11/6 Check
in with instructor in glassed are 114d |
Turn
in Assignments
3 and 4 at beginning of class. Work
onAssignment
#5 textbook pages 271-277 You
will need books for most of this assignment. They will be
on the reference desk ready for you. If you remove them,
please return them to the reference desk.Download
for Chapter 11 Summary |
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Monday
11/9
Meet
in Library Room 272 for Test Review |
Turn
in Assignment
#5 PowerPoint
 Link
to VFT for evaluatng
Birthday
Sheet will be attached to the test as 10 points ofthe
test--not bonus. Complete before class on Monday.
No late homework accepted
after the test on Wednesday
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First 75 points (minimum ) on EXPLORING
COLLEGE ACTIVITIES due |
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Wednesday 11/11  Test
in Room 272
of Library
or PH classroom --check with your instructor for location of test. |
Test
IV
Remember
there is a 10-point
penalty
for not taking test on scheduled date.
If you miss a test, make an appointment to make
up the test before the next class meeting if at all possible.
Failure to contact your instructor within one class period of a missed
test will result in not being allowed to make up the test. An
additional 5-point deduction will be made for each class period the test
is not made up. No unit test may be made up after the next unit
test has been given.This
test counts 1/10 of your final grade.
Assignment
due Friday
- Read
and Work Chapter 8 pages 192-198
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Friday 11/13  www.mtsu.edu/itunes |
Assignment
due Monday |
Monday
11/16  |
Objective
test
Work on 200-211 in
class
Probable Quiz on naming absolutes and strategies
discussed
Assignment due
Wednesday
- Complete
what we didn't finish in class 200-211 Complete Summary 223-224
- Flashcards
for direction words on page 214
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Wednesday11/18
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Assignment
due Friday
- Pages
212-216 what not completed in class
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Friday
11/20
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Assignment due Monday
- What
we didn't get done
- Pages
218-220 ( Read what we did not cover in class)
- Turn
in completed summary(223-225) Chapter 8
- Parallel
Parking/Evaluating Learning Outcomes/Student Tip
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Completed EXPLORING
COLLEGE ACTIVITIES log due |
Monday
11/23
www.mtsu.edu/itunes |
GPA and
Reflecting about the Semester
- Read pages 241-250
- GPA's 251-253
- Work
Assignments on 242--construct evaluation form
College Essentials/Resources PowerPoint
GPA Protocol FAQ /Registering
for new semester
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Wednrsday
11/25
 www.mtsu.edu/itunes
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Read Chapter
9 beginning on page 228 Complete Summary Microsoft
Word Download for Chapter 9 Summary page
237
Parallel Parking/Evaluating Outcomes/Student Tip page 238-239
Virtual
Field Trip and
summary page 232 due at end of class. |
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Thanksgiving  |
| Monday
11/30 |
Discuss
Take Home Portion of Final
Assignment due Friday
No late homework accepted after the test on
Monday. |
| Wednesday
12/2
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Test
V
Remember
there is a 10-point penalty for not taking test on scheduled date. If
you miss a test, make an appointment to make up the test before the next
class meeting if at all possible. Failure to contact
your instructor within one class period of a missed test will result in
not being allowed to make up the test. An
additional 5-point deduction will be made for each class period the test
is not made up. No unit test may be made up after the next unit
test has been given.
This test counts 1/10 of your final grade.
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| Friday 12/4 |
Return Tests I-V
Retake LASSI fill
in form (pdf)
Discuss Take home part of final one more time.
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Monday
12/7 |
Review |
Wednesday
12/9 |
Take
Home Portion of Final Due
Last day of class Review for
Exam |
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Thursday 12/10 |
 STUDY
DAY!
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Monday Wednesday
Friday |
Exam Schedule |
| 6:50-7:45 |
FRIDAY, Dec 11 |
7-9 am |
| 8-8:55 |
WED Dec
16 |
7:30-9:30 |
| 9:10-10:05 |
WED DEC 16 |
10:00-12:00 |
| 10:20-11:15 |
MON
Dec 14 |
9:30-11:30 |
| 11:30-12:25 |
FRIDAY, DEC 11 |
10:00-12:00 |
| 12:40-1:35 |
MONDAY Dec
14 |
12:30-2:30 |
| 1:50-2:45 |
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12:30-2:30 |
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Extra
credut Possibilities
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Note: At the
end of each chapter is a "What's Your Advice" exercise. You may
choose five of these for possible extra credit when you have completed the
chapter. Extra credit for any chapter is due within one week of completing
that chapter. Extra credit will be given when there is evidence of thoughtful
inclusion of what we have learned so far and further critical thinking.
Extra credit assignments should be labeled as follows:
Name
What's Your Advice for Chapter _____
This is assignment number ___ of the 5 I may choose. |
Blank
Assignment Log(Word doc) Blank Assignment
Log (PDF) 
Audio
for lectures on page 128 and