Dr Sufka

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Dr. Kenneth J. Sufka begins the 6th rule of his book The A Game by describing a conversation he had with the son of a friend of his named Jimmy. Jimmy had not been in college for long and was asking Dr. Sufka for tips on studying. Dr. Sufka asks Jimmy a series of questions such as what does he do during study sessions, how often does he look over his notes, and how does he know when he has learned the material. Jimmy gives adequate answers, but Dr. Sufka goes on to explain that Jimmy is probably not understanding his test material as thoroughly as he should be by asking Jimmy if he knows exactly what a penny looks like. He does not, even though he has seen a penny numerous times. Dr. Sufka uses this example to explain that, while many students re-read their …show more content…

Sufka provides is a technique called concept mapping. Dr. Sufka states, “Concept mapping is a strategy people use to organize and make sense of knowledge much like road maps. . .” Concept mapping takes broad topics and organizes smaller pieces of information that are included within those topics while also presenting how are related to one another. A 2008 study revealed that students who produced concept maps had better test scores than students who did not. Another technique Dr. Sufka advises to develop learning objectives is called four-question reflective learning. In four-question reflective learning, students answer four questions about their learning objectives. The answers to these questions include identifying important concepts theories or ideas, explaining why these concepts are important, explaining how these concepts apply in real world scenarios, and identifying unanswered questions. Lastly, Dr. Sufka lists a technique called notation reduction that he learned from one of his own professors. Notation reduction requires students to take lecture notes and summarize them on a single sheet of notebook paper. Students should be able to further condense these notes onto a

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