Study Guide 0: For Students
- Why is continuously reviewing previous concepts necessary for learning?
- New concepts usually just add detail to old concepts.
- Facts learned by memorization are quickly forgotten, so they must be continuously "refreshed."
- Newly presented concepts often build or rely on previously learned concepts.
- In the autor's experience (opinion), which is easiest?
- Catching up after falling behind.
- Staying current.
- Choose the best definition of problem-solving transfer:
- To give or transfer an assigned problem to someone else - problem solved!
- Being able to use something learned to solve a new problem.
- Solving a problem by restating or transferring it to a different form that is easier to solve.
- Transfering knowledge about solving problems to someone else.
- What is the main purpose of education?
- For students to use what they have learned.
- To prepare students to solve problems that they haven't seen before.
- To promote problem-solving transfer.
- Who bothers to "elaborate what they read?"
- Excellent adult learners.
- Less capable (i.e., less successful) adult learners.
- In general (not just related to learning or computer science), what does it mean to "elaborate" something?
- Research shows that successful adult learners elaborate on what they read and construct explanations for themselves. For computer scientists, which of the following is NOT a part of the elaboration process?
- Recognizing that every program solves a problem.
- Understanding what each statement in the program does.
- Understanding how each statement in the program helps to solve the problem.
- Being able to add new features to an existing program.
- Viewed from the perspective of generally learning to solve problems, is it important to study any given solutions to assigned problems?
- Yes, but it's better to study the solutions just before taking an associated exam.
- Yes, because this is one step in learning how to solve similar problems.
- No, this is typically a waste of time and effort.
- How many total hours should you set aside each week to study CS 1410?
- 4
- 8
- 12
- 16
- 20