Study Guide Chapter 5 – Expand Your Thinking Skills

1.    Define Critical Thinking:




2.    By using critical thinking, what is a very important part of making college learning interesting and fun?



3.    Are all questions are welcomed by college instructors?





4.    Name four strategies for helping you evaluate the credibility of information you find on the internet:





5.    Describe what you do when you make inferences:





6.    Describe the process of deduction:





7.    Define induction:





8.    Are creative people alike in their personal characteristics or do they tend to differ?




9.    Describe the amount of work it takes to be creative, virtually none or lots?




10.    What is meant by the term “flow,” it applies to satisfaction in creativity?





Study Guide Chapter 4 – Diversify Your Learning Style

1.    Name the (first four) intelligence clusters, or domains.




2.    What must auditory learners do in order to succeed in class.




3.    Define "learning by doing."




4.    What are the four experiential learning preferences?





5.    What is the difference between surface learning and deep learning?




6.    Is it possible to choose between surface learning or deep learning?




7.    What is a content-centered instructor?




8.    Is it important to get acquainted with your instructors?



9.    What is the first thing you should do if you are upset by an instructor's conduct?





10.    Are critical thinkers are usually more successful than creative thinkers?