Thursday, January 31, 2013

Week 4 EOC: Jeopardy Evaluation


          Sitting at the desk for several hours can be daunting with having the idea of remembering certain dates, famous people, places or past events in history.  Cramming the night before a test can take its toll on the human brain.  Lack of sleep, hunger deprivation, and losing control of our own reality are some of the consequences that come behind procrastination.  Most do an amazing job when it comes to projects or in class assignments, but somehow cannot seem to retain information that they have learned in the last couple of sessions.  A very effective way of studying without the worry of having to actually put hours cramming or researching information is to put together some sort of game involving information from what the test is actually going to contain.  Contents in the game are very important because they are the foundation of what you are going to learn, and is vital to how well you are going to do on the test.  This is effective because you are focusing on the challenge of winning not retaining the information, so in return  you are relieving yourself of all the stress that you would get from actually focusing on the material you are try to retain.  In classroom activity, I found myself remembering the information that was included within the game questions.  The more we played, the broader my mind processed everything and was more focused on getting points on the board.  In my opinion, I think this tactic should be experienced in every course and within every major so that students can get the best out of their experience in college.  I found this activity to be truly affective because that material within the book is a bit repetitive and dry so one can lose their interest in the material very quickly. 

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