Cognitive Wellbeing
Cognitive wellbeing offers a wide variety of areas to consider when we are trying to gauge how well we are coping with life. Areas such as how well we process information, our memory efficacy, and how hard we have to work to master a new task or knowledge are examined in this dimension. It is also important to understand your individual levels of persistence on tasks because lack of progress in learning new things might be evident because we give up too soon rather than not having the capacity to learn. Our motivation to learn and persist is also relevant when we are trying to better understand ourselves.
This module will require you to think about some of these areas as you work to find a healthy balance in your life while studying. We’ve selected an online repository of trivia and games. I tried the quiz on onions and scored 4 out of 10. See if you can do better by following the link below. Once you have had a look at the site (which offers a variety of online activities), go to the Community Forum and share your thoughts.
Prompt
Visit the following webstie:
http://games.mirror.co.uk/games/trivia_do-you-know-your-onions/See if you can ‘better’ my score of 4. Once you’ve completed that quiz, explore a few of the other options.
Reading
Read the journal article by David Feldon. It provides a comprehensive discussion on why teachers react the way that they do in classrooms and shares implications for how preservice teachers can better understand the strategies they use when teaching.
Activity
Most of us have learning activities we enjoy doing and those we find more challenging. We also find excuses or tasks to do that deflect us from the task at hand. Our feeling of accomplishment and how well we complete a task can often drive our motivation to engage. Over the coming month, note the course tasks that you find enjoyable (easy to attend to and complete) and those that you don’t (put last on your ‘to do’ list after the ironing). Once your list starts to shape up, try to provide a rationale for each entry: why was it easy or enjoyable? Why was it so hard to get started on? The more you understand the reasons for the way you prioritise learning tasks, the further you will progress to overcoming challenges. What you learn may also enable you to better understand the children you teach.
Community Forum
Respond to the following prompts:
- Question #1. Why is online gaming so popular? Are there drawbacks to being engaged in these activities? Do you think they offer opportunities for learning or are they just passive pastimes?
- Question #2. How do you manage your study schedule when faced with doubt about your capacity to engage, learn, and succeed?
- Questions #3. What do you do to help yourself remember new things? For example, do you create concept maps to link connected ideas? Share some of your ideas.
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