The third step capturing typically involves taking

 The third step, capturing, typically involves taking notes on the learning experience to increase
understanding and retention.
 The fourth step is to review your notes, to help solidify the learning and to prepare for repeating the cycle
in the next class or reading assignment.
 People have natural learning preferences, affecting how they learn best, such as learning by reading, by
listening, by seeing, by doing, and by feeling.
 Students should learn how to use their own learning style to their best advantage while also becoming
flexible and working to develop other learning styles.
 Because your learning style may not match your instructor’s teaching style, you need to be flexible and
work to develop new learning strategies essential for college success.

CHE CK POI NT E XERCI SE S
Name an activity from which you generally learn very well.
Name a type of learning experience you may have difficulty with.
2. How would you describe your personal learning style?
3. If you experience a situation in which your personal learning style seems to clash hopelessly with
an instructor’s teaching style, what is your best course of action?
For the activity above, list at least two strategies you can use to improve your learning
effectiveness when in that situation next time.
1. Number each the following actions to put them in the correct order of the four steps of the
learning cycle:
o Review your class notes to make sure you understand.
o Listen carefully to what your instructor says.
o Prepare for today’s class by looking over your notes on the reading you did for today.
o Take effective notes.
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4.02 Types of Thinking
LEARNIN G OBJE CTIVE S
So what are the various types of thinking skills, and what kind things are we doing when
we apply them? In the 1950s, Benjamin Bloom developed a classification of thinking skills
that is still helpful today; it is known as Bloom’s taxonomy. He lists six types of thinking
skills, ranked in order of complexity: knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis,
synthesis, and evaluation. Figure 3.2 "Types of
Thinking Skills" outlines each skill and what is involved in that type of thinking, as updated
by Lorin Anderson and David Krothwohl.
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1. Understand that there are different types of thinking.
2. Identify how each type of thinking contributes to learning.

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Figure 3.2 Types of Thinking Skills

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Look at the lists of things you actually did in each case. Notice that there are certain verbs that apply to
each skill set. When you see those verbs as a prompt in an assignment or an exam, you will know what kind
of thinking the instructor expects from you. Table 3.1 "Thinking Verbs" lists some of the most
common verbs associated with each thinking skill.
TABLE 3 . 1 T H INKING VE RB S
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