Preparing for quizzes and tests:
To prepare for the quizzes I have been using a classic two-pronged approach, where prong-one entails the understanding of lecture materials, and prong-two refers to the understanding of the practice exercises. Prong-one contains three sub-prongs for me: attendance, attention, and analysis (the sub-sub-prong being alliteration, I suppose). To ensure that I am keeping up with the course material, I try to attend as many lectures as possible. It is vital that while in physical attendance, I also attend mentally! This is sub-prong-two. I personally find it helpful, especially for information retention, to pay attention to the lecture while staying as engaged as possible. This, coupled with some light note-taking, has done wonders for my programming. Sub-prong-three comes into play when I am unable to attend a lecture. “Analysis” refers to the process of reviewing the lecture materials that are posted on the course website. Once these three sub-prongs have been satisfied, I am ready to move back up to the prong-level, and approach prong-two (not to be confused with prawn-two). Prong-two is sits in a somewhat grey area when compared to prong-one. My approach is not as quantifiably black and white, although it is equally as important as prong-one for quiz preparation. My process can’t be neatly divided into sub-prongs, but here’s what it would look like when distilled down into a single statement: looking over the entire practice exercise while doing only the work that will positively benefit my understanding. For me, the ratio of time investment to information gained reigns supreme. Once both prong-one and prong-two have been fulfilled, I am ready to take on the quiz- if not the whole world! My preparation for tests simply adds a third prong to my two-pronged quiz approach. Let’s call this new prong “Preperation”. Prong three can be divided into review, and practice (as sub-prongs). I like to look over my notes and revisit the material that will appear on the test, hoping to re-familiarize myself to material covered earlier in the semester which may have slipped my memory. Then I like looking through the practice exams, getting a feel for the types of questions asked. With these three prongs, you can't go wrong. You will also have a fork (a trident?). (It’s probably worth noting that this approach has left me satisfied with my grades on the quizzes and test, so far.) Interesting functions: I have enjoyed looking at the stacking functions that we’ve written to automatically create large amalgamations of small original images. Although the visual process of stacking consecutively larger images is something that seems innately natural to me (at least to the creative/intuitive side of my brain), I am surprised by how convoluted and cumbersome the functions are, especially when evaluating. Intimidating to intimate-dating: Initially, I found the aforementioned stacking functions to be intimidating. In looking at more of them, and stepping them by hand, I have gained a better understanding of them. I hope to ask one of these functions on a date soon. Asking questions? Is it easy? Yes- I think! Although I haven’t asked any, it seems like there are a variety of helpful options.
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Landy Simpson
11/20/2017 09:12:31 pm
Hi Harrison,
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