12
May
2010
Final Exam Review
Seniors: Your final exams will be a little early. I’ve posted a copy of the review below.
The point of this review is NOT for you to look these terms up in the back of the book. Be sure that you understand the CONCEPTS behind them. Use the PowerPoints on this website, the notes you’ve taken over the semester, the reviews you’ve done over the semester, and the book. (And probably in that order too.)
You will be allowed ONE 3×5 (no larger) note card to use for notes. You can use both sides of the card, and you may put anything that you want on it.
Keep in mind, however, that you must understand that CONCEPTS to do well on this exam.
Take some time to READ the book, rather than the glossary!
Gov REVIEW SHEET for FINAL – 2010
Study! The test will be harder than you think.
9
Aug
2008
Sleeping Brain at Work
Sleeping actually makes you smarter!
The Scientific American reports:
The latest research suggests that while we are peacefully asleep our brain is busily processing the day’s information. It combs through recently formed memories, stabilizing, copying and filing them, so that they will be more useful the next day. A night of sleep can make memories resistant to interference from other information and allow us to recall them for use more effectively the next morning. And sleep not only strengthens memories, it also lets the brain sift through newly formed memories, possibly even identifying what is worth keeping and selectively maintaining or enhancing these aspects of a memory. When a picture contains both emotional and unemotional elements, sleep can save the important emotional parts and let the less relevant background drift away. It can analyze collections of memories to discover relations among them or identify the gist of a memory while the unnecessary details fade—perhaps even helping us find the meaning in what we have learned.
So make sure you get your full seven or eight hours of sleep the night before your first Government test! Log-off the computer, put the remote down, and GO TO BED!