Sunday, December 19, 2010

Reflection on prehistory

 1. For all the tests, I study the same way, all the time. Firstly, I get my notebook, and all the handouts, and read them carefully through, covering each page or paragraph once I read it, and tell myself what the main idea of that page/paragraph was and what point they were trying to get across. Then, I would go to the Word Study, and revise, saying  the meanings in my own words. When I finished that, I would go to either my dad, my mum or my sister, and they would ask me questions, based on what they read in the notes.
I personally do think that my strategies were affective, since I have gotten pretty good grades on my last test, and I hope that this test won't be much different. When I study the way above, I feel confident that I won't forget anything, and that I won't get test anxiety.
The next time, I hope to prepare the same way, since I have used this strategy of preparing tests for a long time, and so far, I think that it works just fine.
2. There were a lot of new things I learned this quarter, and I really enjoyed learning about early humans, something I haven't really explored before, and something I didn't come across before. The most suprising things I have learnt this quarter though, is deffinetely how many different species of humans existed in the past, and how they evoloved. I would have never guessed that there are so many types! It was also interesting and suprising to me to learn how they developed, as well as why how they adaptated to their environment.
3. If we were to spend more time on early humans, I would deffinetely want to learn more about the physical development of early humans. Why did they become taller and taller overtime? Why did their chewing muscles get smaller, as well as their mollars? Why did they stop climbing trees?