- Year 2024
- NSF Noyce Award # 2342084
- First Name Cindia
- Last Name Romero Araujo
- Registration Noyce Scholar/Teaching Fellow/Master Teacher
- Discipline Chemistry, Geosciences, Life Sciences, Mathematics, Physics
- Role Other: Undergraduate Recruiter
- Presenters
Cindia Romero Araujo
Approach
A major factor that I found most important in making my transition from high school to college was the shift in study methods. I had to unlearn much of what I discovered were poor study methods to help with the retention of materials and to know which study methods worked best with the information I was presented. My first-semester college course (for Noyce Track 1 grants 1757419 and 2342084) about memory, learning, and teaching was useful and encouraged my interest in teaching. Learning how to do metacognition experiments with myself really helped in understanding how I learned and my best ways to study. In times where I had to explain a specific topic or teach a specific topic, I found it easy to do so because I knew that I had fluent recall with understanding, connections, and organization (FRUCO). What I learned from this class led me to have a better understanding of my own learning but also enabled me to try and teach others the importance of knowing how to study. My experience also led me to connect this to other areas of study and has encouraged me to leap into findings ways for all students to have access to similar information and courses, including a new role as a recruiter for our Noyce program. My poster will describe the course and the ways it was effective for my classmates and for me.
