Learn 11 DLA:
Self Testing (SFT)
If at any time, you have questions about how to complete any part of this DLA,
email them to: mdsc@lbcc.edu
Purpose: The purpose of this module is to help you successfully test yourself while studying in
order to check your understanding of what you are learning.
After completing this activity, you should be able to:
 Identify specific self-testing strategies.
 Apply self-testing strategies based on how you learn best.
Instructions for navigating through the LASSI module website to complete this DLA:
 Go To: Click on the blue link on the left side of the page
 Read: Read the text in the center of the page
 Skip to: Skip to the blue link mentioned on the left side of the page
 Only click on “Next” when directed by the DLA
To begin this DLA module, click on SELF-TESTING from the menu on the main page.
Please note that you will be using the LASSI modules site (www.lassimodules.com) to access
readings but you will write responses to all your exercises on this DLA. You will not need to type
in the LASSI module at all, but instead only read online and write directly on this DLA handout.
It is important that you follow the instructions on this DLA since it will guide you through which
parts of the module to read and which readings you may skip to.
Exercise #1: Answer the questions below before you begin reading in the online LASSI module.
1. What do you know about successfully testing yourself?
2. What do you hope to learn through completing this DLA?
Do not complete Activities in the modules. The module will not save or print.
Type your responses to Exercises on the word document version of the DLA provided to you on
the MDSC online website.
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Introduction
Go To: Students Who Successfully Test Themselves
Read: Characteristics of Students Who Successfully Test Themselves
Go To: Learning From Research
Read: What Research Tells Us About Students Who Successfully Test Themselves
Go To: Learning From Research
Read: What Research Tells Us About Students Who Do Not Successfully Test Themselves
Exercise #2: Of the characteristics of students who successfully test themselves and who do not
successfully test themselves you just read about, write three (3) that you identify with.
1.
2.
3.
What is Self-Testing?
Go To and Read: What Is Self Testing?
Go To: Questions To Guide Your Thinking
Read: Questions To Guide Your Thinking As You Complete This Self-Testing Module
Go To: Why Self-Testing Is Important
Read: Self-Testing As A Way Of Checking Your Understanding
Do not complete Activities in the modules. The module will not save or print.
Type your responses to Exercises on the word document version of the DLA provided to you on
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Exercise #3: Write two (2) points from the readings on self-testing that are most helpful for you.
Write them down here.
Point #1:
Point #2:
Exercise #4: Analyzing how you Self-Test.
Answer the questions below by circling Yes, Sometimes, or No.
1. Do you ever quiz yourself as you are studying and learning new material?
Y S N
2. Do you compare information that you get from one class with information you get
from other classes (e.g., compare what you are learning in English with what you are
learning in history)?
Y S N
3. Can you memorize something without understanding it?
Y S N
4. Are you immediately aware when you are having difficulty understanding new
material?
Y S N
Go To: Important Points For Self-Testing
Read: Important Points To Remember About Self-Testing
Exercise #5: Which three points did you find most helpful and why?
Point #1:
Why?:
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Point#2:
Why?:
Point #3:
Why?:
Exercise #6: Describe a situation when you memorized something without understanding it
completely.
Skip to the Self-Testing As A Process section (click in the blue navigation section on the left).
Self Testing As A Process
Go To: Self-Testing Is Self-Regulatory (Activity #6)
Read: Self-Testing As A Self-Regulatory Process. Do not complete Activity #6 online. Read
material only. Answer the Exercise on the next page of this DLA.
Do not complete Activities in the modules. The module will not save or print.
Type your responses to Exercises on the word document version of the DLA provided to you on
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Exercise #7: Describe an experience when you thought you knew something, but found out you did
not know it as well as you thought you did.
Go To and Read: Setting Goals
Go To and Read: Developing Awareness
Exercise #8: Describe two specific times when you have noticed yourself having problems
understanding some new information.
Time #1 when I had trouble understanding new information:
Time #2 when I had trouble understanding new information:
Go To: Reflecting (Activity #9, Part A)
Read: Reflecting. Do not complete Activity #9 online. Read material only. Answer the Exercise
below.
Exercise #9: List two strategies for checking your understanding that you have used successfully to
understand new material.
Strategy #1:
Strategy #2:
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As you read the following information, think about which strategies you might wish to apply; you
will be asked to identify those particular strategies in the next exercise.
Self-Testing Strategies, Part I
Go To and Read: Self-Testing Strategies
Go To and Read: Paraphrasing
Go To and Read: Self-Questioning
Go To: Applying Ideas To Your Life
Read: Applying Ideas To Your Own Life
Go To and Read: Using Pre-Questions Or Objectives
Self-Testing Strategies, Part II
Go To and Read: Establishing Sub-Goals
Go To: Teaching Someone Else
Read: Teaching Someone Else The Material
Go To and Read: Modifying Strategies
Go To and Read: Using Multiple Strategies
Go To: Choosing Strategies That Work
Read: Choosing Strategies That Work For You
Exercise #10: List five strategies from any of the readings in the Self-Testing Strategies sections
that you would be willing to use to check your understanding and also explain why you would use
those particular strategies.
Strategy 1:
Why?
Strategy 2:
Why?
Strategy 3:
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Why?
Strategy 4:
Why?
Strategy 5:
Why?
Self-Testing Strategies For Triggering Events
Go To and Read: Self-Testing Strategies For Triggering Events
Go To: Unfamiliar Information (Activity #12)
Read: Unfamiliar Information. Do not complete Activity #12 online. Read material only. Answer the
Exercise below.
Exercise #11: Answer the following questions about unfamiliar information.
1.
In which subjects or in what situations do you normally experience unfamiliar information?
2. When you experience unfamiliar information, what do you usually do to solve this problem?
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Go To: Dealing With Unfamiliar Information
Read: Strategies For Dealing With Unfamiliar Information
Go To and Read: Unconfirmed Expectations
Exercise #12: Answer the following questions about unconfirmed expectations.
1. In which subjects or in what situations do you normally experience unconfirmed expectations?
2. When you experience unconfirmed expectations, what do you usually do to solve this problem?
Go To: Dealing With Unconfirmed Expectations
Read: Strategies For Dealing With Unconfirmed Expectations
Exercise #13: Now that you have completed this activity, what three (3) strategies from this DLA
do you consider most important to your success as a student?
1.
2.
3.
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Choose one (1) of those three strategies that you can apply immediately to your life or to your
coursework.
How you will apply this strategy this semester?
Congratulations! You have completed part of your supplemental learning assignment and have
learned about how your attitudes can affect you as a student and how to create and revise goals. To
receive credit for completing this assignment, you will participate in an online follow-up session
with a Center staff member. Go to the “Follow-up Sessions” tab on the Multidisciplinary Student
Success Center Online Supplemental Learning Assistance site:
http://webenhanced.lbcc.edu/mdssc/SLA/ to learn how to schedule your online appointment with a
Center staff member.
Do not complete Activities in the modules. The module will not save or print.
Type your responses to Exercises on the word document version of the DLA provided to you on
the MDSC online website.
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