How to Take on College Studying

How to Take on College Studying

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 Develop Good Study Habits

In college, you’ll need to build on the study skills that you learned in high school. The demands of a college class are probably more rigorous than those you are used to.

You can succeed by knowing what to expect and how to handle it. Think of college as a full-time job, in which you spend 40 hours a week on class, labs, study groups and doing homework.

Being organized and using your time well are essential. Learn more about Time Management, and use the guidelines below to develop your study skills.

Decide when to Study

7 Habits of Highly Successful Teens Habit 7 Part 1

7 Habits of Highly Successful Teens

Habit 7 Part 1

Habits 7: Sharpen the Saw

Teens should never get too busy living to take time to renew them. When teens “sharpen the saw” they are keeping their personal self-sharp so that they can better deal with life. It means regularly renewing and strengthening the four key dimensions of life—body, mind, heart and soul

1.  Body. Fat wholesome food, fruits, vegetables, legumes. Avoid illegal drugs, smoking, alcohol, tobacco products, tattooing. Exercise regularly and effectively. Get plenty of rest at night. Get to bed early at night and get up early each morning. “Early to bed early to rise make a man, healthy, wealthy, and wise.”

2.  Mind. Think positively. Read. Study. Think. Analyze. Seek to read a good book each month. Then each week. Ask intelligent questions. Observe. Develop your mind through positive “self-talk”

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7 Habits of Highly Successful Teens Habit 5

5. Seek first to understand, and then to be understood

Because most of the people don’t listen very well, one of the great frustration in life is that many don’t fell understood. This habit ill ensure your teens learns the most important communication skill there is: active listing.

Why is this habit the key to communication? It’s because the deepest need of the human heart is to be understood. Everyone wants to be respected and valued for who they are-a unique, one-of-a-kind, never-to-be-cloned individual. People won’t expose their soft middles unless they feel it, however, they will tell you more than you may want to hear. People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.

Listen with your eyes, heart, and ears. 7 percent of communication is contained in the words we use. The rest comes from body language (53 percent) and how we say words, or the tone and feeling reflected in our voice (40 percent).

Most people are eager to talk and had rather talk than listen. We have one mouth and two ears. This means we should listen twice as much as well we talk. We actually learn more while listening rather than we talk. Learn to listen to learn.

Listen, really listen for understanding. Seek first to understand then to be understood-listen.

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Profile of a Successful Student

Profile of a Successful Student

Part 3

… Owns or has easy access to a computer with internet access and e-mail

You don’t have to be a computer expert to be a successful in online learning – But you must have access to a personal computer with reliable internet access, as well as a basic level of competency in using them. Owning a computer with internet access from your home is ideal but many students use the computer last on campus or at their offices to complete their work.

…. Has basic computer skills and willing and open to learning new ones

We said you don’t have to be a computer expert to be a successful in online learning. However, there are some basic technical skills you should have mastered prior to enrolling in an online course.

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Profile of a Successful Students Part 2

Profile of a Successful Student

Part 2

Work together. There are a number of ways that you can ensure you get the most out of your educational experience. First, participate fully. Engaged regularly in the discussion and be willing to share your personal, professional and educational experience. You can get to know your classmates through the dialogue that is created in a course environment—sometimes even better than in a face-to-face class. And the same goes for your instructor. Be sure to contact your professor—especially if you are having problems. He/she is still your instructor and will be there to guide and assist you as needed.

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Successful Students Part 1

Profile of a Successful Student

Part 1

http://www.plymouth.edu/office/online-education/online-learning/profile-of-a-successful-student/

A successful student …

… takes responsibility for his\her own learning

Online learning can be a powerful, stimulating, engaging experience for the student who can work and think independently. However, since most—if not all—of the learning takes place on your own time, you will not have the kind of direct supervision you would in a classroom. Online learning therefore requires a significant commitment from you. All education comes down to what you’re willing to invest in the experience—this is particularly true in the online environment. Commitment, self-discipline and self-motivation are all key qualities to ensuring success in an online course!

… is comfortable and confident with written communication

Reading and writing are the basis of most online courses, so it’s critical that you feel comfortable with this form of communication. While some courses contain modules that include videos or other activities, all of them require significant amounts of reading. And nearly all of your communication with your classmates and your instructor will be in writing. If these are weak areas for you, you will want to address those issues prior to enrolling or while enrolled in an online course. The PSU Writing Center is available to assist you.

… is willing to be a member of an online community.

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Successful Students Part 10

Successful Students

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10.. Successful students are good time managers. Successful students do not procrastinate. They have learned that time control is life control and have consciously chosen to be control of their life.

An element truth: you will either control time or be controlled but it! Its your choice: you can lead or to led, establish control or relinquish control, steer your own course or follow others. Failure to take control of their own time is probably the no. 1 study skill problem for college students. It ultimately causes

 many students to become non-students! Procrastinators are good excuse-makers. Don’t procrastinating. And don’t wait until tomorrow to do it.

The 10 items listed above are paraphrased from an article by Larry M Ludewig called Ten Commandments for Effective Study Skills which appeared in The Teaching Professor, December, 1992.

“Learning Technologies and Online Education”

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Student Success

Successful students

9. … don’t cram for exams. Successful students know that divided periods of study are more effective than cram sessions, and they practice it.

If there is one thing that study skill specialists agree on, it is that distributive study is better than massed, late-night, last-ditch efforts known as cramming. You’ll learn more and remember more and also earn a higher grade by studying in four, one hour-a-night sessions for Friday’s exam than studying on Thursday for four hours. Short, concentrated preparatory efforts are more efficient and rewarding than wasteful, inattentive, last moment marathons. Yet, so many students fail to learn this lesson and end up repeating it over and over again until it becomes a wasteful habit. Not too clever, huh?

When you cram, you’re taking the short cut, and short cuts never really produce any real worthwhile results. Also, when you could have done better but you didn’t. Shortcuts cut you short. You can’t plant watermelon seeds and then harvest them the next day. It takes time. Cramming for a test or project and expecting to get a high score the next day is like planting a watermelon seed and planning to harvest and eat the fresh fruit the next day. Plus cramming for a test doesn’t help you academically, so why even do it? Plan ahead, prepare ahead. Give yourself plenty of days and weeks to prepare for upcoming accountability opportunities.

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Successful Students

Successful Students

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7. … understand that actions affect learning. Successful students know their personal behavior affect their feelings and emotions which in turn can affect learning.

If you act in certain way that normally produces particular feelings, you will begin to experience those feelings. Act like you’re bored, and you you’ll become bored. Act like you’re disinterested, and you’ll become disinterested. So the next time you have trouble concentrating in the classroom, “act” like an interested person: lean forward, place your feet flat on the floor, maintain eye contact with the professor, nod occasionally, take notes, and ask questions. Not only will you benefit you directly from your actions, your classmates and professor may also get more excited and enthusiastic.

8. …talk about what they’re learning. Successful students get to know something well enough that they can put it into words. Talking about something, with friends or classmates, is not only a good thing for checking whether or not you know something, it’s a proven learning tool. Transferring ideas into words provides the most direct path for moving knowledge form short-term to long term memory. You really don’t “know” material until you can put it into words. So, next time you study, don’t do it silently. Talk about notes, problems readings, etc. with friends recite to a chair, organize an oral study group pretend you’re teaching ypur peers. “talk-learning” produces a whole host of memory traces that result in more learning.

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S.A.S.S Part 2

Sarah’s Academic Success Story

Part 2

My test study method: I have different strategies for different types of tests or subjects. For me, any type of math is exceptionally difficult so I had to spend extra time on that. I would go back through the homework problems focusing on the problems that I had extra difficulty on. Many times I would ask the teacher for any additional study materials they could provide. If it was a class that required memorization or applying concepts I would create a sort of study guide for myself many times focusing on what were key focal points in the class. If I knew there were going to be essays I would try to take the terms and apply them to an example or create different questions on the concepts focused in throughout the semester.

My time management secret: I always always always carry a planner with me. I even use different color highlighters to show what each event on my calendar is for. For example, pink, pink is personal, yellow is school, orange is work, blue is for appointments, and green is for my sorority. Although I use whit-out frequently, I can see in bright in bright yellow that if I have that project for finance due Tuesday, I need to start working on it on the previous Wednesday so I can just get it done. My friends have always been so amazed at how early I get things accomplished but that is really all I do.

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