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 a certain way that normally produces particular feelings, you will
begin to experience those feelings. Act like you’re bored, and you will 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 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 they can put it in their own words. Talking about something with
your friends or classmates is not only good 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 from 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 your peers. “Talk learning” produces a whole host of memory traces
that result in more learning.
CHOOSE
THE RIGHT!!!
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