Successful Student
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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’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 directly from your actions, your classmates and professor may also get
more excited and enthusiastic.
8.
. . . talk about what their learning . Successful students get to know
something well enough that they can put into words. Talking about something,
with 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” materials until you can put it into words. So, next
time you study, don’t do it
silently.
Talks about notes, problems, reading, etc. with friends, recite to a chair,
organize an oral study group, pretend your teaching your peers. “Talk-learning”
producers a whole host of memory trace that result in more learning.
Choose the right ~
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