Successful Students (5-6)
5.
Don’t sit in the back of the room. Successful students minimize
classroom distractions that interfere with classroom learning.
Students want the best seat
available for their entertainment dollars, but willingly seek the worst seat
for their educational dollars. Students who sit in the back cannot possibly be
their professor’s teammate (see no. 4). Why do they expose themselves to the
temptations of inactive classroom experiences and distractions of all people
between them and their instructor? Of course, we know they chose the back of
the classroom because they seek invisibility or anonymity, both of which are
antithetical to efficient and effective learning. If you are trying not to be
part of the class, why, then, are you wasting your time? Push your hot buttons,
is there something else you should be doing with your time?
6. … take good notes.
Successful students take notes that are understandable and organized, and
review them often.
Why put something into your notes you don’t understand? Ask
the questions now that are necessary to make your notes meaningful at some
later time. A short review of your notes while the material is still fresh on
your mind helps your learn more. The more you learn then, the less you’ll have
to learn later and the less time it will take because you won’t have to include
some deciphering time, also. The whole purpose of taking notes is to use them often.
The more you use them, the more they improve.
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