Successful Students

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7. . . . . Understand that actions affect learning. Successful students know their personal behavior affect their feelings and emotions which it can turn and affect learning.

                If you act in a certain way that normally produces particular feelings, you will begin to experience those feelings. Act like your bored, and you’ll become bored. Act like your disinterested, and you’ll become disinterested. So the next time you have trouble concentrating in a 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 that they can put into words. Talking about something with friends or classmates, it 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 real don’t “know” material until you can put into words.

                                CHOOSE THE RIGHT

Student Success Statement

“The time is always right to do what is right.”

Martin Luther King Jr.

You always have to choose the right at all times.

                             Study for Multiple Exams

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My strategies for written assignments: Everyone has their own writing styles. I generally come up with an idea and do massive amounts of research before I ever think about writing. I then organize my research then sometimes prepare an outline before actually writing. I always print out the paper and come back the next day and reread it. That is the easiest way to catch my own mistakes. I have to give my eyes a break from it and if I just wrote it I think it looks perfect. But if I look at it a day later I almost always find grammatical errors or phrases and sentences I just want to reward.

How I succeed in team projects: never assume someone is doing what they are supposed to be doing. Have regular meetings and have each member show their work, not just give you or the group word for it.

                             CHOOSE THE RIGHT

Study for Multiple Exams Part 1

Study for Multiple Exams

Part 1

How I study for multiple exams, deal with multiple projects: Really it is my time management that I explained above. If I see I have multiple things due or to study for all the same time I spread out my time beforehand. For example, if I have a test Monday, and 2 test Tuesday then I will study for my Monday test Thursday and part of Friday. Start studying for my next test on the second half of Friday and part of Saturday, then my second Tuesday test on Saturday as well and part of Sunday. Then Sunday night I can review for my Monday test because I already studied for it. When that test is over I can begin reviewing for the other test.

My overall study method: I try to break it up over several days or at least two. I get bogged down if I try to pull an all nighter.

How I’ve overcome an initial bad grade: if I receive a low grade I probably knew it was coming because I didn’t prepare properly or I didn’t use the right study habit for that class. I usually try to go over what I did wrong and sometime discuss with the teacher what I can do differently on the next exam or what they suggest I do for studying for the next exam.

Choose the Right

Student Success Statement

“There is not instinct like that of the heart.”

Byron

Reflection: This means that only your heart can tell you what the best thing to do and say.

Sarah’s Academic Success Story

                Part 2

My test study method: I have different strategies for different types of test 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 fro any additional study materials.

My time management secret: I always, always carry a planner with me. I even use different highlighters to show what each event in my calendar is for. For example, pink is personal, yellow is school, orange is work, blue is appointments, and green is sorority. I use white-out frequently. I can see in bright yellow that if I have that project for finance due on Tuesday.

                                CHOOSE THE RIGHT

Effective Study Method

Part 2

My time management secret: my secret is to use time wisely. I know that on certain days I do not have time to run errands or hang out with friends even.  Each minute of the day is used for something.  One thing that works really well for me is to write everything down. I mean everything. I write down if I am going to email people, write letters, or study. It works for me to have a planner that goes by the day and shows me what I am going to do every day. Knowing what I am going to do every day helps me plan out my week and my days. One thing that works really well for me is to write everything down. I mean everything. I write down if I am going to email people, write letter, or study. It works for me to have a planner that goes by the day and shows me what I am going to be doing every day. Knowing what I have to do every day helps me plan out my week and my days. If I know that I don’t have time on Tuesday, I will try to get more things done on Monday or Sunday. I plan ahead, especially if I am going to be on the road, I bring my books and read on the bus/plane/hotel room. Missing class is killer to make up from, but if you are upfront with your professors, they are usually nice about having to turn things in late or not being in classes.

CHOOSE THE RIGHT