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.
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