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
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, and pretend your
teaching your peers. “Talk-learning” producers a whole host of memory trace
that result in more learning.
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