Successful student 1-2

Successful student

1-2

Successful student exhibit a combination of successful attitudes and behaviors as well as intellectual capacity. Successful students…

1… are responsible and active. Successful students get involved in their studies, accept responsibility for their own education, and are active participants in it! Responsibility means control. It’s the difference between leading and being led. Your own efforts control your grade, you earn the glory or deserve the blame, and you make the choice. Active classroom participation improves grades without increasing study time. You can sit there, act bored, daydream, or sleep. Or, you can actively listen, think questions, and take notes like someone in charge of their learning experience. Either option costs one class period. However, the former method will …

2…have educational goals. Successful have legitimate goals and are motivated by what they represent in terms of career aspiration and life’s desires.

Ask yourself these questions: what am I going here? Why have I chosen to be sitting here now? Is there some better place I could be? What does my presence here mean to me? Answer to these questions represents your “hot buttons” and are, without a doubt the most important factors in your success as a college student. If your educational goals are truly yours, not someone else’s they will motivate a vital and positive academic attitude. If you are familiar with what these hot buttons represent and refer to them often especially when you tire of being a student nothing can stop you; if you aren’t and don’t everything can, and will!

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sarah's academic success part 2

Sarah’s academic success

part 2

My test study method: I have different strategies from different types of tests or subjects. For me, any type of math is exceptionally difficult so I had to spend extra time on that. I will go back through the Hw problems focusing on the problems that I had extra difficulty on. Many times I would ask the teacher for any additional study materials they could provide. If it was a class that  required memorization or applying concepts I would create  a sort of study guide for myself many times focusing on what were key focal points in the class. If I knew there were going to be essays I would try to make them terms and apply them to an example or create different questions on the concept focused on throughout the semester. My time management secret: I always carry a planner with me. I even use different color highlighters to show what each event on my calendar is for. For example, pink is personal, yellow is school, orange is work, blue is for appointments, and green is for my sorority. Although I use white-out frequently, I can see in bright yellow that if I have that project for finance due on Tuesday, I need to start working on it on [the previous] Wednesday so I can just get it done. My friends have always been amazed at how early I get things accomplished but that is really all I do

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Sarah’s Academic Success Story part 1

Sarah’s Academic Success Story

 

Part 1

 

Time management became a key factor in my study skills for college. In high school, there where time I was able to study for an hour or two the night before a test and get away with it. This is not the case in college. I made sure in college I was prepared for each class. Sometimes that meant writing out the terms for the chapter we read (even if when it isn’t required) to better understand them. That way when the midterm or test comes around I was able to understand what I was studying. I started excellent notes in class in college. I may have done this in high school, but in college I started typing up notes after class. This helped me remember what I just went over in class then when I had a test one week later I was more likely to remember then as well.

 

My overall study method: structured. One thing I learned was I had to adapt or charge my study methods according to the class. I couldn’t study for a religion class the same way I studied for a finance class. But make sure I had enough time to study for each class—even if it meant carrying a planner with me at all times was a big part of my success.

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You can succeed every day part 1

You can succeed every day

My overall study method: I break up studying over several days  and over the course of the evening and day. Cramming never works for me so I try not to do it I will have longer sessions on nights before big tests, but I never stay up much later than normal before tests. I now what if I take the test tried the next day I will not do as well as I rested. How I overcome an initial bad grade : I usually look over the test  or paper to see what I did that the teacher did not want. Basically, I do not stress out about grades because for me they are not worth getting really upset about. I do well because I now that I know the material. However if I get a bad grade, or one lower than I expected., I make sure that the next time a test is coming I study even more so that I won’t be surprise by the questions.

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Effective study methods part3

Effective study methods part3

How I deal with multiple projects/test: when I have more than one test or project, I break up my studying. I will study for one test for 30 minutes or so and then switch to the other one. If they are some part of the project that I know will not take me very long, I will do it when I don’t have much time. If I am really in a crunch for time on  a specific day will study for one test in the morning and the other in the afternoon or at night. By breaking u the studying into different sections, I feel like I get much more done. Cream sessions do not work for me. I need to study something for a shorter period of time more often for it to sink in.

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Effective Study Methods Part 2

Effective Study Methods

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 runs errands or hang out with friends even. Each Minute of each 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 two email people, write letters, or study. It works for me two 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 help 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 plane ahead, especially if I am going to be on the road of volleyball. When I am in the road, I bring my books and read on the bus/plane/hotel room. Missing class is killer to make up from, but if u are upfront with your professors, they are usually nice about having to turn things in late or not being in classes.

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Effective Study Methods Part 1

effective study methods 

part 1

My test study method: when it comes time to study for the test, I usually start 2-3 days before the test. I go through my notes and make flashcards on what was important for those sections, paying special attention to what the teacher said would be on the test if there was a review session. Also, I go through the book and read the inset stories and add to my flashcards. If there are practice problems or online assignments or old tests, I use those to help me study for the test as well. Once the test is over, I keep the flashcards so that I have them for the next test or the final. Flashcards are a period of time, Repetition is a law of learning; therefore, to learn and remember, to recall, it is mandatory that you repeat over and over the things you desire to learn and remember. You may be thinking, “Oh, no, repeating something.” You need to get used to it. For example, the more you practice a song on the piano, the better you become at playing that song. Learning and remembering is like playing the piano –the more you practice saying or doing it the better you can remember it. Look now at what you remember it because you have repeated it numerous times since first being exposed to it. So, Practice rehearsing those things you desire to remember, and they will stick with you.

Practiceà Proficiencyà Pleasure

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