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 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 they’re learning. Successful students get to know
something well enough that they can put it 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” material until you can put it into words. So,
next time you study, don’t do it silently. Talk about notes, problems,
readings, etc. with friends, recite to a chair, organize an oral study group.
Pretend you’re teaching your peers. “Talk-learning” produces a whole host of
memory traces that result in more learning.
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