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 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 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 in words. Talking
about something, with friends or classmates, is not only good for checking whether
or not you know something, it’s a proven leaning 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 your teaching your peers. “Talk-learning” produces a whole host memory
traces that result in more learning.
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