Successful Students 7-8
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 leaning. 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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