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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