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Study to Succeed: Maximizing Your Learning Efforts, Part 3 of 6
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Skills that will help college students learn. Wednesday, July 29, 2015. Maximizing Your Learning Efforts, Part 3 of 6. Rewrite your notes. I know this sounds boring, but it is very effective. While you are doing this you can reorganize them, add more information and identify anything you do not understand. When reading your textbooks take margin notes (annotation) and/or separate notes. Add sound such as reading your notes out loud or singing them to a beat. Use recitation - restating the information in ...
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Study to Succeed: Maximizing Your Learning Efforts, Part 4 of 6
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Skills that will help college students learn. Thursday, August 6, 2015. Maximizing Your Learning Efforts, Part 4 of 6. It is hard to separate the various aspects that go into successful learning because they all work together, but in this blog post we are going to concentrate on repetition. One key is to combine the previous post – variety – with repetition. Do different things with the information when you are studying. It will not work to reread your notes multiple times. View my complete profile.
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Study to Succeed: Maximize Your Learning Efforts - Part 1 or 6
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Skills that will help college students learn. Tuesday, July 14, 2015. Maximize Your Learning Efforts - Part 1 or 6. Have you ever felt that you really "studied hard" but did not seem to know the information on the exam? There are study strategies that are very effective and some that are a waste of your time. For the next six weeks we will look at how to be the most effective when your are studying and learning. Part 1 - See the Big Picture. Read the syllabus to see the overview of the entire course.
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Study to Succeed: June 2015
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Skills that will help college students learn. Saturday, June 27, 2015. It gives your mind a rest from the day-to-day cares and worries. This is a good stress reliever. Prolonged reading helps your brain retain or develop the ability to concentrate for an extended period of time. The lack of prolonged attention is one concern people mention with all of the electronic devices that have us jumping from topic to topic with just a few second attention to each. You increase your vocabulary. My grandson said he...
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Study to Succeed: February 2015
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Skills that will help college students learn. Saturday, February 21, 2015. Four Keys to Time Management. This week my students are working on time management. There are four tools I encourage them to use:. Block out your classes for the semester and any other regular, weekly events (athletic practice, work, volunteer hours, meetings, etc.). Each semester is different, so each semester you have to develop new study times and habits. 4 Daily to-do lists. That needs to be a habit. First Semester Success: Le...
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Study to Succeed: July 2015
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Skills that will help college students learn. Wednesday, July 29, 2015. Maximizing Your Learning Efforts, Part 3 of 6. Rewrite your notes. I know this sounds boring, but it is very effective. While you are doing this you can reorganize them, add more information and identify anything you do not understand. When reading your textbooks take margin notes (annotation) and/or separate notes. Add sound such as reading your notes out loud or singing them to a beat. Use recitation - restating the information in ...
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Study to Succeed: January 2015
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Skills that will help college students learn. Friday, January 30, 2015. Students (and everyone) have multiple distractions including electronic devices, friends, family, money worries, hunger and more. Here are some suggestions for dealing with distractions that disrupt your concentration and learning:. If it just seems too hard, start with a shorter period of time and gradually lengthen it. The more often you do this the easier it will be. You may also find your concentration improving! If your friends ...
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Study to Succeed: December 2014
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Skills that will help college students learn. Tuesday, December 16, 2014. The semester is over. Now what? You have finished your finals and are now waiting for your grades. Here are some things to consider:. If you are happy with your grades -. Think about what you did that helped you be successful. Consider time management, study locations, learning strategies, seeking help, etc. Look ahead to your next semester classes and think about what you can do again next semester to have the same positive results.
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Study to Succeed: Finding Time to Study
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Skills that will help college students learn. Monday, June 22, 2015. Finding Time to Study. My grandson said he thought the biggest challenge facing a new college student would be finding time to study. In fact, he reported that as a sophomore in high school that is a challenge he currently faces. Here are some solutions that will work whether you are a high school or college student:. Use this to keep track of the big things that you need to do and upcoming events you need to plan around. Succeeding in ...
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Study to Succeed: Maximizing Your Learning Efforts, Part 5 of 6
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Skills that will help college students learn. Thursday, August 13, 2015. Maximizing Your Learning Efforts, Part 5 of 6. There is one last piece to the learning puzzle and that is to space your learning out over time. You can use a variety of strategies and repetition, but they need to be over an extended period of time - not just overnight before the exam. This is because the information needs time to become well entrenched in your memory. Some ways to do this are:. Be sure you are reading any assignment...
