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