LEARNING STRATEGIES?
Tips for College Success
Self-Discipline
Level Up: Focus on New Learning Strategies
Effective Learning
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General college-level learning strategie includes?

  • spacing out study sessions over time
  • previewing a chapter before reading it
  • using words in bold in a textbook to help identify important concepts
  • creating flashcards to take notes from reading to use while practicing for an exam
  • writing notes in the margins of a reading assignment to record ideas for an essay
  • organizing ideas for a writing assignment through outlining or prewriting
100

What are ways to participate and engage in & outside of class?

  • Showing up to class prepared and putting meaningful thought in your work
  • Actively be involved in education and engage in joint educational efforts with other students. 
  • Participate in class, interact with other students, and extend learning outside of the classroom
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How do one take effective notes?

  • Come prepared to class by reviewing and outlining relevant reading assignments.
  • Actively listen by trying to absorb the information you're hearing the first time around, focus on key words and concepts, formulate your notes as a series of questions raised by the material, then fill in your own answers. Finally, ask questions for clarification.
  • Don’t forget to review your notes immediately and regularly (not cramming) while organizing them to help your focus on what is important.
100

Why preview your notes before class?


  1. Skim the chapter, note chapter headings and sub-headings. Review summaries and chapter objectives.
  2. Come up with questions that you would like to understand in the lecture.


100

What should you do if you miss a class?

If you miss a class:

 get a classmate’s notes

catch up with missed work

communicate with professor

200

Name examples of efficient learning strategies.

  • memory tricks like inventing songs to memorize facts or vocabulary
  • annotating a textbook by taking notes directly in the margins of a book or handout 
  • take notes while reading and then use those notes to find information later while studying for an exam.
200

How do one organize and use time wisely to be successful in college?

  • Maintain a schedule, know important dates.
  • Develop time management strategies such as using a calendar, to-do lists, and doing work incrementally instead of all at once at the last minute.
200

How do one study effectively?

  • Have a growth mindset. Think positively to learn and see challenges as opportunities.
  • Prioritize. What is most important at that moment, day, week? How much are assignments worth, and when are they due?
  • Choose study time, location, and circumstances wisely.
  • Practice testing yourself.
200

What should you do while attending class?

  1. Take meaningful and thorough notes.
  2. Seek answers to your questions during and after class.
200

What happens to student who sit in the first few rows of the class?

  • it can maximize the impact of the lecture
  • helps you to focus 
  • brings your wandering attention back to the lecturer (literaly bring you back from la,la land)
  • supports your engagement with the material.
300

What other strategies are quick and efficient but ineffective?

  • skimming through a textbook chapter without reading it
  •  cramming for an exam
  •  highlighting or underlining without note taking
300

Students who feel like they belong and are supported are more successful in college. Name ways can you get involved with campus life that can lead you to college success.

  • Go to campus events, join clubs, visit Student Life and Leadership.
  • Meet with professors: Communicate with professors and Deans about academic performance, career plans, course content and assignments? Doing so will allow you to receive strong Letters of Recommendation for scholarships!
300

How do one develop self-Awareness, self-management, and self-discipline?

  • Develop awareness of your strengths, skills, habits, and mindset.
  • Develop self-discipline through clear desire, keeping your word, removing temptations, maintaining consistency and congruency in action and values.
300

What's a good practice to for after class?

  1. As soon after class as possible (within 24 hours), review your notes
  2. Fill in gaps in your notes and note any questions that you may still have.
300

What are study charts for?

 to summarize and organize key content and to think analytically about concepts, theories, models, practices, and processes.

400

WHAT IS STRATEGIC LEARNING?

Strategic learning means making decisions and purposefully taking action to increase academic success or achieve an educational goal.

400

Meeting with a college counselor is a must for Academic Success. What areas can a college counselor assist you with?

  • personal, career, and academic growth 
  • learn more about self, identify coping strategies, and emerge with enhanced self-confidence.
  • Choose a field of interest to focus studies on
400

What is a good way to practice wise money management while in college?

  • Set and maintain a budget.
  • Seek scholarships.
  • Visit Financial Aid.
400

What are some good ways to study course material?

  1. Repetition is key.
  2. Ask questions such as ‘how’, ’why’, ‘what if’
  3. Read over the notes from the week to make connections.
  4. Create study aids.
400

What happens when you teach a concept to others?

You can assess your understanding of a concept by teaching it to someone else - a friend, a pet, or a stuffed animal. 

Also, by trying to explain a concept in a way that others will understand, you become aware of the gaps in your own understanding. You can clear up the confusion on your own, or ask a fellow student, your Teaching Assistant or Professor.


500

What is a strategy?

A __________ is a plan of action that an individual or group uses to achieve a goal. Strategies provide a framework (or structure) for making decisions, taking action, self-assessing, and adapting or changing behavior. As you work toward reaching your individual educational goals, you will develop a variety of different academic literacy strategies for different areas of college learning, including reading, writing, studying for tests, taking tests, finding information, conducting original research, completing quantitative (math) tasks, and using technology as a tool for learning. This article provides an overview of concepts that can help students think about and begin to strengthen the strategies that they use for learning.

500

Why is it important to set goals?

  • Setting goals gives you long-term vision and short-term motivation. 
  • It focuses your acquisition of knowledge, and helps you to organize your time and your resources so that you can make the most of your life.
500

What can one learn at a college success class?

  • Choose a satisfying major and career
  • Manage your stress or anger
  • Set goals, improve your study skills
  • increase your success in college
  • Develop personally
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Why is it important to assess your learning ?

  1. Periodically assess your learning.
  2. Am I using study methods that are effective?
  3. Do I understand the material enough to teach it to others?
500

For study groups to be effective, what should one do?

You must be engaged in both discussion and problem solving.

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