I am reading the final papers from students in my Learning
Strategies course. Most of the students
are on probation and are taking this course to learn how to be academically
successful. There are several themes running through the papers that my
students report are important to academic success:
Sleep – We are learning more and more about the importance
of sleep in many areas, one of which is learning. It is difficult to concentrate and learn when
you are tired.
Chunking – Instead of working with a huge amount of material
at once, break it down into small “chunks” and learn those parts, then put the
information together into the whole piece.
(Of course, each “chunk” must be a logical section.)
Review notes as soon as possible after each class – Students
who did this were amazed at how well they learned the material and how well
they then did on exams.
Academics are more important than socializing – Most of the
students who were on probation reported that last semester they spent more time
socializing than studying. Once their
priorities were switched and they put more importance on their academics, they
grades greatly improved.
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