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 may almost get more exited 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 wether 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.
Talk about notes, problems, reading etc. with friends, recite to a chair,
organize an oral study group, pretend you’ve teaching your peers. “Talk-learning”
producers a whole host of memory trace that result in more learning.
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