Successful Students
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7. .
. . understand that actions affect learning. Successful students know their
personal behavior affect their feelings and emotions which can affect learning.
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f 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
your 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 get excited and
enthusiastic.
8. .
. . talk about what they’re learning. Successful students get to know things
well enough that they can put it into words. Talking about something with
friends or classmates is good not only for checking whether or not you know
something, it’s a proven learning tool. Transferring ideas into words provides
the most direct path from moving knowledge from short-term to long-term memory.
You really don’t “know” material until you can put it into words. So next time
you study, don’t do it silently. Talk about notes, problems, readings, etc.
with friends, recite to a chair, organize an oral study group, pretend your
teaching your peers. “Talk-learning” produces a whole host of memory traces
that result in more learning.
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