How Successful Students Prepare for Tests

Part 1

Are you really doing everything you can to prepare for tests? Re- reading the chapter and looking over your notes is not enough. Below is a list of tips for test preparing from successful students.

1.    Keep up to date with assignment.

2.    Take notes in every class every day. This includes asking questions when you don’t understand.

3.    Process information as you come to it. Learning information is much different than “ becoming acquainted” with it.

4.    Process information systematically. Label in the margin work for most people.

5.    Adapt it to suit your learning styles. Capitalize on the discipline labeled in the margin requires and make it habit to process information from texts and lectures, just not go over it.

6.    Have a study place that is free of distractions.

7.    Have a specific time for initial study of each subject. You may need more than this time, but having a set time will save you time.

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statementr #16

 

Student Success Statement

“Obedience leads to true freedom”

--James E. Faust

This statement means that if you obey any rule or law your life will be full of freedom.

                The Secrets of Successful Students

Part 2

Successful students take charge of their lives and balance their time between fun and work. They know that there is a time for all-nighters, and it’s not during finals week.

SUCCESSFUL STUDENTS TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES

Do you live on junk food and lay on the couch watching TV every night? Students with poor physical habits probably don’t feel very energetic in the mornings, and they probably don’t feel good sitting in class either.

Good food and little exercise will clear your head! Students who eat junk in moderation (you really don’t have to put out, completely) and work out in some way are more likely to participate in sports. That means they have more balance in their lives, feel better in mornings, and are more alert in class.

You just have to change a few habits to feel better. Eat healthy foods, start walking more, take yoga class, enroll in martial arts classes, or challenge yourselves to do sit ups all night. You’ll notice a change right away.

Thank you, Grace Fleming, for your suggestions.

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Secrets of Successful Students

Part 1

IT’S A MATTER OF TAKING CHARGE OF YOUR TIME AND DESTINY!

Have you ever wondered what successful students do to set themselves apart from the rest? The key is simple; successful students take charge of their own success.

There is no magic trick, power drink, or special class that makes a student excel in the classroom. Students stand out because they take charge of their time and their tasks, without relying on anybody else to tell them what to do.

SUCCESSFUL STUDENTS CONTROL THEIR CALENDARS.

Successful students don’t rely on parents or teachers to tell them when assignments are due or when test date are approaching. They mark special dates in their calendars and keep track of commitments and schedules.

Successful students don’t put others in charge of their lives.

Successful Students Prioritize

Do you like to stay out late with friends? Do you like to go to parties? Do you like to watch TV or play video games all night? Well, who doesn’t?

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statement #15

Student Success Statement

“Your name is a diamond; make sure it shines.”

--Sergio Tovalin

This statement means that if your personality is so bight it shines then you should make sure your name shines with you as well.

 

The “C’ Student

Part 3

6. EFFORT: “C” students are capable of sufficient effort, but either fail to realistically evaluate the effort needed to accomplish a task successfully, or lack the desire to meet the challenge. They put forth very little effort. They don’t realize that hey will be rewarded according the amount of effort they put into a project. Little effort= bad results.

7. COMMUNICATIONS: “C” students communicate in ways that often limit comprehension or risk misinterpretation. Ideas are not well formulated before they are expressed. Poor listening/reading habits inhibit matching inquiry and response.

8. RESULTS: “C” students obtain mediocre or inconsistent results on tests. They have some concept of what is going on but clearly have not mastered the material.

Source: The teaching professor.  Paraphrased from John H. Williams,  Clarifying Grade Expectations, August/September, 1993 and Paul Solomon and Annette Nellon, Communicating About Behavioral Dimensions of Grades, Febuary, 1996.

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Costa Concordia

The Captain chooses the wrong by leaving the passengers behind. He should have been the last one to get out of the boat. Plus he steered the boat to close to shore and that’s how the accident happened. He disobeyed the rules and the law by not following the company’s orders which caused the boat to sink. If you were a captain and you left a boat full with passengers while an accident is happening that decision ONLY causes you 2 years of prison.