Successful Students 7-8
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, nod occasionally, take
notes, and ask questions. Not only will you benefit directly from your actions,
your classmates and professor may also get more excited and enthusiastic.
8 . . . talk about what they’re learning. Successful students get
to know something well enough that they can put it into words. Talking about
something, with friends or classmates, is not only good for checking whether 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” 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 and oral study group,
pretend you’re teaching peers. “Talk-learning” produces a whole host of memory
traces that result in more learning.
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