Successful Students
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5. Don’t sit
in the back of the room. Successful students minimize classroom distractions
that interfere with learning.
Students want
the best seat available for their entertainment dollars, but willingly seek the
worst seat for their professor’s teammate (see no.4). Why do they expose themselves
to the temptations of inactive classroom experiences and distractions of all
the people between them and their instructor? Of course, we know they chose the
back of the classroom because they seek invisibility or anonymity, both of
which are antithetical to efficient and effective learning. If you are trying
not to be part of the class, why, then, are you wasting your time? Push your
hot buttons, is there something else you should be doing with your time?
6. …. Take
good notes. Successful students take notes that are understandable and
organized, and review them often.
Why put
something into your notes you don’t understand? Ask the questions now that are necessary
to make your notes while the material is still fresh on your mind helps your
learn more. The more you learn them, the less you’ll have to learn later and
the less time it will take because you won’t have to include some deciphering,
time, also. The whole purpose of taking notes is to use them, and use them
often. The more you use them, the more they improve.
CHOOSE THE
RIGHT!
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