Wednesday, January 30, 2013

 

If you act in a certain way that normally produces particular feelings, you will be to experience those feelings. Act like you’re bored, you will become bored. Act like you’re disinterested and you’ll be disinterests. So the next time you trouble concentrating in the classroom, “act” like an interested person: lean forward, place your feet flat on the floor, notes, and ask question. Not only will you benefit directly from your actions, your classmates and professor may also get more excited and enthusiastic. 8. . . . Talk about what you’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 the 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 chair, organize an oral study group, pretend you’re teaching your peers. “Talk-learning” produces a whole host of memory traces that result in more learning. CHOOSE THE RIGHT!