Academic Strategies for higher education

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Academic Strategies for higher education
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Catholic University's 2008-09 tuition
30,650
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30,650 ? typical 10 courses ? 3,065 per
course
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Classes meet for the equivalent of 150 minutes
or 2½ hours a week which works out to about
37½ hours a semester (not counting the final
exam)
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so, 3,065 per course ? typical 37½ hours in
class per semester ? 82.00 per lecture hour
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IN HOLD OUT
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IN
HOLD
OUT
Handout online
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GET IT
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EXPOSURE

• I finished
• most or ALL pages of reading

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EXPOSURE

• I go to most/all of the lectures or labs

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ATTENTION

• I was concentrating
• TURN ON YOUR RADAR!

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• I allowed enough time to really get it

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Handout online
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IMPORTANCE!!

• I decided correctly which material was worth
  getting

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IMPORTANCE

• and might show up on tests

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KEEP IT
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IMPORTANCE!!

• I decided correctly it was worth keeping

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IMPORTANCE

• and should show up on tests

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TIMING

• I didnt underestimate the time needed

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TIMING

• I started early enough so I could keep
  enough

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ORGANIZATION

• I was detailed enough (facts, events, statistics,
  names, dates, theories)

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enough The Goldilocks
ProblemNOT TOO MUCHnot too little
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ORGANIZATION

• And general enough (overviews, summaries, trends)

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ORGANIZATION

• I made connections (among text lessons, lectures
  and class discussion, and lab exercises)

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 SHOW IT
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through TESTSPAPERSPROJECTSPRESENTATIONScl
ass participation
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• If only there were a really easy plan for
  studying

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 Like just, um, maybe 3, like, yknow, simple
words
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 ?BEFORE ?DURING ?AFTER
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Handout online
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?BEFORE  
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1. Create interest "get psyched" WIIFM? -
motivation and momentum ?efficient AND
effective  
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2. Use what you already know "magnetize"
your background
knowledge?efficient 
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3. Determine to rememberactivate your focus
and concentration ?effective   
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? DURING  
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4. Anticipate test questionspredict and
practice open-book beforehand ?effective  
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TURN ON YOUR RADAR!
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5. Be selective choose only about 25 to
highlight, record, memorize ?effective   
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? AFTER  
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6. Create meaningful organizationlabel,
categorize, sort, diagram ?effective  
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7. Put the ideas in your own words recite
and summarize out loud ?effective  
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8. Reduce the information condense into
margin notes, summaries, flash cards
?effective  
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9. Find a personal application relate it to
real life, write about it, do it,
?effective  
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10. Monitor your learning test yourself from
memory,teach it to someone else ?effective  
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11. Distribute your studyspread a course's
study hoursthroughout the week ?efficient
Adapted from Walter
Pauk, How to Study in College
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What is an active student?
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The active student goes the extra mile past the
typical good, but passivestudent.
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Education at the college level requires the
mind-set of the active student to be really
successful and get your moneys worth

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At LECTURES
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The passive student writes down exactly what the
lecturer says...
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but the ACTIVE student is deciding what's
important to write down.
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With TEXTBOOKS
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The passive student reads all assignments.
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So does the ACTIVE student - whos also
thinking, questioning, connecting ideas.
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When STUDYING
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Passive students reread all assignments...
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while the ACTIVE student also makes study sheets,
predicts test questions, looks for patterns.
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For ASSIGNMENTS
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Passive students follow all the professor's
instructions.
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But the ACTIVE student also tries to discover
the meaning of the assignment, looking for
long-lasting knowledge.
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With PAPERS
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Passive students complete all the requirements to
get a good grade...
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while the ACTIVE student expands his knowledge,
and connects it to course content and life(And
gets an equally good grade)