Title: Academic Strategies for higher education
1Academic Strategies for higher education
2Catholic University's 2008-09 tuition
30,650
330,650 ? typical 10 courses ? 3,065 per
course
4Classes 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)
5so, 3,065 per course ? typical 37½ hours in
class per semester ? 82.00 per lecture hour
6 IN HOLD OUT
7IN
HOLD
OUT
Handout online
8GET IT
9 EXPOSURE
- I finished
- most or ALL pages of reading
10 EXPOSURE
- I go to most/all of the lectures or labs
11ATTENTION
- I was concentrating
- TURN ON YOUR RADAR!
12 - I allowed enough time to really get it
13Handout online
14IMPORTANCE!!
- I decided correctly which material was worth
getting
15IMPORTANCE
- and might show up on tests
16KEEP IT
17IMPORTANCE!!
- I decided correctly it was worth keeping
18IMPORTANCE
- and should show up on tests
19 TIMING
- I didnt underestimate the time needed
-
20 TIMING
- I started early enough so I could keep
enough
21ORGANIZATION
- I was detailed enough (facts, events, statistics,
names, dates, theories)
22enough The Goldilocks
ProblemNOT TOO MUCHnot too little
23ORGANIZATION
- And general enough (overviews, summaries, trends)
24ORGANIZATION
- I made connections (among text lessons, lectures
and class discussion, and lab exercises)
25 SHOW IT
26 through TESTSPAPERSPROJECTSPRESENTATIONScl
ass participation
27 - If only there were a really easy plan for
studying
28 Like just, um, maybe 3, like, yknow, simple
words
29 ?BEFORE ?DURING ?AFTER
30Handout online
31?BEFORE
321. Create interest "get psyched" WIIFM? -
motivation and momentum ?efficient AND
effective
332. Use what you already know "magnetize"
your background
knowledge?efficient
343. Determine to rememberactivate your focus
and concentration ?effective
35? DURING
364. Anticipate test questionspredict and
practice open-book beforehand ?effective
37TURN ON YOUR RADAR!
385. Be selective choose only about 25 to
highlight, record, memorize ?effective
39? AFTER
406. Create meaningful organizationlabel,
categorize, sort, diagram ?effective
417. Put the ideas in your own words recite
and summarize out loud ?effective
428. Reduce the information condense into
margin notes, summaries, flash cards
?effective
439. Find a personal application relate it to
real life, write about it, do it,
?effective
4410. Monitor your learning test yourself from
memory,teach it to someone else ?effective
4511. Distribute your studyspread a course's
study hoursthroughout the week ?efficient
Adapted from Walter
Pauk, How to Study in College
46What is an active student?
47The active student goes the extra mile past the
typical good, but passivestudent.
48Education at the college level requires the
mind-set of the active student to be really
successful and get your moneys worth
49At LECTURES
50The passive student writes down exactly what the
lecturer says...
51but the ACTIVE student is deciding what's
important to write down.
52With TEXTBOOKS
53The passive student reads all assignments.
54So does the ACTIVE student - whos also
thinking, questioning, connecting ideas.
55When STUDYING
56Passive students reread all assignments...
57while the ACTIVE student also makes study sheets,
predicts test questions, looks for patterns.
58For ASSIGNMENTS
59Passive students follow all the professor's
instructions.
60But the ACTIVE student also tries to discover
the meaning of the assignment, looking for
long-lasting knowledge.
61With PAPERS
62Passive students complete all the requirements to
get a good grade...
63while the ACTIVE student expands his knowledge,
and connects it to course content and life(And
gets an equally good grade)