successful students

Successful student

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5. Don’t sit on the back of the room. Successful student minimize classroom distractions that interfere with learning.

Students want the best seat available for their entertainment dollars, but willingly want the best seat for their educational dollars. Students that sit in the back cant possibly be there professor teammate (see no.40). 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 that they choose the back of the classroom because they seek invisibility and anonymity, both in which are antithetical to efficient and effective learning. If you are trying not to be part of the class, then why are you wasting your time?

6. … take good notes. Successful students take notes that are understandable and organized, and review them often.

 Why put into your notes you don’t understand? Ask the questions now that are necessary to make your notes meaningful in some later time. A short review of your notes while the material is still fresh in your mind helps you learn more. The more you learn then,  the less you have to learn later and the less time it will take because you don’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.

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