The Power of Study Groups Part 4

The Power of Study Groups http://www.collegeboard.com/student/plan/high-school/50432.html Part 4

Getting the Most out of a session

Here are some tips to help your group get the most out of each study session:

·      Decide what you’re going to do in advance.

·      Prepare for the session, so you can make the most of your time together.

·      Take turns teaching, to reinforce your own knowledge.

·      Stick to the session topic.

By supplement your individual study with a study group, you can reinforce what you've learned, deepen your understanding of complex concepts, and maybe make a few new friends. Remember that a friend is a person who encourages you to do your best and to achieve on a high level, one who pushes you to try a little harder and a litter better. If someone pulls you down the wrong trails of life, then those people are not friends,(they are actually your enemies), and you must avoid them at all cost. Whoever said learning can’t be fun? Learning is enjoyable and exciting when you study with others.

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7 Habits of Highly Successful Teens (Habit 5)

5. Seek first to understand, and then to be Understood

Because most people don’t listen very well, one of the great frustrations in life is that many don’t feel understood. This habit will ensure your teen learns the most important communication skill there is: active listening.

Why is this habit the key to communication? It’s because the deepest need of human heart is to be understood. Everyone wants to be respected and valued for who they are--a unique, one-of-kind, never-to-be-cloned individual. People won’t expose their top middles unless they feel it, however, they will tell you more than you may want to hear. People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.

Listen with your eyes, heart, and ears. 7 percent of communication is contained in the words we use. The rest comes from body language (53 percent) and how we say words, or the tone and feeling reflected in our voice (40 percent).

Most people are eager to talk and had rather talk than listen. We have one mouth and two ears. This means we should listen twice as much as we talk. We actually learn more while listening rather than we talk. Learn to listen and listen to learn.

Listen. Really listen, for understanding.

Seek first to understand then to be understood--LISTEN.

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