The power of Study Groups part 2

The power of Study Groups http://www.collegeboard.com/student/plan/high-school/50432.html Part 2

The Benefits of Study Groups

Group study offers other advantages in addition to gaining a deeper understanding of class material. These include the opportunity to: Reinforce note-taking. If your AP Biology notes are unclear, you can ask a member of your study group to help you fill the gaps. Share talents. Each person brings different strengths, such as organizational skills, the ability to stick to a task or a capacity for memorization.

Cover more ground. Group members may be able to solve a calculus problem together that none would have solved alone. Benefit from a support system. Members often have common goals, such as grades. Each person’s work affects the other members, which results in making members supportive of one another. Socialize. It’s more fun to study with others; the give-and-take makes it more interesting. And because it’s more fun, you spend more time studying!

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Student Success Statement

"In life as in football, you won't go far, unless you know where the goalposts are." -Arnold Glasgow

This statement is saying that you have to know your limits and try to achieve your goal. Like it says in life as in football, you need to know where the goalposts are to achieve the goal and succeed.

The power of study groups Part 1

The power of study groups

Part 1

Working together helps everyone

You may have notice that when you’re explaining something you’ve learned to a friend, you begin to understand it betters yourself. This happens because, when your explain an idea; you need to think more deeply about it.

The same principle makes study groups useful. Studying with others in a small group is helpful because you:

·      Think out loud

·      Share ideas

·      Learn from one another

In an effective group, you and other students hash out lesson materials together--explaining concepts, arguing about them, figuring out why ones person’s answer differs from another’s--and in the process, you most likely learn more than you would have studying by yourself.

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Walk the talk

Walk The Talk

This video talks about choosing the right. that you can show a person or the world that you are choosing the right. You have to believe in your self and walk the talk. You need live your best and let good things be your servant. do the right thing and walk the talk.

Student Success statement

"Nobody ever did, or will, escape the consequences of his choices." -Albert A. Montapert

This statement is saying that everything you do that choosing the wrong, it will have consequences. When you choose the wrong, a consequence will follow you you wherever you go and will get you good. you will get a consequence. If you always choose the right, you won't get no consequences.

How to take on college studying Part 3

How to take on college studying

Part 3

Do the reading

You need to do more than just read the chapters you are assigned you’re expected to understand them thoroughly. Here are some tips:

·      Don’t skim. Read all the material carefully.

·      Break up difficult assignments into sections you can digest--chapters, subsections or even paragraphs.

·      Look up any words that you don’t understand.

·      Pause to think about whether you understand the material; ask questions in class about anything that is unclear.

·      Take notes instead of highlighting--this makes you think through and rephrase the key points.

·      Create a summary sheet of what you learned from each assignment you read.

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How to take on college studying part 2

Choose where to study.

Where you should study depends on two factors: the environment in which you are best to concentrate and the type of work you are planning to do.

·      The best places to study have good light, a comfortable temperature enough desk space--usually your dorm room, your apartment or the library.

·      For completing problem sets or brainstorming possible test questions, you may want to study with a group or at least in a setting where fellow students are available for discussion.

·      When you are reading book chapters or working on a research paper, you are probably better off in a less social environment.

Improve your study habits

Here are simple study steps you can take to help you get a handle on studying:

·      Have a routine for where and when you study.

·      Choose reasonable and specific goals that you can accomplish for each study session.

·      Do things that are harder or require more intense thought at your most productive time of the day.

·      Take breaks if you need them so you don’t waste time looking ate material but not absorbing it.

·      Get to know students whom you respect and can study with or contact to ask questions.

·      Keep up with the workload and seek help when you need it.

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