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Academic Strategies for higher education

Academic Strategies for higher education. Catholic University's 2008-09 tuition: $30,650. $30,650  typical 10 courses  $3,065 per course. Classes meet for the equivalent of 150 minutes or 2 ½ hours a week which works out to about 37½ hours a semester (not counting the final exam).

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Academic Strategies for higher education

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  1. Academic Strategies for higher education

  2. Catholic University's 2008-09 tuition:$30,650

  3. $30,650typical 10 courses $3,065per course

  4. Classes meet for the equivalent of 150 minutes or 2½ hours a weekwhich works out to about 37½ hours a semester(not counting the final exam)

  5. so, $3,065 per coursetypical 37½hoursin class per semester $82.00per lecture hour

  6. IN HOLD OUT

  7. IN HOLD OUT Handout online

  8. GET IT

  9. EXPOSURE • I finished most or ALL pages of reading

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

  11. ATTENTION • I was concentrating TURN ON YOUR RADAR!

  12. I allowed enough time to really get it

  13. Handout online

  14. IMPORTANCE!! I decided correctly which material was worth getting

  15. IMPORTANCE …and mightshow up on tests

  16. KEEP IT

  17. IMPORTANCE!! • I decided correctly it was worth keeping…

  18. IMPORTANCE …andshouldshow up on tests

  19. TIMING • I didn’t underestimate the time needed

  20. TIMING I started early enough so I could keepenough

  21. ORGANIZATION • I was detailedenough (facts, events, statistics, names, dates, theories…)

  22. “enough”: The “Goldilocks” Problem:NOT TOO MUCH…not too little…

  23. ORGANIZATION • And general enough (overviews, summaries, trends…)

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

  25. SHOW IT

  26. throughTESTSPAPERSPROJECTSPRESENTATIONSclass participation…

  27. If only there were a really easy plan for studying…

  28. Like just, um, maybe 3, like, y’know, simple words:

  29. BEFOREDURINGAFTER

  30. Handout online

  31. BEFORE:

  32. 1. Create interest: "get psyched"“WIIFM”? - motivation and momentum”efficient” AND effective”

  33. 2. Use what you already know: "magnetize" your background knowledge”efficient”

  34. 3. Determine to remember:activate your focus and concentration”effective”

  35. DURING:

  36. 4. Anticipate test questions:predict and practice open-book beforehand”effective”

  37. TURN ON YOUR RADAR!

  38. 5. Be selective: choose only about 25% to highlight, record, memorize…”effective”

  39. AFTER:

  40. 6. Create meaningful organization:label, categorize, sort, diagram…”effective”

  41. 7. Put the ideas in your own words: recite and summarize out loud”effective”

  42. 8. Reduce the information: condense into margin notes, summaries, flash cards”effective”

  43. 9. Find a personal application: relate it to real life, write about it, do it, …”effective”

  44. 10. Monitor your learning: test yourself from memory,teach it to someone else”effective”

  45. 11. Distribute your study:spread a course's study hoursthroughout the week”efficient”Adapted from :Walter Pauk, How to Study in College

  46. What is an “active” student?

  47. The active student goes the extra milepast the typical good, but passivestudent.

  48. Education at the college level requires the mind-set of the active student to be really successful andget your money’s worth

  49. At LECTURES

  50. The passive student writes down exactly what the lecturer says...

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