What is the “best” way to take notes during class? The safe answer is, it depends. The nature of the lecture, the teaching style of the professor, the type of content being studied, all are factors that could determine the most effective approach to taking notes. And with so many technological advances available today, is it still necessary to take notes?
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The college experience is a transformational event for every student. Whether you attend a technical college, a two-year or a four-year institution, a small or a large university, change is inevitable. And change is more challenging when you are not fully aware of what’s ahead.
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College is all about many things — preparing you for a career, transitioning from teen to adult, and establishing a love for lifelong learning. College is an opportunity for you to take charge of the direction of your life. Here are 10 tips and strategies for not only surviving but thriving in college.
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A lot of times students believe that the lack of time is the biggest factor for the lack of success. But what about those that actually put the time and effort but struggle with learning as well? On this video, Dr. Steven Stephen Chew explains what other factors are important for a successful learning experience.
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If you need to choose a word to describe yourself, what word would that be? What acts from your life will define your identity? Do you believe every person is given a fair chance to create their own successful identity? In this compelling presentation, civil rights attorney Bryan Stevenson invites us to reflect on our identities through the lens of one of our most challenging and saddening realities: the mass incarceration of young people in the United States.
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The superficial manner in which we read material online is making it difficult for us to understand works that require more than a momentary commitment to comprehend them. Practices such as key-word searches, scanning for salient words, skimming for comprehension, scrolling, and link-clicking are not conducive to acquiring a deep understanding of the material being interacted with, says Maryanne Wolf, a cognitive neuroscientist at Tufts University.
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A group of psychologist conducted a meta-analysis (a study of multiple studies) to determine what are the most effective study techniques. The group analyzed more than 700 research studies and identified the ten most common strategies used by students in multiple contexts.
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Being in front of an audience could be frightening for some people. But we all need to do it at some time. At school or at work we’ll always be
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Richard St John, analyst, author and self-proclaimed average guy, conducted hundreds of interviews with very successful people trying to determine what made them so successful. After ten years of research,
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