College Rules! by Sherrie Nist-Olejnik

Author:Sherrie Nist-Olejnik
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Potter/TenSpeed/Harmony
Published: 2016-04-04T16:00:00+00:00

TRANSFORMING YOUR BELIEFS

After reading about the different categories of beliefs, you may find that your own beliefs need some modification. So how can you make a change? There are several things to keep in mind:

1. Think about what your professors expect from you and then select the most appropriate strategies. Even if you’ve always used flash cards to learn history, take the time to reassess and make sure your strategy will help you achieve the level of thinking required. Sometimes making little changes to how you study can have a big impact on what you learn and how you think about learning.

2. Be in charge. It is easy to sit back and let the professor’s words wash over you in lecture. But once you make a mental shift to consider yourself the key to learning and knowledge, you will be more apt to pay attention. You might even find yourself more interested in the topic—really.

3. Learn to live with ambiguity. There will be plenty of things you will learn that are not certain and have no definite answer. And that’s okay. It’s what makes life interesting.

4. Give yourself more time. You might want to set a timer (or just watch the time on a clock) to see how long you can persist at a given task before giving up. Then, the next time you do that task, try to go a little longer—make it a competition with yourself to see how long you can concentrate.

5. Don’t worry about what others are doing. We all know someone who seems to breeze through college—a natural in every subject. Forget about them and focus on doing the best you can.

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