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CHAPTER 1 Habits for Success: Reality CheckWelcome to University
life
Objective
To offer students practical and updated academic skills that will help them stay accountable and on track with goals and to inculcate lifelong learning habit.
Learning Outcome
Think critically and creatively in order to solve problems and make decisions
Implement learning and research skills that support lifelong learning
Communicate, lead, function effectively and successfully in a team setting
Manage important resources such as time, money and people
Adhere to ethical standards in academic writing
Habits for Success
Main Text:
Additional Text :
McWhorter and Sember (2013). Academic Reading: College Major and Career Applications, 8th ed. United Kingdom: Pearson.
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CHAPTER 1
Sarah Lyman Kravits
Keys to Effective Learning, 6e
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Habit for Success:
Persist
“Effective problem solvers stick to a task until it is completed. They don’t give up easily. They are able to analyze a problem and develop a system, structure, or strategy to attack it.”
Art Costa
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© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
Where are you headed, and how will college get you there?
Keys to Effective Learning 6e,Ch01
*
© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
College is a training ground for success in the global marketplace.
Consider:
If you were teaching, what would your ideal student be like?
If you were hiring a new employee, what would you look for in that person?
Keys to Effective Learning 6e,Ch01
*
Habits for Success
Habits for Success
Habits for Success
Habits for Success
How can you
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College means…
*
© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
What do you need to do at the start of the semester to set you up for success?
Habits for Success
What/who can help you?
People – instructors, advisors, counselors, administrators
Knowing how to use technology (computer and e-mail systems at your school)
This book – by giving you a set of skills for now and for life
Keys to Effective Learning 6e,Ch01
*
© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
Surveys indicate that only 25% of students seek advice from instructors, advisors, or counselors.
Boost that number and don’t miss out –
ask for help!
*
Studies show:
Students who
reach out and
get involved tend to continue their studies more than students who don’t.
Keys to Effective Learning 6e,Ch01
*
How can habits change your life for the better?
Keys to Effective Learning 6e,Ch01
*
“Bad” habits have negative effects.
“Good” habits have positive effects.
Research shows that you can change habits – and that the effort actually
builds new brain cells.
*
Replace a bad habit with a new, better habit.
“If you opened up your computer and started removing hardware, …chances are your computer wouldn’t work. Similarly, you can’t just pull out habits without replacing the needs they fulfill.” Scott H. Young
What would you like to replace with a better habit?
Keys to Effective Learning 6e,Ch01
*
What habits
*
Habits for Success are tools for successful problem solving.
Educator Art Costa studied how students respond to problems, especially unfamiliar ones.
This research found that successful students use certain positive habits to think through and solve problems.
Keys to Effective Learning 6e,Ch01
*
These habits will help you…
Focus effectively on academics
Improve self-knowledge
Keys to Effective Learning 6e,Ch01
*
The Habits for Success
Ask questions.
*
Habits for Success
Class Exercise: Building skills
Describe an important goal that you believe university will help you achieve
Name top 2 challenges yopu face in dealing with the difference between college and high school.
How can bad habits change your life for the better?
Name 2 strategies you would use to change or replace a habit that holds you back.
What ‘Habits for Success’ fuel college success?
Name 3 ‘Habits for Success’ that you feel you need most work.
Habits for Success
Class Exercise : How to begin a new habit
Identify what you want to change & why
Name the actions you will take
Get support from friends and family
Keep it up for at least 21- 30 days
Be accountable: note your progress
Evaluate progress
Note: work on one or two habits at a time
Keys to Effective Learning 6e,Ch01
*
Objective
To offer students practical and updated academic skills that will help them stay accountable and on track with goals and to inculcate lifelong learning habit.
Learning Outcome
Think critically and creatively in order to solve problems and make decisions
Implement learning and research skills that support lifelong learning
Communicate, lead, function effectively and successfully in a team setting
Manage important resources such as time, money and people
Adhere to ethical standards in academic writing
Habits for Success
Main Text:
Additional Text :
McWhorter and Sember (2013). Academic Reading: College Major and Career Applications, 8th ed. United Kingdom: Pearson.
Habits for Success
No.
30% 30% 10%
CHAPTER 1
Sarah Lyman Kravits
Keys to Effective Learning, 6e
This multimedia product and its contents are protected under copyright law. The following are prohibited by law:
any public performance or display including transmission of any image over a network;
preparation of any derivative work, including the extraction, in whole or in part, of any images;
any rental, lease, or lending of the program.
*
Habit for Success:
Persist
“Effective problem solvers stick to a task until it is completed. They don’t give up easily. They are able to analyze a problem and develop a system, structure, or strategy to attack it.”
Art Costa
*
© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
Where are you headed, and how will college get you there?
Keys to Effective Learning 6e,Ch01
*
© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
College is a training ground for success in the global marketplace.
Consider:
If you were teaching, what would your ideal student be like?
If you were hiring a new employee, what would you look for in that person?
Keys to Effective Learning 6e,Ch01
*
Habits for Success
Habits for Success
Habits for Success
Habits for Success
How can you
*
College means…
*
© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
What do you need to do at the start of the semester to set you up for success?
Habits for Success
What/who can help you?
People – instructors, advisors, counselors, administrators
Knowing how to use technology (computer and e-mail systems at your school)
This book – by giving you a set of skills for now and for life
Keys to Effective Learning 6e,Ch01
*
© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
Surveys indicate that only 25% of students seek advice from instructors, advisors, or counselors.
Boost that number and don’t miss out –
ask for help!
*
Studies show:
Students who
reach out and
get involved tend to continue their studies more than students who don’t.
Keys to Effective Learning 6e,Ch01
*
How can habits change your life for the better?
Keys to Effective Learning 6e,Ch01
*
“Bad” habits have negative effects.
“Good” habits have positive effects.
Research shows that you can change habits – and that the effort actually
builds new brain cells.
*
Replace a bad habit with a new, better habit.
“If you opened up your computer and started removing hardware, …chances are your computer wouldn’t work. Similarly, you can’t just pull out habits without replacing the needs they fulfill.” Scott H. Young
What would you like to replace with a better habit?
Keys to Effective Learning 6e,Ch01
*
What habits
*
Habits for Success are tools for successful problem solving.
Educator Art Costa studied how students respond to problems, especially unfamiliar ones.
This research found that successful students use certain positive habits to think through and solve problems.
Keys to Effective Learning 6e,Ch01
*
These habits will help you…
Focus effectively on academics
Improve self-knowledge
Keys to Effective Learning 6e,Ch01
*
The Habits for Success
Ask questions.
*
Habits for Success
Class Exercise: Building skills
Describe an important goal that you believe university will help you achieve
Name top 2 challenges yopu face in dealing with the difference between college and high school.
How can bad habits change your life for the better?
Name 2 strategies you would use to change or replace a habit that holds you back.
What ‘Habits for Success’ fuel college success?
Name 3 ‘Habits for Success’ that you feel you need most work.
Habits for Success
Class Exercise : How to begin a new habit
Identify what you want to change & why
Name the actions you will take
Get support from friends and family
Keep it up for at least 21- 30 days
Be accountable: note your progress
Evaluate progress
Note: work on one or two habits at a time
Keys to Effective Learning 6e,Ch01
*