STUDY STRATEGIES USED BY SUCCESSFUL STUDENTS

  • Connect class work to long-range goals*

 

 Some students love to learn for the sake of learning but many more need to believe that what they are doing in class has a purpose in the future.  If you are one of those students in this later group, try to apply what you learn in class to practical situations or your daily life.
  • Become active and involved in learning*
 It is also important to make learning an active, as opposed to passive, process.  Making a learning situation active requires that you actually process what you are hearing or reading.  Put it into your own words to make the material more meaningful to you.
  • Identify preferred learning style*

 

 

 Different people have different learning styles.  Dunn's classification of learning styles is visual, auditory, kinesthetic and tactile.  The classification defined by Kolb and McCarthy identify learning styles as imaginative, analytic, common-sense and dynamic. It is important to try to identify your preferred learning style and use that as much as possible in your study process.  This will increase your retention of the material.
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* Phrase quoted from: Walther, D. R. (1994). Toolkit for College Success.  Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.