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7. … Understand that actions affect learning. Successful students know that their personal behavior affect their feelings and emotions which in turn can affect learning.

If you act in a certain way that normally produces particular feelings, you will begin to experience those feelings. Act like you are bored, and you will become bored. Act like you are disinterested, and you will become disinterested. So the next time you have trouble concentrating in a classroom, ”Act” like an interested person : lean forward, place your feet flat on the floor, maintain eye contact with the professor, nod occasionally, take notes, and ask questions. Not only will you benefit directly from your actions, your classmates and professors may also get more enthusiastic and excited.

8. … Talk about what they are learning. Successful students get to know something well enough that they can put it into words. Talking about something, with friends or classmates, is not only good for checking whether or not you know something, It is a proven learning tool. Transferring ideas into words provides the most direct path for moving knowledge from short term to long term memory. You really do not know material until you can put it into words. So, next time you study, don’t do it silently. Talk about notes, problems, readings, etc. with friends, recite to a chair, organize an oral study group, pretend you are talking to your peers. “Talk Learning” produces a whole host of memory traces that result in more learning.

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