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Strategies For Academic Success
Your Academic
Success
Dr. John Michael Domino
Center of Academic Assistance
Florida Gulf Coast University
MOTIVATION
Why do you want to
attend FGCU?
What is motivating
you to try your best?
What can possibly
motivate you more?
What is keeping you
from being on top?
MOTIVATION
Feel confident in your
abilities Einstein Factor
Dont take undue criticism
even from yourself!
Forget about past mistakes
focus on your success!
Read words of Inspiration!
FOCUS on FUTURE
LONG TERM GOALS!
SOLUTION:
Cut the sandwich into several pieces and store the rest in
the fridge or the freezer so you can eat smaller, easier to
consume amounts another day. You would not want to jam
two or more weeks worth of food down your stomach in
one day!
* Why would you try to stuff two weeks worth of
information into your brain in one cram session?
Inch by inch, life is a cinch, yard by yard life is hard.
GOALS
What are your goals?
Yale Study: Students who
list goals are much more likely
to achieve success.
You become and achieve
what you believe.
Priorities
What would you do if you had a choice of the following four things to
eat over the next four days and you had no refrigeration?
APizza
AHotDog
AHamburger
ASubmarineSandwich
PRIORITIES:
Priorities
List priorities in order A,B,C, D, etc. in your daily planner.
Cross out or check when you completed an assignment. You
can also use colors red for high priorities, then purple,
blue, green, and so forth
D a te : W e d s , S e p t 2 9 th
A ) A lg e b r a
T e s t, M o n 2 O c t
B ) W o r ld H is t o ry
T e s t T h u rs 5 O c t
C ) C h e m is t r y
P a p e r d u e F ri 6 O c t
D ) E n g lis h
P a p e r d u e T h u rs 1 2 O c t
PROCRASTINATION
DO IT NOW
DONUTS
PROCRASTINATION
What happens to the same
donuts if they are left out after two weeks? .
IntwoweeksthedonutswillbecomeSTALEandHardtoeat!
MEMORY STRATEGIES
Organize List facts in
chronological order use
colors and numbers.
Learn Actively Dont
sit - move around and
form a mental picture.
Draw diagrams, charts,
cartoons, all pictures are
a memory enhancer.
MEMORY STRATEGIES
Stay Healthy studies
show proper diet &
exercise can increase
memory by 20%.
Recite reciting is
THREE times more
effective than reading.
Reviewing notes the
same day increases your
chances of recalling by
over 70%.
To Improve Reading
Capabilities
Successful Readers READ! READ! READ!
Read with Purpose What do you need to know?
Use SQ3R METHOD
*Survey the information.
*Question what you have read.
*Read - re-tell the information in your own words.
*Recite important information and highlights.
*Review - readings and answer review questions.
CONCENTRATION
Do you daydream
while you study?
Does your mind tend
to wander off?
Do you think of
things totally
unrelated to the
subject?
Do you worry often?
Concentration
What can you do?
PUSH - PUSH
Prepare and Organize
To Improve Writing
FINAL EXAM
TEST TAKING STRATEGIES
Wednesday, 1 Dec. at 4:00PM
Student Conference
Room. # 217
Ill see you then!