The Power of Study Groups

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The Benefits of Study Groups

Groups study offers other advantages in addition to gaining a deeper understanding of class material. These include the opportunity to: Reinforce note-taking. If your AP Biology notes are unclear, you can ask a member of your study group to help you fill the gaps. Share talents. Each persona brings different strengths, such as organizational skills, the ability to stick to a task or a capacity for memorization.

Cover more ground. Group members may be able to solve a calculus problem together that none would have solved alone. Benefit from a support system. Members often have common goals, such as good grades. Each person work affects the other members, which results in making members supportive of one another. Socialize. It’s more fun to study with others; the give- and take makes it more interesting. And because it’s more fun, you spend more time studying!

Choose the right!!!

Student Success Statement

“In life as in football, you won’t go far, unless you know where the goalposts are.”- Arnold Glasgow

People who don’t have a certain destination don’t have a certain future. They don’t know what they want for themselves in the future meaning they don’t know what goal they must put out for themselves and reach it. People who don’t know what their goals are, don’t have a clear future ahead of themselves. It is important to always put goals for yourself!

The Power of Study Groups

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Working Together Helps Everyone

You may have noticed that when you’re explaining something you’ve learned to a friend, you begin to understand it better yourself. This happens because, when you explain an idea, you need to think more deeply about it.

The same principle makes study groups useful. Studying with others in a small group is helpful because you:

·        Think out loud

·        Share ideas

·        Learn from one another

In an effective study group, you and other students hash out lesson materials together- explaining concepts, arguing about them, figuring out why one person’s answer differs from another’s – and in the process, you most likely learn more than you would have studying by yourself.

Choose the right!!!

 

Walk the talk

This video talks about how you must take every day given to you as an opportunity to do better. You must always show strength, and be willing to try new things and always try your best. You should always believe in yourself, and try your best every day!!!  

 

Student Success Statement

“Nobody ever did, or ever will, escape the consequences of his choice.” – Albert A. Montapert

People who don’t always choose the right will suffer bad consequences. The person cannot avoid his consequences and can’t blame other people for their actions. People should always choose the right.  

How to Take on College Studying

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Do the Reading

You need to do more than just read the chapters you are assigned- you’re expected to understand them thoroughly. Here are some tips:

·        Don’t skim. Read all the material carefully.

·        Break up difficult assignments into sections you can digest- chapters, subsections or even paragraphs.

·        Look up any word that you don’t understand.

·        Pause to think about whether you understand the material; ask questions in class about anything that is unclear.

·        Take notes instead of highlighting- this makes you think through and rephrase the key points.

·        Create a summary sheet of what you learned from each assignment you read.

Choose the right!!!

Student Success Statement

“Success is dependent on effort”-Sophocles, Greek dramatist

          People who don’t demonstrate effort will not see success in their progress. They will not fell proud of them self and will feel ashamed when they see their results. People will not take them seriously.