IBEST Dev Ed Nursing Pathways Students SEPTEMBER 7, 2010 CDEV 110 College Success 22 Students 9 with GED 13 Former IBEST Health (BTC & GED) 4 ESL (China, Thailand, Russia, Cuba)

ACTIVE LEARNING “Learning isn’t a spectator sport.” OnCourse, p. 14

THREE PRINCIPLES OF DEEP AND LASTING LEARNING Prior Learning: Relate new information to previously learned information. Quality of Processing: Use numerous and varied deep processing strategies. Quantity of Processing: Use frequent practice sessions of sufficient length distributed over time.

CORE CORE LEARNING SYSTEM VisualAural Reading/Writing Kinesthetic

RESPONSIBILITY MODEL

THE WISE CHOICE PROCESS 1.What’s my present situation? (Identify the problem or difficulty.) 2.How would I like my situation to be? (Define my desired outcomes and experiences.) 3.What are my possible choices? (Without evaluating, make a list of options.)

4.What’s the likely outcome of each possible choice? (Missing information? Stop and get more!) 5.Which choice(s) will I commit to doing? (Make a promise to myself.) 6.When and how will I evaluate my plan? (Assess my results.) THE WISE CHOICE PROCESS

FORMULA FOR MOTIVATION V x E = M "V" represents "Value" (how important something is to us) "E" represents "Expectation" (how confident we are about achieving it) Multiplying these two factors gives us "M," our level of "Motivation" SELF-MOTIVATION

THE DAPPS RULE for Goal-Setting D A P P S DATED ACHIEVABLE PERSONAL POSITIVE SPECIFIC

Compelling, Motivating Goals REMEMBER DAPPS VISUALIZE!

Urgent Not Important Not Urgent Quadrant IVQuadrant III Quadrant IIQuadrant I Starting research for a 10-page history term paper the night before it is due Creating a detailed study plan for the two weeks before final exams Letting friends talk you into driving them to a late- night pizza party when you are 90 pages behind in biology. Spending three hours on Facebook when you have a major math test in two days Important

SELF-MANAGEMENT Calendars Tracking Forms Next Actions (To Do) Lists 32-Day Commitments

STUDY SKILLS: READING WHY? 1000s of pages in college Important way of Collecting knowledge WHAT? Key Concepts, Main Ideas, Supporting Details HOW? Mindless reading  Active Reading “Highly focused involvement leads to significant neural activity…..leads to deep and lasting learning…leads to high grades.” OnCourse, p. 57 BEFOREDURINGAFTER Practice: Geneva Blake What’s in Your Math Textbook?

STUDY SKILLS: TAKING NOTES WHY? 200 hours of listening in classes, collecting information WHAT? Key Concepts, main ideas, supporting details HOW? 2 Systems: 1. Linear 2. Linear and Practice: Andrea O. and Cell Membrane Transport graphic Concept Map Mind Map

FEEDBACK There was a lot of useful information and I found a lot of the organizing strategies to be very helpful. I also appreciated the journaling and feedback. The breaks were good too!! I love all of the new study/successful tools to use meeting my teachers. Love the reading/ note take lessons. Yes, I love those journals and meeting my classmates and making friends.