1. College Life Under Examination
C.L.U.E.
College Life Under Examination
-Kelly Krevey

2. Purpose
Many students come to college to further their knowledge in a particular area. As a result, the typical day for a college student consists of class and studying. Studying helps you practice your concepts and skills that you learned inside the classroom. So I wanted to find out…
How do students study?
Where do students study?
How much do students study?
Where is the best place for students to study?
What is in common with the places students study?
What are the most common places for students to study?

3. What a Professor Learned by Becoming a Student
My Freshman Year
What a Professor Learned by Becoming a Student
By: Rebekah Nathan
Professor at “Any U” decided to go under cover as a freshman
Became an ethnographer – took notes, observations,…
“Interviews with the few students who were in the lounges during my observations revealed that the majority came there to “get away”- from a gathering in their room, music blasting in the hall, or a roommate with a guest.” (Nathan, 53)

4. Specific Questions How do students use the lounge?
Why do students choose the places they study?

5. Methods I Used Observed the Lounge and Library
Surveyed student’s daily schedules
Interviewed people
Used class mates collected data and observations
To see how students use these spaces
To see how often they go to the Library and how long
To find out their preferences when it comes to studying
To obtain more data to help draw conclusions

6. Purpose of Ethnography
Reflect on learned knowledge
Understand a cultural group and why they do the things they do
As an Ethnographer one must:
Participate
Blend in (people do not act the same if they know they are being watched)
Ask questions
Take notes
Be Open minded
Observe
(Health and Street)

7. Collected Data Columbia 2nd Floor Lounge
In order to learn how students use the lounge, I decided every time I walked passed the lounge I would tally what each person was doing. 1 2
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8. More space to spread out
Collected Data
Columbia 2nd Floor Lounge Continued
In addition, I asked each of the students why they come to the lounge. When I interviewed the students, I found similar reasons why they came to the lounge.
When I asked the students why they came to the lounge, this is what they said:
Easier to concentrate
More space to spread out
Roommate is sleeping
Less distracting
Roommate is watching TV
Better for groups
It’s quiet 2
Over all my conclusion is the lounge is used for many reasons both social and academic but it is mostly used for academic reasons such as homework, studying and projects. 3
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9. Further Investigation
After realizing the lounge was mostly used for studying and completing school work, I was then wondering where else do students study?
When thinking where else do students study the Library came to my mind first.

10. Collected Data Bloomsburg Library
When looking at the time diaries I collected students who tend to go to the library spend 2 or more hours completing work and studying. I also found that some students to the library between classes.
Diary 1 6:00 to 8:00 – Wake up; Drive to School 8:00 to 11:00 – Class 11:00 to 12:00 – Lunch 12:00 to 2:00 – Class 2:00 to 4:00 – Library 4:00 to 9:00 – Work 9:00 to 11:00 – Home; Relax 11:00 – Sleep
Diary 2 6:30 to 6:45– Wake up 6:45 to 7:45 – Gym 7:45 to 8:30 – Breakfast 8:30 to 10:00 – Shower get ready 10:00 to 11:00 – Homework in room 11:00 to 1:00 – Class 1:00 to 2:00 – Lunch 2:00 to 5:00 – Class 5:00 to 6:00 – Dinner 6:00 to 8:00 – Library 8:00 to 11:00 – Relax 11:00 – Bed
Diary 3 9:00 to 9:30 – Wake up 9:30 to 11:00 – School work 11:00 to 11:30 – Lunch 11:30 to 12:45 – Library 1:00 to 1:50 – Class 1:50 to 3:00 – Library 3:00 to 4:15 – Class 4:15 to 5:00 – Dinner 5:00 to 6:00 – Gym 6:00 to 9:00 – Library 9:00pm to 2:00am - Relax 2:00am – Bed

11. What does the library have to offer?
Collected Data
Bloomsburg Library Continued
When looking at the previous data from the library I wondered why these students chose the library? I then decided to find out what the library has to offer.
What does the library have to offer?
Computers
Printing/Photo-copying
Books/Periodicals/Magazines
Group Study Rooms
Personal Cubbies
Librarian
Quiet Atmosphere

12. Further Investigation
After checking out the Library I decided to go straight to the students to figure out their study preferences.

13. Collected Data Interviews
*Majority of people prefer to study in their own private space

14. Collected Data Interviews
*Majority of students spend around 4 hours a day completing school work or studying

15. What are some ways you study?
Collected Data
Interviews
What are some ways you study?
Flash Cards
Study Guides
Practice Problems
Rereading the Book
Power Points
Rereading Notes
Highlighting
Make Slide Shows or Outlines
Organizing Notes
Reading the Book
Memorization
Doing the Questions at the end of the Chapter
Discussions with Peers
Type up notes
Look over Notes
*These answers were all given by Bloomsburg students. Each student named more than one way they study which shows the majority of students who study use more than one technique.

16. Collected Data Interviews
*Depending on whether you study alone or with someone else determines where you will study.

17. Further Investigation
While the library and the lounges are important study places, I noticed that students study in many other places on campus.
Let’s check out where else student’s study!

18. Collected Data Kehr Computer Lab
As I looked at the data Sarah collected I felt this was another place students would complete work or hang between classes.
Kehr Computer Lab 1
“Bloomsburg students go to the Kehr Computer Lab to work on the computers, type schoolwork, use the internet, or check s or even facebook. A lot of the students come to print papers or notes and PowerPoint slides from classes. “ – Sarah Stover 2
From reading all of Sarah’s findings you can see that students come to the computer labs to print notes to study from or follow along in class. 3
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(Stover, 2011)

19. Collected Data Starbucks on Campus
When reading Talyor’s observations about Starbucks I noticed she mentioned that she saw students completing their homework in a coffee shop. I thought to my self why the coffee shop? Is it a place of comfort? Is it the closest place to their next class? 1
“I also noticed only a couple people who did sit down in Starbucks do their homework right there.” – Taylor Adams 2
Although This shows that students do their work almost anywhere. 3
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20. Conclusions
Between my findings and my peers I found that students study in a variety of spaces (Coffee shops, benches outside, computer rooms, libraries, dorms, lounges, apartments,…) but everyone has their own special space and own reason for choosing that space. It’s all that persons preference. Some students live off campus or on upper campus and choose to stay on lower campus between classes to complete work or socialize with friends. While students living in dorms prefer to go back to their rooms or study on their floor’s lounges. In addition students have many ways of studying. Many redo practice problems, reread the book, make flash cards, or simply just look over notes. But their reasons for choosing these types of study habits are all different. Mostly everyone has more than one way and has their own preference of studying alone or within a group which infers that studying can be influenced on a persons social habits. Because most of my findings showed where you study or with whom you study was all preference, Does personality make a difference in the way you study?

21. Work Cited
Adams, T. (2011) Personal Page. Retrieved from adaptation12.wikispaces.com/CLUE+step+2. September 28.
Heath, S and Street, B. (2008). On Ethnography: Approaches to Language and Literacy Research. New York: Teachers College. Print.
Nathan, R. (2005). My Freshman Year: What a Professor Learned by Becoming a Student. New York: Penguin Group, Ltd.
Stover, S. (2011) Personal Page. Retrieved from adaptation12.wikispaces.com/Stover+CLUE+Step+2a. September 28.