{"id":721,"date":"2015-09-25T12:35:13","date_gmt":"2015-09-25T17:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/newdean\/?p=721"},"modified":"2015-09-25T12:35:57","modified_gmt":"2015-09-25T17:35:57","slug":"revised-keys-to-academic-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/dean\/2015\/09\/25\/revised-keys-to-academic-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Revised Keys to Academic Success"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last summer I posted an article about a short presentation I developed for first year students about the\u00a0“keys to academic success.”<\/a>\u00a0This week I used the guide for the first time at SJSU, but revised it. Here is the new structure of advice to students:<\/p>\n

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  1. Study Smarter<\/strong>: How<\/em> you study changes; it\u2019s all about quality, not quantity.<\/li>\n
  2. Time Management<\/strong>: There is a seismic shift from having a schedule planned for you to making your own schedule. Consider The Three T system:\n
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    1. Triage<\/strong>: Determine priority of tasks<\/li>\n
    2. Track<\/strong>: System for getting things done [a to-do list process; a great resource is rememberthemilk.com<\/a> and its apps]<\/li>\n
    3. Trace<\/strong>: Establish good habits and patterns<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
    4. Navigation 1: General Networking<\/strong>. University is a bureaucracy, but there is navigation assistance. Talk with classmates. Talk with resident advisors. Use campus services, like the college advising centers.<\/li>\n
    5. Navigation 2: Professors<\/strong>. Learn how to decipher professors\u2019 demands, and then select the best strategies to meet them. This is about studying smarter (point 1) and also being proactive: go talk to professors!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      I also encourage students to read the book\u00a0College Rules! How to Study, Survive, and Succeed in College <\/em>[Sherrie Nist-Olejnik and Jodi Patrick Holschuh, authors. Ten Speed Press, 3rd<\/sup> edition.] I begin to wrap up the presentation by reading the last paragraph in College Rules!<\/em>:<\/p>\n

      \u201cWhile in college, think about gaining the following skills \u2013 thinking critically, writing persuasively, problem solving effectively, and speaking convincingly. If you can develop these competencies over the next four (or five) years, you are ready to learn for a lifetime. These are also likely the skills that will help you land (and keep) your dream job.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

      I then conclude by telling the students: “college is serious business, but enjoy it too. Have fun!”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Last summer I posted an article about a short presentation I developed for first year students about the\u00a0“keys to academic success.”\u00a0This week I used the guide for the first time at SJSU, but revised it. Here is the new structure of advice to students: Study Smarter: How you study changes; it\u2019s all about quality, not […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1927,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22221],"tags":[2051,22230],"class_list":["post-721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-organizational-leadership","tag-socialization","tag-undergraduate-students"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/dean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/dean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/dean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/dean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1927"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/dean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=721"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/dean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/721\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":724,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/dean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/721\/revisions\/724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/dean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/dean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/dean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}