Keys to Academic Success

Go to Class

Address your Professor as “Professor ____” or ”Dr. ____”

Electronic Devices

Social Media

Classroom Expectations

ü Descriptive Subject with class date & timeü Polite greetingü Why you are emailingü Salutationü Your full nameü Banner ID Number

Email Etiquette

Learning is a process

Tutoring Services

Supplemental Instruction

Academic Success Coaching

Supplemental Instruction (SI)Earn Higher Grades in

Historically Difficult Classes3 Study Sessions each week with SI Leaders

Supplemental Instructions are

Peer-LedStudy Sessions

Tutoring ServicesWalk-in Tutoring

Math Assistance Program

ü Astronomyü Biologyü Businessü Statisticsü Physics

Walk-InTutoring Subjects

ü Engineeringü Spanishü Economics

And more!

Math AssistanceProgram

Academic Success Coaching

Academic CoachingWorkshops

VS AcademicAdvisor

AcademicCoach

WorkshopsGroup Setting & Common Challenges

Academic Success CoachingBy Appointment Only

an Academic Coach can help with

Procrastination

Stages of Procrastination

ü Fear of success or failure

ü Overestimating the time left to complete a task

ü Underestimating the time required to complete a task

ü Believing that you must be “in the mood” to do a task

ü Over-reliance on time-saving modern technology

What Causes Procrastination?

ü Get Real!

ü Recognize you are procrastinating

ü Determine why

ü Begin realistic thinking

Procrastination Prevention Strategies

Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.”Mark Twain

“

ü Get SMART goals• Specific• Measurable• Achievable• Realistic• Timely

ü Prioritizeü Set Deadlinesü Set Remindersü Reward Yourself!

More Strategies

an Academic Coach can help with

Concentration

Understand the Importance of

Study StrategiesEffective Note-taking & Proactive Textbook Reading

Why TakeNotes?

Cornell Mapping Outlining

Note-Taking Methods

ü Before ClassPreview, Question, Read and Take Notes

ü During ClassCompare reading to lecture

ü After ClassCompare again, look for repeated concepts

Textbook Reading

3-2-1Things you

learnedInteresting

FactsQuestion

Textbook Reading MethodsUse the 3-2-1 Method

PreviewQuestionSet Goals

Textbook Reading MethodsUse the Power Hour

Minutes40Read TextTake Notes

Minutes5

Walk AwayTake a Break

Minutes5Review

Minutes01

an Academic Coach can help with

Time Management

The goal of Time Management is to find a balance

among the things you need to doand the things you want to do.

ü Big Pictureü Break it downü Follow through

Planning Study Time

UTSA Planner Activity – Big Picture

UTSA Planner Activity – Break it Down

Follow Through On a

ü Make a To-Do Listü Prioritizeü Revise

Daily Basis

Tutoring Services

Supplemental Instruction

Academic Success Coaching

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