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Habits for Success
Habits for Success
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Welcome to University life LL101
Habits for Success
Habits for Success
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• Objective• To offer students practical and updated academic skills that will help
them stay accountable and on track with goals and to inculcate lifelong learning habit.
• Learning Outcome• Think critically and creatively in order to solve problems and make
decisions • Implement learning and research skills that support lifelong learning• Communicate, lead, function effectively and successfully in a team
setting• Manage important resources such as time, money and people• Adhere to ethical standards in academic writing
Habits for Success
Habits for Success
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• Main Text:
• Carter, Bishop and Kravits (2011). Keys to Effective Learning, 6th ed. United: Pearson Education
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• Additional Text :
• Bailey (2011). Academic Writing: A Handbook for International Students, 3rd ed. UK: Routledge
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• McWhorter and Sember (2013). Academic Reading: College Major and Career Applications, 8th ed. United Kingdom: Pearson.
Habits for Success
Habits for Success
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No. Method of Assessment Total
1. 2.
Coursework Assignment 1Assignment 2 Participation
30%30%
10%
3. Final Examination 30%
GRAND TOTAL 100%
Habits for Success
Habits for Success
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CHAPTER 1
Habits for Success: Reality Check
Carol Carter, Joyce Bishop, and
Sarah Lyman Kravits
Keys to Effective Learning, 6e
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Habit for Success:
Persist
“Effective problem solvers stick to a task until it is completed. They don’t give up easily. They are able to analyze a problem and develop a system, structure, or strategy to attack it.”
Art Costa
Keys to Effective Learning 6e,Ch01
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Where are you headed, and how will college get
you there?
Keys to Effective Learning 6e,Ch01
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Habits for Success
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College is a training ground for success in the global
marketplace.
Consider:
• If you were teaching, what would your ideal student be like?
• If you were hiring a new employee, what would you look for in that person?
Keys to Effective Learning 6e,Ch01
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Habits for Success
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Habits for Success
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Habits for Success
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Habits for Success
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Habits for Success
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How can you transition to
college-level work?
Keys to Effective Learning 6e,Ch01
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Habits for Success
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College means…
• More independence and responsibility
• Increased workload
• More challenging work
• More out-of-class time to manage
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What do you need to do at the start of the semester to set you up for success?
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Habits for Success
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What/who can help you?
• People – instructors, advisors, counselors, administrators
• Knowing how to use technology (computer and e-mail systems at your school)
• This book – by giving you a set of skills for now and for life
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Surveys indicate that only 25% of students seek
advice from instructors, advisors, or counselors.
Boost that number and
don’t miss out – ask for help!
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Studies show: Students who reach out and
get involved tend to continue their studies more than students
who don’t.
Keys to Effective Learning 6e,Ch01
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Habits for Success
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How can habits change your life for the better?
Keys to Effective Learning 6e,Ch01
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Habits for Success
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“Bad” habits have negative effects. “Good” habits have positive effects.
Research shows that you can change habits – and that
the effort actually builds new brain cells.
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Habits for Success
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Replace a bad habit with a new, better habit.
“If you opened up your computer and started removing hardware, …chances are your computer wouldn’t work. Similarly, you can’t just pull out habits without replacing the needs they fulfill.” Scott H. Young
What would you like to replace with a better habit?
Keys to Effective Learning 6e,Ch01
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Habits for Success
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What habits fuel college success?
Keys to Effective Learning 6e,Ch01
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Habits for Success
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Habits for Success are tools for successful problem solving.
• Educator Art Costa studied how students respond to problems, especially unfamiliar ones.
• This research found that successful students use certain positive habits to think through and solve problems.
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Habits for Success
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These habits will help you…
• Focus effectively on academics
• Manage your time, money, and responsibilities
• Improve self-knowledge
• Set and achieve goals
• Succeed on the job and in your personal life
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The Habits for Success
• Persist. – Chapter 1• Keep learning.• Think before you act.• Reach out to others.• Create and imagine.• Put your senses to
work.
• Ask questions.• Use what you
know.• Listen actively.• Take responsible
risks.• Be flexible.
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Habits for Success
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Habits for Success
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Class Exercise: Building skills
1. Describe an important goal that you believe university will help you achieve
2. Name top 2 challenges yopu face in dealing with the difference between college and high school.
3. How can bad habits change your life for the better?
4. Name 2 strategies you would use to change or replace a habit that holds you back.
5. What ‘Habits for Success’ fuel college success?
6. Name 3 ‘Habits for Success’ that you feel you need most work.
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Class Exercise : How to begin a new habit
• Identify what you want to change & why• Name the actions you will take• Get support from friends and family• Keep it up for at least 21- 30 days• Be accountable: note your progress• Evaluate progress• Switch gears if it isn’t working
Note: work on one or two habits at a timeKeys to Effective Learning 6e,Ch01
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