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How to study in UniversitiesPresenter: Dr. Ha Viet Uyen Synh.

Introduction


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How to gain motivation

Step 1: Decide what you're trying to do in college.

Step 2: Make college your job.

a. Real students own their own books, have a suitable place to work, andkeep their materials conveniently available.

b. Most distractions come from within you. If you have trouble concentrating,try to see what's bothering you and take steps to eliminate it.

Step 3: Set short-range goals

a. Analyze your study task. What do you want to achieve? How can it best bedone?

b. Set a definite time limit. You can get as much done in one hour as six ifyou know you must. Work expands to fit the time available.

c. Evaluate your success or failure. You can learn best from makingmistakes, provided you recognize that they are mistakes.

TWELVE STEPS TO ACADEMIC SUCCESS

1) Set academic and personal goals

2) Learn actively

3) Time/task management

4) Listening and notetaking skills

5) Reading skills

6) Exam preparation and taking skills

7) Stress management and exercise

8) Writing skills

9) Getting the sleep you need and staying healthy

10) Getting involved in co-curricular activities

11) Course choice, especially during your first year in college

12) Getting to know your professors


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1. Set academic and personal goals

Semester#8, #9

Semester #8, #9Focusing on doing

pre-thesis & thesis

Timeline of undergraduate students

Semester#7

Semester #7Thinking about how

to graduate

Semester#5, #6

Semester #5, #6Studying advanced

programming

Semester#3, #4

Semester #3, #4Studying how to

program

Semester#1, #2

Semester #1, #2Focusing on learning

English

After graduationWorking for a

company

After graduationFurtheringyour study


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2. Learn actively

Learning takes time.

Very few people have photographic memories.

Learning requires repetition- meaningful repetition. This is why active study

techniques are so vitally important.

In printingstudy cards, the student is using kinetic energy (energy in

motion), thus making the impression stronger on the brain, and the

student will be able to use the cards for overlearning.

Memory1. General points to consider

a. The student must focus his or her attention on whatever needs to beremembered. If you intend to remember something, you probably will.

b. The student must be "sold" on the course. Why is this subject worthknowing? Correlative reading may enhance the student's interest

c. Help the students classify and associate. Many authorities feel that you willmaster information faster if you learn in groups of seven or fewer at a time.

d. Have the students overlearn through repetition.

2. Association is a key to memory:

a. You remember approximately 10 percent of what you read.

b. You remember approximately 20 percent of what you hear.c. You remember approximately 30 percent of what you see.

d. You remember approximately 50 percent of what you hear and see together.

e. You remember approximately 70 percent of what you say (if you think as youare saying it).

f. You remember approximately 90 percent of what you do.


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A WEEKLY FLOW CHART FOR STUDYING

3. Time/task managementCount all your time as time to be used and make every attempt to getsatisfaction out of every moment.

Try to use waiting time-review notes or do practice problems.

Concentrate on one thing at a time.

Put up reminders in your home or office about your goals.

Find ways to build on your successes.

Stop regretting your failures and start learning from your mistakes.

Examine and revise your lifetime goals on a monthly basis and be sure toinclude progress towards those goals on a daily basis.


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4. Listening and notetaking skills

Why do We Forget?

Memory Improvement

Office Tools:

Microsoft OneNote

Microsoft Visio

5. Reading skills

MYTH 1: I HAVE TO READ EVERY WORD

MYTH 2: READING ONCE IS ENOUGH

MYTH 3: IT IS SINFUL TO SKIP PASSAGES IN READING

MYTH 4: MACHINES ARE NECESSARY TO IMPROVE MY READING SPEED

MYTH 5: IF I SKIM OR READ TOO RAPIDLY MY COMPREHENSION WILLDROP

MYTH 6: THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT MY EYES THAT KEEPS ME FROM

READING FAST


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Steps to Follow in Skimming for the Main Ideas

1. First, read the title of the chapter or selection carefully. Determine whatclues it gives you as to what the selection is about.

2. Look carefully at the headings and other organizational clues. These tipyou off to the main points that the author wants you to learn.

Remember that authors of college textbooks want you to recognize theimportant concepts. They use:

a. Major headings and subheadings to convey major points.

b. Italicized words and phrases so that crucial new terms and definitions willstand out.

c. Lists of points set off by numbers or paragraphs that begin with the phrasessuch as "The three most important factors . . . " etc.

d. Redundancy or repetition. By stating and restating the facts and ideas, theauthor ensures that you will be exposed in different ways to the concepts shefeels are the most crucial for you to understand.

6. Exam preparation and taking skills

Step 1: SURVEY

Step 2: QUESTIONS

Step 3: READ

Step 4: RECALL

Step 5: REVIEW


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7. Stress management and exercise

What is stress?

What are some of the causes of stress?

What are some symptoms of unmanaged stress?

What are ways to manage stress effectively?

8. Writing skills


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9. Getting the sleep you need and

staying healthy

10. Getting involved in co-curricularactivities


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11. Course choice

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OOP

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DSA AI


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Programming class

Training the programming skill for students

Time: ??

Room: ??

How to program?

Data structures & Algorithms

OpenCV library & NS2 libary

Advanced Algorithms

12. Getting to know your professors

How to Approach a Professor for Help?

Step 1: Identifying Reasons for Seeking Help

Step 2: Determining When to Meet

Step 3: Organizing Your Talk with Your Professor

Step 4: Talking with Your Professor


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