{"id":62308,"date":"2018-01-19T12:24:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-19T17:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=62308"},"modified":"2020-05-13T09:28:02","modified_gmt":"2020-05-13T13:28:02","slug":"dc-students-perhaps-this-learning-strategy-will-help-you-as-you-learn-how-to-learn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2018\/01\/19\/dc-students-perhaps-this-learning-strategy-will-help-you-as-you-learn-how-to-learn\/","title":{"rendered":"DC: Students! Perhaps this learning strategy will help you as you learn how to learn!"},"content":{"rendered":"

From DSC:<\/span><\/em>
\nI have been trying to blog more about learning how to learn — and to provide some more resources on metacognition<\/a> and the like. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Along these lines — and with permission from the author — the following excerpt is from Quentin Schultze’s solid book, Communicate like a True Leader<\/em><\/a> (pages 35 & 36).\u00a0 I asked Quin if I could share this excerpt because I think it could be a great strategy<\/em> <\/span>to share with students (at least for them to experiment with, and try it out to see if it helps them). Whether they know it or not, learning how to learn is THEE key skill these days. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Quin would also emphasize some other items such as listening, attending to reality, communicating effectively with others, and more…but my focus here is on learning strategies.\u00a0 So I share it in the hope that it will help some of you students out there just as it helped Quin.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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During the beginning of my sophomore year, I started reviewing each day’s class notes after classes were over. I soon realized how little I recalled even of that day’s lectures and discussions. It dawned on me that normal note-taking merely gave me the impression that I was learning. I implemented a strategy that revolutionized my learning, launched me successfully into graduate school, helped me become a solid teacher, equipped me to be a productive researcher-writer, and made it possible for me to be an engaging speaker.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

I not only reviewed my notes daily. I rewrote them from scratch within a couple of hours of each class meeting. I used my actual course notes as prompts to recall more of the lecture and to help me organize my own reactions to the material. My notes expanded. My retention swelled.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

My revised notes became a kind of journal of my dialogue with the instructor and the readings. I integrated into my revised course notes my daily reading notes, reworking them into language that was meaningful to me and preparing to ask the instructor at the next class anything that I was uncertain about. From then on I earned nearly straight A’s with far less cramming for exams.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Moreover, I had begun journaling about my learning \u2014 one of the most important communication skills. I became a real learner by discovering how to pay attention to others and myself.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

In a broad sense, I learned how to listen.<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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