Student Success Strategies
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Equipping Students with Strategies for
SUCCESS both today and tomorrow
"Education is not the Learning of Facts, but Training the Mind to Think" - Albert Einstein
Time Management & Organizational​ Skills
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Definition of Organizational Skills: A set of abilities that allow you to plan, prioritize, and to set and achieve your goals. The main aim of these skills is to save your time and help your personal and business activities proceed smoothly and effectively. Time management is the process of organizing and planning how to divide your time between specific activities. Good time management enables you to work smarter - not harder - so that you get more done in less time, even when time is tight and pressures are high.
Study Skills &
Note Taking
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Definition of Note Taking: Involves certain cognitive behavior; writing notes engages your brain in specific and beneficial ways that help you grasp & retain information. Note taking can result in broader learning than simply mastering course content because it helps you to process information & make connections.
Test Taking Strategies
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Definition of Study Skills:
Study skills, academic skill, or study strategies are approaches applied to learning. They are generally critical to success in school, considered essential for acquiring good grades, and useful for learning throughout one's life.
Fluency & Reading Comprehension
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Definition of Speed Reading:
Speed reading is a collection of methods for increasing reading speed without an unacceptable reduction in comprehension or retention. Methods include skimming or the chunking of words in a body of text to increase the rate of reading.