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Academic Goals: Focus Your Effort and Make Better Grades

by Winston Sieck updated September 19, 2021

soccer metaphor for academic goals

Do grades feel like a crap shoot? A chance outcome in an uncertain world? When school gets hectic, it’s easy to flail aimlessly. After the dust finally settles and your final grades arrive, you wonder what happened. One of the best ways to stay on track is to set academic goals for your … [Read more...] about Academic Goals: Focus Your Effort and Make Better Grades

Filed Under: Learning Skills

Giving Effective Feedback to Foster Understanding

by Winston Sieck updated September 19, 2021

Effective Feedback for a Student

A good classroom teacher looks like a well-oiled student feedback machine. Student responses are analyzed, feedback is given, and the loop repeats. Whether this is done verbally in an all class discussion, or in marginalia scrawled on a stack of quizzes, good teachers know that giving students … [Read more...] about Giving Effective Feedback to Foster Understanding

Filed Under: Learning Science

Cultural Adjustment: Embracing Your Journey Abroad

by Winston Sieck updated September 19, 2021

sojourner facing cultural adjustment

“You’re such an American!” In the U.S., those are words you’re proud to hear, they bolster your pride and patriotic spirit. When you hear them uttered in another country, though, those four little words can really sting. There is a substantial difference between visiting a place to experience … [Read more...] about Cultural Adjustment: Embracing Your Journey Abroad

Filed Under: Culture & Communication Tagged With: general

3 Study Habits of Successful Students in College

by Winston Sieck updated September 19, 2021

successful students have good study habits

Can’t wait to break out of high school and dash off to college? College is a lot of fun. Late nights, parties, sporting events with thousands of people, on-campus concerts and thousands of potential new friends combine to make college some of the best years of a person's life. Yet, in the … [Read more...] about 3 Study Habits of Successful Students in College

Filed Under: Learning Skills

Critical Thinking in Everyday Life

by Winston Sieck updated September 19, 2021

critical thinking in everyday life

Have you ever been listening to one of your teacher's lessons and thought that it had no relevance to your own life? You're not alone. Just about every student has felt the same way. Sure, you use critical thinking skills in the classroom to solve word problems in math, write essays in … [Read more...] about Critical Thinking in Everyday Life

Filed Under: Popular, Thinking & Deciding

Want a Deep Understanding? First, Know How Little You Know

by Winston Sieck updated October 9, 2024

Avoid shallow water and achieve deep understanding

It's natural to feel we have a deep understanding of the world. Unfortunately, we most often don't. On the whole, we tend to think we understand how things work in much more detail than we actually do. Scientists continue to show us just how complex the world really is. And the devices we … [Read more...] about Want a Deep Understanding? First, Know How Little You Know

Filed Under: Learning Skills, Thinking & Deciding

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