Learning How to Learn: The Most Important Tool for Addressing the Challenges of the 21 st Century Dr. Saundra Y. McGuire Director, Center for Academic Success Adjunct Professor, Department of Chemistry Louisiana State University

What IS Learning to Learn? Learning to Receive and Process Information Learning to Organize Information Learning to Remember Information Learning to Apply Concepts Learning to Access and Utilize Information From a Variety of Sources

Factors Influencing Ability to Learn How to Learn Opportunity to Solve Complex Problems Confidence in One’s Ability to Learn Practice with Learning Tasks Rewards for Successful Learning Consequences for Unsuccessful Learning Lifelong Goals

STUDENTS WITH GPA OF 3.7 OR HIGHER T STUDIED OVER 30 HRS. PER WEEK OUT OF CLASS T REVIEWED MATERIAL PRIOR TO CLASS T STAYED 1-2 CHAPTERS AHEAD IN TEXT T REVIEWED NOTES AFTER CLASS T VISITED PROFESSOR/INSTRUCTOR/TUTOR TSTUDIED IN SMALL GROUPS (3-5) SEVERAL TIMES PER WEEK T ASKED QUESTIONS, ASKED QUESTIONS, ASKED QUESTIONS!!!

Learning Styles Visual Auditory Kinesthetic

Lament from LSU Freshman …I can’t tell you how many 4.0 high school students I have met here who are failing most of their classes. Warn those GPA people now; most probably remember me. If you never learned how to study or assert yourself in high school, you’ll be a 4.0 drop out student from college…

Phase One: Read or preview chapters to be covered in class… before class. Phase Two: Go to class- listen actively, take notes, participate. Phase Three: Review and process class notes as soon after class as possible. Phase Four: Incorporate intense study sessions. Repeat And… once a week, examine that whole week’s notes at once. This helps you get “the big picture” and connect ideas. Continuous Process of Learning

Phase One: Read or preview chapters to be covered in class… before class. Phase Two: Go to class- listen actively, take notes, participate. Phase Three: Review and process class notes as soon after class as possible. Phase Four: Incorporate intense study sessions. Repeat And… once a week, examine that whole week’s notes at once. This helps you get “the big picture” and connect ideas. Continuous Process of Learning