COLLEGE SUCCESS 106 BY: AMANDA EVANS

I am in college to get my degree in Early Childhood. After I finish at Broome, I plan to go to Oneonta and receive my bachelors. My future plans are to graduate from college, get married, and then get a decent job before having kids.

CHAPTER 1FIRST STEPS

In this chapter, there was the Discovery Wheel. I learned that I am strongest in test taking and time management.

This chapter also talked about how to get motivated about learning .

The main idea that we learned in this chapter were the different types of intelligences. (Visual/Spatial, Verbal/Linguistic, Mathematical/Logical, Musical/Rhythmic, and Interpersonal)

CHAPTER 2TIME AND MONEY

In this chapter, we had to keep track of what we did for a week and write it down. It was a good eye-opener for what I do a lot of.

We also had to monitor our income and expenses and figure out what we spend the most money on.

We also talked about what to do if we are in financial trouble.

CHAPTER 3MEMORY

Mnemonic Devices tricks to helps us remember something Acronyms NASA, ROY G. BIV, IPMAT Acrostics Every Good Boy Does Fine (E,

G, B, D, F) (music notes) Rhymes or songs Loci System creating visuals with

locations We also learned how to keep our

brain healthy by staying physically and mentally active

CHAPTER 4READING

Three Phases to Muscle Reading Before you read While you read After you read

What to do when reading is touch How to read fast

Move eyes faster Notice and release ineffective habits Skim

How to use a library

CHAPTER 5 NOTES

How to take notes Use key words Pictures and diagrams Use different colors Write a summary

Cornell Method Outline Mind mapping What to do when instructor talks fast

and taking notes

CHAPTER 6 TESTS

Form group studies What to do before tests What to do during the tests How to take different types of

questions Essay Multiple choice True/false Short answer/ fill- in – the- blank

How to deal with test anxiety

CHAPTER 7THINKING

How to become a critical thinker How to create ideas

Brainstorm Collect and play with your ideas Refine ideas

Decision making How to choose your major Overcoming stereotypes

CHAPTER 8 COMMUNICATING

How to speak Reduce “you” to “I” messages Notice barriers to sending messages Speak up!

How to develop emotional intelligence

How to manage conflicts Different strategies for effective

writing How to do public speaking

Analyze audience Organize presentation Communicate message in three parts

CHAPTER 9HEALTH

Eat healthy Exercise daily Let go of tension (meditate) Preventing accidents Preventing sexual assaults Preventing STIs Preventing unwanted pregnancies Problems with drugs

CHAPTER 10WHAT’S NEXT?

How to approach our careers Transferable skills Technical skills How to perform these skills Use resumes and interviews to get

an inside look at employers How to choose school………AGAIN What Service Learning is What types of workplaces to join

A LITTLE ABOUT ME! I am:

Visual/Spatial which means that I have to see things in front of me for me to really comprehend them

This means that I have many strengths in classes where we get a lot of papers with notes on them

This also means that I am not very good in the classes where it is all power point or lectures.

RIGHT OR LEFT?

I am right brained! I am way more creative (right brain)

than I am logical (left brain) This is a strength for me because

most of my classes require me to be creative.

This is a weakness for me because it means I do not do very good in my math and science classes.

OUTLININGSubfields of psychology

Cognitive Psychologists Study basic mental processes

Biological Psychologists Study how genes and brain chemistry are related to

appearance of mental disorders Personality Psychologists

Study individuality Developmental Psychologists

Study & describe changes in behavior & mental processes over life span

Quantitative Psychologists Develop & use statistical tools to analyze vast amounts of

info generated by results from all psychology’s subfields

• It works for me because it lets me see everything that is important

STUDY STRATEGIES I USE I use outlining as a study strategy

(as I said before) I also use mnemonics as a study

strategy. In my Early Childhood Class, we are

studying SPLICE. S – Social P – Physical L – Language I – Intellectual C – Cognitive E - Emotional

TEST ANXIETY(Ellis, 2009, p.144)

Yell “STOP!” - when you think you are getting too worried about tests

Praise yourself! – when you are about to be hard on yourself, praise yourself instead

Consider the worst! – think about the very worst thing that could happen

Breathe! – just calm down and take a couple minutes to breathe

TEST ANXIETY (CONTINUED)(Ellis, 2009, p.144)

Think about how your feeling! Exercise! – regularly exercise during

the time you are preparing for a test Get help! – if you need help, talk to

the professor

WHERE AM I NOW?

As a student, I have grown since August because I : Study a lot more for tests Take better notes Now know which way I learn better, so I

can use it to my advantage These are all positive changes.

INTERVIEWS 1ST INTERVIEW

My boyfriend College student I chose him

because he is what I would consider successful in college. He is very set in what he is going for. He has a passion for what he is going for as well.

2ND INTERVIEW Family friend

Scott Farmer I chose Scott

because there are not a lot of farmers anymore who are still going strong. Most of them give up, but he is still going and he worked hard to get where he is today.

REFERENCES(APA)

Ellis, D. (2009). Becoming a Master Student. Boston, MA: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning.