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Improving your grades will increase your self esteem, prepare you for higher level courses, increase your chances of transferring
to a four year college/university, or prepare you for success in any career of your choice. There are even other long-term consequences - as you become a successful college student this can also improve the lives of your children and their ability to learn and succeed in life. The key to improving your grades is to increase your "ability to learn", which has to do with improving your ability to remember the material presented in the course.
This will allow you to earn high grades on exams, laboratory work and term papers (or similar projects). Note the term "earn". You are not just given grades in your college classes, you "earn" your grades, and a big portion of your course grade is earned by answering questions correctly on exams. By so doing you prove that you have mastered the concepts covered in these exams.
In order to better your chances to earn above average grades, you should "know your grades" throughout the semester. If you keep track of the grades you have earned on assignments, you will have better control over where improvement is needed and where you need to put in more study time. One method of keeping track of your earned grades is to use the Grade Recorder provided on Dr. Nilsson's CyberOffice.
Correlating new information with the facts and concepts you already know helps tie facts together, making sense out of the bits and pieces you are learning. Instead of filling your mind with memorized, disjointed facts and figures, try to see how the new information relates with what you already know. Therefore, when studying a new concept, spend some time tying information together to get a view of "the big picture".
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Some of the key learning concepts that apply to effective learning are listed at the bottom of this page. As you may have noticed we have already discussed two of them: dedication (page 3) and budgeting time (page 6). 
If the red bullet to the left looks blurry, or appears to move, you may need a break -- if so, this is a good time for one! 
After the break we will discuss the other learning concepts. First we will discuss previewing. Take the break now and come back HERE again (to page 8) when you are ready to continue! To continue please click "NEXT".
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| previewing | reviewing | taking exams |
| focusing | repetition | visualization |
| dedication | concentration | budgeting time |
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