Freshman year of university is one of exciting periods in a person’s life. It is a time of getting new friends and start a new life but we need to realize it will also comes with new responsibilities and experiences. Be positive all the time and you will enjoy life as a student happily.
Difference between high school & college
Characteristics of successful students
8 steps to university success
# Attend all class because most of the test questions will come from lectures.
# Become an active learner because we must write and recite the information to get it into long-term memory.
# Participate in class because you will feel more actively involved in the learning process.
# Get to know your lecturers because we should know who our lecturers especially their names as students
# Forms study groups with friends because study groups of about 3-4 people are known to be very effective
# Stay up to date with your work because want to avoid chaotic from workload.
# Be receptive to change because better to do some change for good performance such as make study strategies
# Work hard every semester because success is no accident. We must work smart to something that we want to archive.
Learning Styles
ACTIVITY 1
As for me, im more to visual learner. My way of learning more to visual style.
Here are some strategies:
VISUAL STYLE
create mind maps, flow charts and diagrams using bright colours. Put them where you can view them frequently.
practice building your visual memory.
rewrite your notes using different colours.
KINESTHETIC LEARNERS
use your hand. Cut up charts and diagrams. Create flash cards and move them around with large, sweeping movements.
walk and talk the information. Recite as you move.
type on a computer keyboard. You are using your muscle memory.
AUDITORY LEARNERS
after you read a page in your textbook, summarize the information out loud in your own words.
tape your instructor’s lecture,and if you are a commuter,listen to the tape on the way home, either in your car, or on the bus or subway.
discuss the material that you have been learning with a friend or study group.
Last but not least my additional ways that I usually use when I study :
- get a clean and comfortable environment
- a quiet and calm conditions.
- make small notes and mind maps for all important notes especially for the subjects that are difficult for me to understand.
- study with a partner or in a group to discuss the information or subject.
- make own strategies.
FATIHAH'S e-PORTFOLIO UED 102 
