Topic 1:Getting Ready to Learn

Topic 1: Getting Ready to Learn

• Ice Breaking

• Making Transition: Moving From School to University

- Making the moves from being in school is not an easy task. There is a need for students to make new friends at the new place. A student also needs to find out many new things and adapt to university life. And the most important thing is students need to make necessary lifestyle adjustments.

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• HOW IS STUDYING IN UNIVERSITY IS DIFFERENT FROM STUDYING IN SCHOOL?

WHY I AM HERE?

I'm in university because 

   -it can help me learn and think more effectively

   - It can help me get a good job

   -It can help me make a lot of money

   -It's a way to prove my self-worth

   -I want to learn more about what I can do with my life

CHARACTERISTICS OF SUCCESSFUL STUDENTS

8 steps to college success

• Attend all classes 
• Become an active learner
• Participate in class
• Get to know your lecturer
• Form study group with friends
• Stay up-to-date with your work
• Be receptive to change
• Work hard this semester

• Learning Styles Inventory

      

TEACHING AND LEARNING CENTER

• Scoring Your Inventory

• Characteristics of Visual, Auditory and Kinesthetic Modes

-Visual learners need to see the information. If your preferred style is visual, you have strong visualization skills and can remember objects, shapes, and pictures. You learn by reading and by watching films, videos, and demonstrations. You can see pictures in your mind.

-Auditory learners need to hear information. If your preferred style is auditory, you have a “good ear” and can hear differences in tones and rhythm. Reading out loud will be beneficial. You can remember what you hear in a lecture.

-Kinesthetic learners need to be physically active and doing things. If your preferred style is Kinesthetic, you are hands-on learners. You have good coordination and learn by doing. You generally have an active what is an approach to learning.

💌The highest score indicates our preferred learning style. So, my highest score is visual style. So I’m a visual style.

VISUAL STYLE

Practice building your visual memory

Rewrite your notes using different colors.


KINESTHETIC LEARNERS

Walk and talk about 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, summarise 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.