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10 Steps to Earning Awesome Grades - Coggle Diagram
10 Steps to Earning Awesome Grades
Step 1:
Pay better attention in class
Don't overload the system
Your body and mind are one system.
Respect each, love each, and each will aid and improve the other.
So train your ass you lazy fuck.
Sit up front and be present
Come prepared
Ask your professor for help
Corson technique
Before you do, ask yourself this question:
What is it that I don't understand?
"First you must try; then you must ask"
15 minute rule
Try to solve the problem on your own before getting outside help
Keep those hands moving
Active participant > passive observer
Speak up in class discussions
Take lots of notes
Step 2:
Take better notes
Five excellent note-taking methods
Outline method
Mind map method
Cornell method
Flow method
"Write on the slides" method
Paper notebooks vs. laptops
Notebook
173 WPM
Better word processing
Laptop
300 WPM
More likely to transcribe word by word
Get more out of your textbooks
Don't do all your assigned reading
Primary readings
Textbooks and other vital reads
Secondary readings
Smaller books
Case studies
Suggested articles
Know how you'll be assessed
Don't read textbooks like newspapers
5 active reading strategies
Summarize what you read