Student success strategies: resources, honesty, goals, and time management

¶ … Educational Resources

The school library can be used to find not just books but also academic journals. Also, students can link to the school library remotely. We can access academic databases that have articles about any topic. The academic databases we have access to at school are reliable sources of information that should be used before using Web sites.

Upholding Academic Honesty

Academic honesty means communicating well with professors and with fellow students. If we are struggling in a class we ask for help. We do not copy what other people have written and pass it off as our own. Plagiarism is forbidden. We learn the proper way to cite materials.

Setting and Achieving Goals

Academic advisors can help us to set and achieve our academic goals. Peers and mentors can help us set and achieve extracurricular goals that involve activities such as sports or volunteer work. In either case, setting goals requires making lists of long-term and short-term objectives. For example, a long-term goal would be related to a career choice whereas a short-term goal would be to receive a good grade in a certain class. Achieving goals only depends on prioritizing those goals that are the most important and fulfilling them first.

Fostering Reading Comprehension and Retention

Reading comprehension and retention require practice. The more we read the more we will understand. Our vocabularies expand and so will our understanding of how sentences are constructed. Retaining what we read demands a high level of concentration, which also takes practice to develop.

Applying Personality and Learning Styles

Personality affects the way we learn and the environment we prefer to learn in. If we recognize our learning style, we can emphasize our strengths by studying in ways that benefit us. For example, some individuals learn best when listening to music, and others learn best when sitting outside.