Post on 08-Jun-2020
Keys to Academic Success
Go to Class
Address your Professor as “Professor ____” or ”Dr. ____”
Electronic Devices
Social Media
Classroom Expectations
ü Descriptive Subject with class date & timeü Polite greetingü Why you are emailingü Salutationü Your full nameü Banner ID Number
Email Etiquette
Learning is a process
Tutoring Services
Supplemental Instruction
Academic Success Coaching
Supplemental Instruction (SI)Earn Higher Grades in
Historically Difficult Classes3 Study Sessions each week with SI Leaders
Supplemental Instructions are
Peer-LedStudy Sessions
Tutoring ServicesWalk-in Tutoring
Math Assistance Program
ü Astronomyü Biologyü Businessü Statisticsü Physics
Walk-InTutoring Subjects
ü Engineeringü Spanishü Economics
And more!
Math AssistanceProgram
Academic Success Coaching
Academic CoachingWorkshops
VS AcademicAdvisor
AcademicCoach
WorkshopsGroup Setting & Common Challenges
Academic Success CoachingBy Appointment Only
an Academic Coach can help with
Procrastination
Stages of Procrastination
ü Fear of success or failure
ü Overestimating the time left to complete a task
ü Underestimating the time required to complete a task
ü Believing that you must be “in the mood” to do a task
ü Over-reliance on time-saving modern technology
What Causes Procrastination?
ü Get Real!
ü Recognize you are procrastinating
ü Determine why
ü Begin realistic thinking
Procrastination Prevention Strategies
Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.”Mark Twain
“
ü Get SMART goals• Specific• Measurable• Achievable• Realistic• Timely
ü Prioritizeü Set Deadlinesü Set Remindersü Reward Yourself!
More Strategies
an Academic Coach can help with
Concentration
Understand the Importance of
Study StrategiesEffective Note-taking & Proactive Textbook Reading
Why TakeNotes?
Cornell Mapping Outlining
Note-Taking Methods
ü Before ClassPreview, Question, Read and Take Notes
ü During ClassCompare reading to lecture
ü After ClassCompare again, look for repeated concepts
Textbook Reading
3-2-1Things you
learnedInteresting
FactsQuestion
Textbook Reading MethodsUse the 3-2-1 Method
PreviewQuestionSet Goals
Textbook Reading MethodsUse the Power Hour
Minutes40Read TextTake Notes
Minutes5
Walk AwayTake a Break
Minutes5Review
Minutes01
an Academic Coach can help with
Time Management
The goal of Time Management is to find a balance
among the things you need to doand the things you want to do.
ü Big Pictureü Break it downü Follow through
Planning Study Time
UTSA Planner Activity – Big Picture
UTSA Planner Activity – Break it Down
Follow Through On a
ü Make a To-Do Listü Prioritizeü Revise
Daily Basis
Tutoring Services
Supplemental Instruction
Academic Success Coaching
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