ON COURSE Strategies for Creating Success in College

ON COURSE: Strategies for Creating Success in College and in Life Study Skills Plus Chapter 1: Getting On Course to Your Success © 2017 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved.

Getting On Course to Your Successful Students… Struggling Students… • Accept personal responsibility • See themselves as victims • Discover self-motivation • Have difficulty sustaining motivation • Master self-management • Employ interdependence • Seldom identify actions needed to accomplish a desired outcome • Are solitary © 2017 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved.

College Smart-Start Guide GET FAMILIAR GET ORGANIZED GET SERIOUS • Campus • Supplies • Attending Class • Classrooms • Schedule • Syllabus • Technology • Completing Assignments © 2017 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. • Setting Goals

Understanding the Culture of Higher Education Surface Culture: Deep Culture: Elements we perceive with our senses Elements are usually taken for granted until they are disobeyed • Foods • Norms • Language • Beliefs • Gestures • Attitudes • Holidays • Opinions • Customs • World Views © 2017 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved.

Surface Culture of Higher Education Surface Culture: Deep Culture: May feel unfamiliar/require you to adapt Expectations for you to know and to do • Class size • Create a long-term educational plan • Appropriate dress • Amount of Homework • Students’ Race/Ethnicity • Ages © 2017 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. • Know the importance of your GPA • Complete Gen Ed requirements • Complete prerequisites • Talk to and meet with your instructors

Write a Great Life: Guided Journal Entries • Flannery O’Connor once said, “I write because I don’t know what I think until I read what I say. ” • Guided Journal Entries allow you to journey with an experienced guide who takes you to places and sights you may not have explored on your own. • Dive deep to design a life worth living. By bridging the gulf between knowledge and achievement you will make yourself successful. © 2017 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved.

Write a Great Life: Creating Meaningful Journal Entries 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Copy the prompt Be spontaneous Be honest Be Creative Deep © 2017 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved.

Understanding the Expectations of Higher Ed 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Responsible Motivated to Succeed Attend Collaborate with peers Make changes when things are not working Passion for learning Manage emotions Realistic self-confidence © 2017 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved.

Understanding Yourself Consider a curious puzzle: Two students enter a college class on the first day of the semester. Both appear to have similar intelligence, backgrounds, talents, interests and abilities. The weeks slide by and the semester ends. Surprisingly, one student soars—fulfilling his potential—and the other sinks—falling short of his potential. • Why do students with similar aptitudes perform so differently? • Which of these students do you identify with? © 2017 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved.

Success Is… Hard Skills Soft Skills • Writing skills • Persistence • Math skills • Self-confidence • Reading skills • Motivation • Learning skills • Self-management © 2017 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved.

Assess Your Soft Skills For College Success • What is the purpose of taking the On Course selfassessment? • To identify soft skills that support your success and to discover soft skills that may need to be strengthened to achieve more of your potential in college and in life. • Why is the self-assessment not a test? • Because there are no right or wrong answers. The questions give you the opportunity to create an accurate and current self-portrait. © 2017 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved.

Navigating a Path Our paths in college and in life are filled with a series of opportunities and obstacles. The choices we make at each fork in the road will ultimately determine our level of success! © 2017 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved.

Success Comes from the Inside Out • “I don’t need this success stuff. Just give me the information and skills I need to get a good job. ” • “I already know how to be successful. This is just a waste of my time. ” • “I don’t want to examine and write about myself. That’s not what college should be about. ” © 2017 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved.