Strategies for college success-home

The Strategies course uses "A Hope in the Unseen" by Ron Suskind as a supplementary reading.

For information on the book, follow these links: Purchase book from www.Amazon.com

Course Description

This course teaches "study skills," which are abilities to use specific techniques and approaches to enable better learning, better understanding and better retention of what is taught. This course also addresses time and life management issues that are pertinent in a college environment. Using the ADAPT instructional model, the course introduces four key strategies for achievement: Take Reasonable Risk, Take Responsibility for your Outcomes, Search the Environment, and Use Feedback. These strategies are applied to enhancing skills and processes such as learning from lecture and text, preparing for exams, researching and writing papers, managing tasks, making career decisions, and managing oneself and one’s life at college. The Strategies course uses Learning and Motivation Strategies: Your Guide to Success, 2nd Edition, by Tuckman, Abry, and Smith, 2007, as the primary textbook.

There is no cost to the institution for piloting the 'Strategies' course during the period of the FIPSE grant.

The following topics are covered:

Module 1: Introduction ...

... describes the purpose and format of the course.

Module 2: The Keys to Achievement ...

... introduces general overall strategies that enable people to be successful achievers.

Module 3: Procrastination - The Thief of Time ...

... describes strategies and approaches that reduce or eliminate procrastination.

For more information on Procrastination, click here.

Module 4: Believing in Yourself - Self-Confidence ...

... introduces methods that increase self-confidence.

Module 5: Taking Responsibility - It's up to You ...

... presents methods that increase one's sense of control over life

Module 6: Active Listening - Learning from Lecture ...

... describes methods for taking notes and processing the material from notes.

Module 7: Active Reading - Learning from Text ...

... introduces methods for reading and understanding text materials. Go here to learn how to construct a Q & A outline.

Module 8: Preparing for Exams ...

... describes methods for organizing class information to successfully prepare for exams. Go here to learn how to overcome test anxiety.

Module 9: Preparing Papers and Speeches ...

... covers methods for writing papers and giving speeches.
For an example of preparing a speech for the Strategies course, click here.

Module 10: Managing your Life in School ...

... presents methods for successful adjustment to college life.

Module 11: Relationships that Work

... introduces methods for developing and maintaining healthy adult relationships.

Module 12: Preparing for Your Future

... covers methods for exploring potential career choices

Follow this link to see a slideshow on the Strategies course.

Follow this link to see an evaluation of the course on student GPA.

To learn more about WEDLC services, stop in at the Walter E. Dennis Learning Center, meet our learning specialists, and try our online resources on topics including note-taking, test preparation, time management. If you'd like to raise your GPA, consider taking the Strategies for Success in College course. If you have any questions, call a WEDLC Learning Specialist at 688-3967 or email us (wedlc_staff@osu.edu) . If you are currently in the Walter E. Dennis Learning Center, look for a Learning Specialist in room 250G.

There is no cost to the institution for piloting the 'Strategies' course during the period of the FIPSE grant.