| For information on the book, follow these links: | |
Purchase book from Amazon.com
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| Read the Wall Street Journal articles for which Suskind won the Pulitzer Prize | |
| This 5-credit 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. EPL259 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. EPL259 uses Learning and Motivation Strategies: Your Guide to Success by Tuckman, Abry, and Smith, 2002, as the primary textbook. 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.
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 EPL259, 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 EPL259 - ILM course.
Follow this link to see an evaluation of the course on student GPA.
EPL259 uses "A Hope in the Unseen" by Ron Suskind as a supplementary reading.
| For information on the book, follow these links: | |
| Purchase book from Amazon.com
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| Read the Wall Street Journal articles for which Suskind won the Pulitzer Prize | |
| To learn more about DLC services, stop in at the 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 EPL 259 Individual Learning and Motivation: Strategies for Success in College. If you have any questions, call an ALL Learning Specialist at 688-3967 or email us (wedlc_staff@osu.edu) . If you are currently in the Academic Learning Lab, look for a Learning Specialist in room 250G. |
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