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Introduction to the course : Packaging yourself for success
UCS 3001Leadership
UCS 2001Communication Skills
UCS 1000Study Skills
UCS 1001 / 1002 /1003 / 1004
Yr3
Yr 2
Yr 1
Knowledge
CommunicationSkills
Language Skills
Personal SuccessProfessional Success
Attitude
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Study Skills therefore incorporates
understanding learning styles, managingtime, thinking critically and creatively andmanaging stress.
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Taking Charge of yourTaking Charge of yourCollege/ UniversityCollege/ University
CareerCareer
LESSON 1
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UNIVERSITY vs. SCHOOLUNIVERSITY vs. SCHOOL
Learning vs. TeachingFew clear limits, rulesor controls
Your time is mostlyyour ownAnalytical thinkingvs. remembering
factsGreater responsibility
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Why students fail college?Why students fail college?
Inadequate concept of the amount and quality o f work required.
Place too muchimportance on otheractivities.
Have vague or no longterm goal.
Fail to assumeresponsibility .
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Choose an inappropriate major.
Have not mastered the language .
Experience interference frompsychological problems.
Make little effort to overcome poorbackground.
Have chosen the wrong college .(Source: Hopper, H. C. 2004. Practicing College Learning Strategies . 3rd Edition.
Houghton Mifflin: Boston)
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Challenges aheadChallenges aheadNew attitudes andapproaches towardslearning
Maintaining motivation
Managing time
Managing stress
Thinking critically
Expressing academically
Integrity and Ethics
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Warning Signals of AcademicWarning Signals of AcademicDifficultyDifficulty
Fall behind on someassignments
Miss several classes recently
Feel lost or confused in anycourse taken
Rely heavily on friends for help
Feel restless and anxiousConstantly feeling tired orspend a lot of time sleeping
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How to handle academic problems?How to handle academic problems?
Maintain self confidence
Remember that you arenot alone
Take immediate action
Talk with your tutor/lecturer
Explore sources of helpConsider withdrawing
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HANDLING STRESSHANDLING STRESS
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Managing StressManaging Stress
Stress = a naturalresponse to theexpectations,
demands andchallenges of life (McWhorter, 2006,p. 93)
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QuotationQuotation
Stress is the spice of life or the kiss of death- depending on how we cope with it
(Dr. Hans Selye, pioneer in the study of stress)
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Stress or Anxiety
moderate stress,high performance
low stress,lowperformance
High stress,Lowperformance
Source: Herbert Benson, M.D. author of Your Maximum Mind , copyright 1987 by RandomHouse, Inc.
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Figure 1: College students and psychologicalFigure 1: College students and psychologicalstressstress
(Source: Data from Mary Duenwald, The Dorms May be Great, but Hows the Counselling? The New York
Times , 26th
October 2004)
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Figure 2: Reported symptoms of studentsFigure 2: Reported symptoms of studentsspecific mental disordersspecific mental disorders
(Source: Data from Mary Duenwald, The Dorms May be Great, but Hows the Counselling? The New York Times , 26 th October 2004)
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CAUSES OF STRESS
Peer Pressure
Relationships
Financial Problems
Lack of Sleep
Poor Health, Fitness, NutritionExpectations
Workload
Illness
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Changing Habits to Reduce StressChanging Habits to Reduce Stress
Learn to relax- Breathe Deeply- Use Progressive Muscle Relaxation
Control your time- Eliminate Procrastination
Give yourself a break
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Changing Habits to Reduce StressChanging Habits to Reduce Stress
Interact with others
Learn how to say No
Get some exercise
Get the right amountof sleep
Identify stressors
Seek HELP
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Breathe DeeplyBreathe Deeply
The way you breathe affects the way you feel.Experiment by Dr. James Loehr:- When relaxed subjects were asked to
take short, rapid, irregular breaths for 2minutes, nearly everyone interviewed feltworried, threatened, and panicky.
Breathing slowly, deeply and steadily will haveopposite effects.
(Source: Loehr, E. J. & McLaughin, P. J.1986. Mentally Tough . M. Evans and Company, New York)
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Progressive Muscle RelaxationProgressive Muscle Relaxation
PMR connection between tense musclesand a tense mind (Dr. Edmund Jacobson)
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Procedure:- Assume a comfortable position .
- Close your eyes.- Make a tight fist with your right hand, tense
your right forearm.- Hold this position for five seconds.
- Feel the tension in hand and arm.- Slowly release that tension, let it flow out as
you unclench your fist.- Repeat with left hand, shoulder muscles, neck,
abdomen, chest.- Open your eyes
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Eliminate ProcrastinationEliminate Procrastination Nothing [is] so
fatiguing as theexternal hanging of an uncompleted
task (William James, distinguishedAmerican psychologist)
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Facts about exerciseFacts about exercise
A study of 48 students who suffered fromtest anxiety found that test anxiety wasreduced after meditative relaxation and
exercise. (Kenneth, H. Cooper author of The AerobicsProgram for Total Well Being )
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Facts about sleepFacts about sleepIf one does not have enough sleep
short term memory is impaired, theability to make decision is impaired,the ability to concentrate is impaired
(Dr. Charles Czeisler, sleep disordersexpert).
College students need more than nine
and a half hour sleep each night tofeel sufficiently rested (Dr. MaryCarskadon, doctor of chronobiology).
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THE DESTRUCTIVETHE DESTRUCTIVEPATTERN OFPATTERN OFPROCRASTINATIONPROCRASTINATION
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Receives an assignment. Time frame: 15 days
Estimates that a paper will take only five days tocomplete. There is plenty of time.
Time passes
Starts to panic!
Starts working on the assignment
Think Iwork well
underpressure
Barely completed in time
Workprogressesbut losesfreedom
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Student experiences mixed feelings: pride of accomplishment scorn for the teacher who cannot recognise substandard work guilt for getting an underserved grade
NET RESULT- REINFORCEMENT :
The procrastinator is rewarded for his poorbehaviour: Look what a decent grade I got afterall!
AS A RESULT, THE COUNTERPRODUCTIVEBEHAVIOUR IS REPEATED TIME AND TIME
AGAIN
Source: California Polytechnic State University
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References:Carter, C., Bishop, J., & Kravits. S.L. 2007. Keys to College Studying.
Becoming an Active Thinker . Prentice Hall: NJ.
Carter, C., Bishop, J., & Kravits. S.L. 2007.Keys to Effective Learning.Developing Powerful Habits of Mind . Prentice Hall: NJ.
Hopper, C. H. 2007. Practicing College Learning Strategies . Houghton
Mifflin: New York
McWhorter, T. K. 2006. Study and Critical Thinking Skills in College .6th Ed . Pearson Longman: New York
Pauk, W. 2001. How to Study in College . 7 th Ed. Houghton Mifflin: New York