Your attitude as a student is directly tied to your life goals and attitudes. It is important for you to recognize the connection between college and your long-term goals. If you do not see that connection then you as the student should assess if college is the right place for you at this time. When to Study from UC Berkeley Time Management Students having problems with time management may need to learn how to create a schedule, how to deal with distractions, competing goals and procrastination. Tapes can be checked out for 48 hours.
Many students enter college with a high level of anxiety.
This is particularly true of adult students. Remedies to a student's high anxiety levels are early successes and confidence in their ability to learn. Successful students are effective at focusing their attention and maintaining a high level of concentration. Practicing techniques for focusing attention and maintaining concentration helps the student implement effective learning strategies. Information Processing and Selecting Main Ideas Students with good information processing skills know how to add meaning and organization to what they are trying to learn and how to select important information.