Successful students exhibit a combination of successful attitudes and behaviors as well as intellectual capacity. Successful students 1. are responsible and active. 2. have educational goals. Successful students have legitimate goals and are motivated by what they represent in terms of career aspirations and life's desires. 3. ask questions .
Successful students ask questions to provide the quickest route between ignorance and knowledge.
4. learn that a student and a professor make a team. Successful students minimize classroom distractions that interfere with learning. Successful students take notes that are understandable and organized, and review them often. 7. understand that actions affect learning. Successful students know their personal behavior affects their feelings and emotions which in turn can affect learning.