Making Connections to improve understanding

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Many struggling students do not have an arsenal of learning strategies and fail to make inter-disciplinary (between different fields of study) and intra-disciplinary (between ideas or categories within one field of study) connections.  Making connections between topics and ideas improves understanding, retention, and probably increases level of interest.  Creative study techniques and assignments that encourage …

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Outline of studying skills and learning techniques

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Okay, you know I love outlines.  Outlines help you organize information, see what information is related and how it’s related.  Here’s an outline I made about things good students do.   Some of them are technical things you can mimic.  Some require a little confidence, a little faith that what you have to say, and what …

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