Being an Engaged Learner:

• Taking responsibility for your own learning. 
• Making connections between your courses and seeing the real-world application.
• Sharing your knowledge with others, writing about it, reflecting on it, and asking questions.
• Listening and finding meaning in different viewpoints -- respecting yourself and other points of view.
• Taking charge of your well-being, your decisions, and your life.   

What You Can Do:

• Make connections.  Talk to your instructor if you do not understand a concept and contact your classmates to compare notes, review for tests, or discuss class activities and objectives.
• Develop daily, weekly, and monthly goals and monitor your own progress toward those goals.
• Focus. Focus. Focus.  Know your distractions and limit them.
• Attend every class -- take notes, and listen for the main points.
• Complete all of your assignments on time. 
• Review before and after class
• Explain a concept to a friend or in a study group.
• Put tests and assignments in your planner.  Use your planner regularly. 
• Make lists of daily, weekly, monthly, and semester goals. 
• Complete this ACADEMIC SELF-ASSESSMENT, and understand what is stopping you from achieving success in college.
• Understand your level of MOTIVATION to achieve
• Gather information about resources and when to use them

Additional Help:

Dartmouth Academic Skills Center / 

How to Study - A Brief Guide

Academic Success Videos /

Sites to Promote Academic Success / How to Study Mathematics