You can’t ask questions if you’re not there. You can’t take good notes if you don’t show up. Missing just one class starts a cascade of problems that multiply. Not one.Įvery single study habit in this guide is connected to the others. I never missed a single class in college-ever. Do the math for yourself.ĭon’t sleep in, don’t go into town, don’t do anything that causes you to miss a class. It’s what you paying for.Įach of those classes is costing you a lot of money. It is the single most important thing that you can do. Here’s the truth: most professors can predict which students will fail the class simply by attendance.Īttending class is not optional. Many think class just covers the same material they read in their textbook and others simply don’t care. It amazes me how many students skip class. But first, the replication.To take good notes in college, you need to start with good lecture habitsīefore I talk about taking notes, I want to briefly cover a few classroom habits that will make a big difference to the quality of your notes. What is actually important is instructors need to foster note-taking, in whatever form it is done. Will the pendulum swing with faculty being more open to laptops in class? Beware of misdirection. Stand back: A brand new study (Urry et al. Here, finally, was empirical evidence for the benefits of taking notes longhand and something many faculty believed (and still believe). This study is one of the most cited in recent history and led to faculty around the countryside banning students from using laptops in class. You may remember a well-publicized study that claimed the pen was mightier than the laptop- Essentially that students who took notes by hand did better on exams than those who used a laptop (Mueller & Oppenheimer, 2014). Misdirection can thwart the nefarious plans of movie villains and sometimes (temporarily) prevent the heroine from saving the day. You get so caught up in something that you completely miss what is actually more important.
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