College Course Success: Goals, Motivation & Creating a Learning Plan

REPOSTED March 2023 with updated content Goal research: Setting goals keeps students focused on desired outcomes and provides a clear direction for success. The key to establishing goals that produce results is making them specific, measureable, attainable, relevant, and time sensitive. (2016, R Dotson, Superintendent Carter County Schools, Kentucky) Imagine a football coach who didn’t …

Virtual coaching works!!

College classes for Fall are starting soon.  Check out these reasons why students benefit from connecting to an independent and long distance college success coach: People like the comfort of their own place for private coaching. Freedom to share life concerns and dreams with independent person who only cares about their success and happiness. Being …

The “I’m not a good test taker!” Mindset

Have you ever heard someone say “I’m not a good test taker!” or “I’m no good at exams.”? A common myth is “Only some people are able to be good at taking tests -and I’m not one of them.” Their perception of reality shines through three key words in the sentence: “able” and ” I’m not”.  A …

A WHY for Learning Matters!

“Why does any of this stuff matter?”  There was a time when more students did well enough in school by caring about grades or parent approval. Some barely passed and others did well.  They may even feel like they are “trying”, but the reality of low grades and feeling bored tell a different story. With …

“I study and study and study. My grades just don’t get better. I guess college isn’t my thing.”

Perhaps these words or something similar are familiar to you.  Sometimes even if a student doesn’t have problems with grades, some still have a feeling that college isn’t for them. With the cost of college so high, its worth it for students and parents to tackle this limiting belief head on! What is most often missing …

7 Principles of Learning

"There does not now exist, nor will there ever exist, any single theory of learning that is broad enough to account for all types of learning yet specific enough to be maximally useful in practical application." --- Dr. Christian J. Weibell, PhD

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