Thursday, December 26, 2013

How To Work Well With A Study Group

By Hedrick Lepsch


When it comes to school, we are all able to learn from a wide variety of subjects and with many different professors and classmates. Because you will be exposed to so much different information, it is clear that sometimes your class materials will be clear to you, and sometimes you may have difficulty with understanding and applying the information you are trying to learn.

As you address your ability to do well in each specific class you take, it is a good idea to decide on good studying strategies for each course. As you look for ways to study your many different subjects, it may be a good idea to consider starting a study group with a few others in your class.

Students are increasingly asked to only 'think critically' about a problem or idea. "Critical thinking is the active, persistent, and careful consideration of a belief or form of knowledge, the grounds that support it, and the conclusions that follow. It involves analyzing and evaluating one's own thinking and that of others."

When it comes to starting your study group, remember to find students who have similar class related goals. Working with students who are all committed to success is the best way to work synergistically as a group. With your united goals, you and the others in your group will all be able to perform better and teach and learn from each other.

Teaching critical thinking as a method for learning and examining the world around us is a vital aspect of the educational process. However, I would submit that critical thinking as a study of our world and experience is incomplete without creative thinking.

The next thing you must do may seem obvious, but it is important. Stick to your plan, but be flexible. As you learn about various topics in class, you may learn that certain topics don't require as much time or study as others.

As you pursue your website design education, forming successful study groups will be extremely useful and will help you to improve your skills in general. All of the classes that you take will help you towards your Web design and development degree, and with the skills you learn, your capabilities will increase exponentially.

Thinking critically provides a valuable springboard for creative thinking and the development of new ideas. Again, I feel that one without the other leaves a student or educator with only half the puzzle solved. An exclusively critical mind is bound by the rules that currently govern cultural and social knowledge, while an exclusively creative mind has grand ideas based on nothing more than dreams. Critical thinking is the foundation that gives creative thinking the support it needs to break away and achieve brilliance.

Whether you are a student pursuing a web design degree or you are the CEO of your own business, you will find more success by using critical and creative thinking as collaborative tools to help you rise to success and potentially change the world in ways previously unimagined.




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