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Student Resources

Study Skills Builders

Attitude and Study Tips

STUDY SKILLS BUILDER 1 2. Now list steps you will take to make sure your
goal(s) in Exercise 1 are accomplished.
Have You Decided to Complete This Course
Successfully? 3. Rate your commitment to this course with a number
between 1 and 5. Use the diagram below to help.
Ask yourself if one of your current goals is to complete
High Average Not Committed
this course successfully.
Commitment Commitment at All
If it is not a goal of yours, ask yourself why. One
common reason is fear of failure. Amazingly enough, 5 4 3 2 1
fear of failure alone can be strong enough to keep many 4. If you have rated your personal commitment level
of us from doing our best in any endeavor. (from the exercise above) as a 1,2,or 3,list the reasons
Another common reason is that you simply haven’t why this is so.Then determine whether it is possible to
taken the time to think about or write down your goals increase your commitment level to a 4 or 5.
for this course. To help accomplish this, answer the
Good luck, and don’t forget that a positive attitude
questions below.
will make a big difference.
Exercises
1. Write down your goal(s) for this course.

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