Student Motivation Advisors Help Students SOAR to Academic Success: Selection, Organization, Association, and Regulation Learning Strategies are the Keys (REC036CD) DIFS Makes the Difference in Student Motivation: Both Skill and Will are Needed for Student Success (REC037CD)

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Advisors Help Students SOAR to Academic Success: Selection, Organization, Association, and Regulation Learning Strategies are the Keys
WEBCAST presented February 29, 2008 (59 minutes - Slidecast format - ISBN No. 978-1-935140-54-2 )

Kenneth Kiewra (Professor, Educational Psychology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln) contends that most students have not been taught how to learn. Instructors have taught them subject matter, but not how to learn such content. Consequently, students are grounded by ineffective learning strategies like sketchy note taking, outlining, and rehearsal.

Academic advisors can help students SOAR to success by teaching them the simple SOAR study system - Selection, Organization, Association, and Regulation. Selection begins with good attention strategies and culminates in a detailed set of notes for further study. Organization involves constructing graphic organizers like hierarchies, sequences, and matrices that reveal information's structure. Associations are formed between new information and prior knowledge to foster understanding and retention. Regulation of learning occurs primarily through self-testing. Students able to SOAR can learn effectively in any academic setting. In this slidecast (voice-over-PowerPoint) presentation, Ken Kiewra discusses ineffective vs effective study strategies, lecture note taking, graphic organizers, internal and external associations, memory strategies, self testing, and error analysis. Viewers will learn how to describe, support, demonstrate, and teach the SOAR components. 

"We thought you did an exceptional job with the Webinar. The information was presented clearly, the examples explained very well, and it was seamless. So, it was a very worthwhile experience for my department and the academic advisors who attended. We have some additional ideas and information to incorporate into our study strategies classes, and the advisors have a better sense of how to intervene and refer. Thanks for a very worthwhile professional development experience." - Carol Rosenthal, Director, Academic Resource Center, Utah State University

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DIFS Makes the Difference in Student Motivation: Both Skill and Will are Needed for Student Success
WEBCAST presented February 27, 2009 (75 minutes - Slidecast format - ISBN No. 978-1-935140-65-8)

Kenneth Kiewra (Professor, Educational Psychology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln) returns to follow-up on his February 2008 broadcast, Advisors Help Students SOAR to Academic Success: Selection, Organization, Association, and Regulation Learning Strategies are the Keys.

Academic success hinges on two factors, Ken contends - SKILL and WILL.  For greatest possible success, students need not only skills like the SOAR strategies he discussed in his initial presentation, but also the WILL (motivation) to learn and succeed. The difference between unmotivated and motivated students, Ken believes, can be described as DIFS- Desire, Intention, Focus, and Sustainment. In this slidecast (voice-over-PowerPoint) presentation, Ken introduces the DIFS components that generate the will or motivation to succeed. Desire is fueled from inside or outside the student and articulated in goal statements. Intention involves generating a winning plan for success. Focus involves getting started, working hard, and countering obstacles that stand in the way of goal attainment. Sustainment involves attaining and maintaining goals through perseverance.

In this presentation, Ken shares:

• The SOAR learning system
• The DIFS motivational system
• Inside and outside desire
• Goal statements
• Planning for success
• Focusing effort
• Countering obstacles
• Sustaining effort

"This was my first Webinar with NACADA and I was really impressed...very professional! This was also my first experience using Wimba and I found it to be a great tool. The presenter also did an excellent job presenting and provided me with some valuable tools to use with my counselees. Overall it was a great experience for me and one I will share with my colleagues! Keep up the great work!"   -- Gloria Carmona, DE Counselor, Imperial Valley College

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