Education / 08.08.2024

Key Takeaways
  • Understanding the fundamental skills needed to excel in undergraduate studies.
  • Ways to develop and enhance these skills for academic success.
  • Practical tips students can apply immediately to improve their learning experience.
Success in undergraduate studies requires essential skills such as time management, effective communication, critical thinking, and problem-solving. Developing good study habits, staying organized, and actively participating in class can enhance learning. Cultivating these skills helps in academics and prepares students for future professional challenges. college-education_pexels-pixabay-256455 Time Management One of the most critical components of a successful undergraduate education is time management. Learning to prioritize tasks, set realistic goals, and adhere to a structured schedule can help students handle their academic workload efficiently. Investing in online undergraduate degree programs offers flexibility, enabling students to handle their academic tasks and other responsibilities efficiently. By integrating time management practices, students can avoid the stress of last-minute cramming and enhance the quality of their work. A Forbes article discusses practical time management strategies that are beneficial for students. Strategies such as the Pomodoro Technique, where you work in short, focused intervals with breaks in between, can assist in maintaining productivity and preventing exhaustion. The Eisenhower Matrix, which categorizes tasks into urgent, non-urgent, necessary, and non-important, can aid in determining priorities. Time-blocking, or allocating specific time slots for different tasks, ensures that students dedicate adequate time to each subject and activity. (more…)
Author Interviews, Education, Social Issues / 23.06.2018

MedicalResearch.com Interview with: “siblings” by Britt Reints is licensed under CC BY 2.0Xiaoran Sun Department of Human Development and Family Studies The Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA 16802.   MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study? Response: College graduation has significant implications for adult life outcomes including for employment, family formation, and health (IOM & NRC, 2015). Investigating how sibling differences in college graduation emerge sheds light on why children growing up in the same family sometimes follow diverging paths in adulthood. Our study also responds to the call by researchers interested in policy and practice to conduct longitudinal research investigating the role of early family socialization processes in educational attainment (Pettit, Davis-Kean, & Magnuson, 2009). Despite siblings’ important role in child and adolescent development, previous research has focused on parenting and on the academic outcomes of individual children in the family. Further, although sibling experiences, including their relationship characteristics and parental differential treatment, have been linked to sibling similarities and differences in domains such as risky behaviors (Slomkowski, Rende, Novak, Lloyd-Richardson, & Raymond, 2005), to date, there has been very little research on the role of sibling experiences in positive development, such as academic achievement.   (more…)