Class teaches students fine art of studying
By Steve Smith
Staff Reporter_
Many UNL students struggle to memorize
pages of notes and passages of text in the hopes
of earning a better grade.
But spending hours memorizing isn’t the
only way to earn an “A”, said Ken Kiewra,
director of UNL’s Academic Success Center.
This fall, the University of Ncbraska-Lin
coln’s Academic Success Center is offering
four sections of “Learning How to Learn,” or
Educational Psychology 109, a one-hour course
that helps students become more effective learn
ers without the strain of memorization.
The class teaches students a variety of study
skills and strategics, Kiewra said, including
time management, motivation and note-tak
ing.
The class was expanded from one section to
four sections this fall, he said, and two of the
sections are full. Sections offered Monday
evening and Wednesday morning are still open.
As well as offering more sections of the
course, Kiewra said he and his staff have moved
from Scllcck Hall to the Administration Build
ing to gel “more in touch” with students.
Scllcck didn’t have the visibility the center
needed, he said.
“We were visible to some but not all.”
Unlike University Foundations 1 (X), which
is open to freshmen only, Kiewra said, “Learn
ing How to Learn” is available to all students,
including graduate students. He said many law
and dental students have taken the course.
Although the class serves as a learning aid,
he said, it should not be m islaken for a remedial
or special education program.
“We focus not on remediation but rather on
enrichment and improvement, he said. We
can make a ‘ B’ student into an ‘A’ student, and
we can make an ‘A’ student into an expert.”
' Toni Simons, a sophomore integrated stud
ies major, took the course during this summer’s
second five-week session. She saw the results
in her other summer courses, she said.
“Learning How to Learn” helped Simons
through “some very tough reading,” she said,
and improved her ability to take notes and
understand lectures.
“I could tell where every lecture was head
ing,” she said.
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By Andrea Kaser
Staff Reporter
When UNL students who live on
campus forget to check out library
books they need for classes, all they
have to do is walk a few blocks to gel
them.
But when students who live miles
from campus make the same mistake,
they probably arc going to blow it off.
That is just one example of the
many inconveniences that make
commuter students feel unconnected
to the campus community at the
University of Ncbraska-Lincoln.
Because of such problems, com
miner siuucms arc less iiKciy iu aenievc
their academic goals and take advan
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tunities on campus, said Doug Zat
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Beginning this fall, UNL will of
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the day in the Harpcr-Schramm-Smith
residence hall complex. The rooms
will give commuter students a “home
base” on campus, Zatcchka said.
Twelve students will pay about
SI ,000 for rooms furnished with desks
and bookcases, but no beds, and for
five meals of their choice per week
for the academic year.
Commuters with residence hall
rooms will be encouraged to become
more involved, Zatcchka said. With a
campus base, they will be more likely
to meet with their academic advisers,
use computers and socialize with
students other than high school friends.
The program, which is on a trial
run this year, is widely supported,
Zatcchka said, and student assistants
arc optimistic about the arrangement.
But last winter, some students
voiced concerns that commuters
wouldn’t be paying their fair share
compared with residents of the halls,
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