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NACADA

and

Kansas State University's College of Education

present

"Advisors Help Students SOAR to Academic Success: Selection, Organization, Association, and Regulation Learning Strategies are the Keys"

Friday, February 29, 2008

A Live Internet-broadcast Webinar Event

Registration Closed

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Start Time: 1:00 pm Central Time

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The event will last approximately 60-90 minutes.

What is a Webinar? Click here to learn more about this "virtual" presentation medium.

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— S election, O rganization, A ssociation, and R egulation. 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 Kansas State University College of Education / NACADA-sponsored Webinar presentation, Ken Kiewra will discuss:

Ineffective study strategies
Effective study strategies
Strategy instruction
Lecture note taking
Graphic organizers
Internal and external associations
Memory strategies
Self testing
Error analysis

Participants will learn how to:

Describe and support the SOAR components
Demonstrate the SOAR components
Teach the SOAR components

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Who is our Presenter?

Kenneth A. Kiewra

Professor, Department of Educational Psychology

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Ken Kiewra is professor of educational psychology at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. His research pertains to teaching and learning strategies and to the development of expertise. He is the former director of the Academic Success Center at the University of Nebraska and the former editor of Educational Psychology Review . Kiewra has authored two student textbooks published by Pearson Prentice Hall: Learning How to Learn and Learn How to Study and SOAR to Success . He is presently completing a text for educators. Ken also coaches chess and soccer and enjoys running.