 | A study group gives emotional as well as intellectual
support.
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| It helps each member to become more motivated and more
organized. Shy students who feel inhibited in the classroom may be more
willing to engage themselves in a smaller group.
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| From each group member you may learn alternative study
techniques or important tips on how to achieve success in earning a
designation.
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| Students learn from each other in addition to what they
learn from the text independently or from a classroom.
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| Group study facilitates active learning; when students are
actively engaged in the learning process, they inculcate their lessons much
more thoroughly than through conventional independent study.
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| "Two heads are better than one," group study
brings more perspectives together, which usually leads to more fruitful and
productive study sessions.
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| Students develop a sense of camaraderie that increases
confidence and solidarity, reinforcing the sense that education is a
cooperative enterprise.
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| The kind of cooperative skills students learn in study
groups will help them when they enter the workforce, where such skills are
an absolute necessity. |
*Information gathered above was derived from the following sources:
Willamette University, Learning Enhancement Resources.
Elmhurst College Learning Center
John N. Gardner and A. Jerome Jewler, Your College Experience: Strategies
for Success, 4th Edition, Wadsworth Publishers, 2001.
SUNY-Oneonta Group
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