 | Find a common place to meet and meet on a regular basis.
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| All members need to be prompt for each meeting.
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| Come prepared to work.
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| Develop an agenda with the goals for each meeting. Example:
Cover study questions for Chapters 5 and 6.
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| Stay on task. Don’t spend a lot of time discussing what
everyone did the night before.
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| Set a time and keep track of the time. A meeting of 60 to
90 minutes works best.
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| Determine a meeting place that is free from distractions.
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| Set the date, time, and goals for the next meeting before
the end of the current meeting.
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| Only ONE person should speak at a time. Each person should
be allowed to complete his or her statement before others begin to make
comments.
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| Be active listeners. An active listener is one who listens
for the complete comment and asks for clarification if needed.
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| Criticism should always be constructive. Name-calling,
insults, and sometimes jokes have no place in a study group. These behaviors
may result in hurt feelings. The worst case scenario is that a person may
choose to forego attending the study group. In the end, the group becomes
the loser.
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| Maintain a positive attitude. Remember these phrases
"We can figure this out together," We’re rather clever as a
group," and "We all have a chance to better our grades."
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| For a study group to be effective the group must work as a team and each member must do his or her share.
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| Students who habitually come to the group unprepared or
under-prepared should be dropped from the group. |
*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
Ground Rules