McGraw Center Undergraduate Workshop: Efficient Reading and Note-taking Strategies

Name: McGraw Center Undergraduate Workshop: Efficient Reading and Note-taking Strategies
Start: 2023-11-08T17:00:00-05:00
End: 2023-11-08T18:30:00-05:00
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Training/Workshop Undergraduate Research

Wed, Nov 8, 2023

5 PM – 6:30 PM EST (GMT-5)

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Learn How to Maximize Your Reading Efficiency! To achieve academic success at Princeton it is crucial for students to develop superior strategies for reading and learning from text. In this workshop, you will learn an approach that helps you align your learning strategies to instructor objectives, techniques for reading various kinds of academic texts, strategies for enhancing retention and recall, and methods for reading faster and more efficiently.

Speakers

Nic Voge

Senior Associate Director, McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning

Princeton University

Nic directs the McGraw Center’s Learning Programs, including the Undergraduate Learning Program and the Graduate Learning Program. Adopting a socio-cognitive approach informed by self-worth theory and positive psychology, Nic explores the unique educational expectations of elite research universities and the ways students engage with and meet them. Recognizing the variety and complexity of learning demands students encounter in various disciplines and courses, our programs focus on assisting students as they transition into and through Princeton’ distinctive curriculum. Nic is a founding member of the Princeton Perspective Project, Principedia, and the Academic Resilience Consortium (formerly The Resilience Consortium).

He recently co-authored Life Beyond Grades: Designing College Courses to Promote Intrinsic Motivation (Cambridge University Press).

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