{"id":11551,"date":"2024-02-20T16:16:02","date_gmt":"2024-02-20T21:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/faculty-excellence\/?page_id=11551"},"modified":"2025-10-07T14:28:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T18:28:13","slug":"create-opportunities-for-self-knowledge","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/faculty-excellence\/create-opportunities-for-self-knowledge\/","title":{"rendered":"Create Opportunities for Self-Knowledge"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><em><strong>Understanding individual traits and preferences can help students set themselves up for more productive studying and course work.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This week\u2019s \u201cBe a Strong Student\u201d message to students asks them to <strong>\u201cknow their strengths and weaknesses<\/strong>,\u201d encouraging reflection to better plan for how to do their best work. This strategy builds on the earlier<\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/faculty-excellence\/be-a-strong-student-campaign-support-time-management\/\"> \u201cplan your time\u201d<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> strategy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Here are some strategies instructors can implement:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Assign<\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/faculty-excellence\/foster-self-reflection-and-planning\/\"> self-reflection and planning activities <\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">such as exam wrappers or brief exercises after major assignments are submitted that prompt students to reflect on their learning process, and changes they might make in the future.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Encourage students to think about <strong>how, when, and where<\/strong> they work best (for example, in the library at 4 pm). Students may believe that they work best under certain conditions, so encourage them to experiment with others to prove or disprove their inclination.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Reserve some class time to discuss who learns best under which circumstances.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Offer a low-stakes activity (such as a discussion board) in which students share study strategies with their peers.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Have a dedicated five-minute block of time during class when students can initiate study groups or block out a few study slots on their calendars.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Recommend CAST\u2019s <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-academic-success-and-tutoring\/tutorial-services\/\">Peer Academic Coaching<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (non-subject specific tutoring on study skills) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-academic-success-and-tutoring\/workshops\/\">workshops<\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Help students realize that sometimes work must be done at a particular time, regardless of whether they are an early bird or night owl. Model this in class by using activities that encourage focus:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Give students a moment to acknowledge and then put away thought distractions.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pause class for a short \u201cmovement break\u201d to refocus attention\u2013such as walking in place or stretching. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/montclair.hosted.panopto.com\/Panopto\/Pages\/Viewer.aspx?id=c1fd4820-e217-4e11-810d-afd400fb4038\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Watch Christina Paolucci (Adjunct\/Admissions Coordinator for the Department of Theatre and Dance) demonstrate some movements<\/span><\/a> (Requires NetID).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>For more information or help, please <a href=\"mailto:faculty@montclair.edu\">email<\/a> the Office for Faculty Excellence or <a href=\"https:\/\/montclair-faculty-excellence.libcal.com\/appointments\/\">make an appointment<\/a> with a consultant.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><p><em>Last Modified: Tuesday, October 7, 2025 2:28 pm<\/em><\/p> EJI<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"license\" href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/faculty-excellence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/195\/2022\/08\/CC.png\" alt=\"Creative Commons License\" width=\"80\" height=\"15\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nTeaching Resources by <a rel=\"cc:attributionURL\" href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/faculty-excellence\/\">ÌÇÐÄvlog Office for Faculty Excellence<\/a> is licensed under a <a rel=\"license\" href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/\">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Third-party content is not covered under the Creative Commons license and may be subject to additional intellectual property notices, information, or restrictions. 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