Unit1ReadandExplore–TextA1DiscoveringtheMainIdeasIn-DepthStudyVoicingYourViews1Workingtowardsacademicexcellenceconstitutesoneofthemostimportantpartsofcollegelifeandisthegoalofmostcollegestudents.Straight-Astudents,inthisrespect,canbeofgreathelpbysharingtheirsecretsinachievingacademicexcellence.Readthefollowingtexttofindoutwhatsomeofthesesecretsare.In-DepthUnit1ReadandExplore–TextA2DiscoveringtheMainIdeasIn-DepthStudyVoicingYourViews1In-DepthSecretsofStraight-AStudentsAprofessorofeducationwhohasconductedmajorstudiesofsuper-achievingstudentsrevealedthattopgradesdonotalwaysgotothebrighteststudents.Accordingtohim,othereducationexpertsandtopstudentsthemselves,itisfarmoreimportantforastudenttoknowhowtohisorherinnateabilities.________________________Thestudentsatthetopoftheclass.academicexcellencebymasteringafewbasicprinciplesthatotherscaneasilylearn.Tobeginwith,topstudentsknowhowtosettheirprioritiesright.Studytimeisnevercompromisedforphonecalls,televisionprogrammesorsnacks.makethemostofattain21Unit1ReadandExplore–TextA3DiscoveringtheMainIdeasIn-DepthStudyVoicingYourViews1In-DepthInotherwords,itisalwaysplacedaboverecreation.Inaddition,topstudentsmakeapointofstudyinganywhereoreverywhere.Atopstudentwhoisalsoatopathletememorisesbiologytermsasheworksouteveryday.Anotherstudentlearnsanewwordeverymorningwhilebrushinghisteeth.Amongallthestudentsinterviewed,everyoneagreedthatstudytimesarestrictlyamatterofpersonalpreference.Somethriveatnightwhenallissilent.Othersprefertostudyassoonastheycomehomefromschoolwhenthelessonsarefreshintheirminds.However,allagreedthatconsistencyisamainfactorifoneistoperformwellatalltimes.____________________Unit1ReadandExplore–TextA4DiscoveringtheMainIdeasIn-DepthStudyVoicingYourViews1properplacesbecausehesimplycannotaffordtime-wastingsearches.Anotherstudentimmediatelyfilestheday’snotesincolour-codedfolderssothattheyareavailableforreviewnearingexaminationtime.Anothertechniqueadvocatedbytopstudentsistoreadeffectively.Thisincludesspeed-reading,improvingone’smemoryorretentionability,andactivelyaskingquestionsthatwillleadtoafullunderstandingoftheauthor’smessage.In-DepthAstudentmustalsolearntobeorganised.Forexample,atopstudentwhoisactivelyinvolvedinhisschoolband,trackandfield,rugbyassociationanddebateteamdisclosedthathekeepshisthingsintheir3Unit1ReadandExplore–TextA5DiscoveringtheMainIdeasIn-DepthStudyVoicingYourViews1In-Depth4Itisalsoimportantforstudentstoknowhowtoscheduletheirtime.Theymustknowhowtopaceeachassignmentorprojectaccordingtotheirdailytimetableandworkabilitysothattheymightnotbeoverwhelmedbythetasksathand.Beingabletosettimetablesnotonlyallowsstudentsmoretimetoreviewandpolishtheirwork,italsopreventsthemfromprocrastinating.Topstudentsbelievethatasecretoftheirsuccessisthetakingdownofgoodnotesduringlessonsandusingthemforrevision.Onestudentrevealedthatshewritesnotesfromthetextononesideofhernotebookandthosefromherteachers’lecturesontheotherside.Thisallowshertoreviewbothaspectsofeachlessonatonce.The____________________Unit1ReadandExplore–TextA6DiscoveringtheMainIdeasIn-DepthStudyVoicingYourViews1In-Depthstudentalsorevealedthatinsteadofwastingtimewhisperingtofriendsandgettingreadytorushoutoftheclassjustbeforethebellrings,sheusesthosefewminutestojotdownatwoorthree-sentencesummaryofthelesson’sprincipalpoints.Shethenscansthenotestorefreshhermemorybeforethenextday’sclass.5Anotherwinningformulawhichteacherspromoteliesinastudent’sabilitytohandinneatwork.Accordingtooneprofessor,thestudentwhoturnsinneatworkisalreadyscoringanA.________onthewaytoUnit1ReadandExplore–TextA7DiscoveringtheMainIdeasIn-DepthStudyVoicingYourViews1Intheclassroomcontext,itisequallyimportantforstudentstospeakupandaskquestions.Thisisperhapsthebestwayforastudenttoclarifyanydoubts.Classroomparticipationalsodemonstratesastudent’sintellectualcuriosity.Asastudentconciselyputsit,“Bettergradescomefrombetterunderstanding.”6Thevalueofstudyingtogetherwasdemonstratedinanexperimentconductedatonetopuniversity.Thestudyrevealedthatstudentswhodiscussedhomeworkandproblemstogether,trieddifferentapproachesandexplainedtheirsolutionstooneanotherscoredhigherthanthosewholabouredontheirown.Theexperimentalsoilluminatedthevalueofhypotheticaltestsconductedamongthestudentsandontheirown.ThismeansthatstudentsframetentativeIn-Depth____________________________Unit1ReadandExplore–TextA8DiscoveringtheMainIdeasIn-DepthStudyVoicingYourViews1In-Depthtestquestionsbasedontheirnotesandgiveeachotherorthemselveswrittenexaminationsthedaybeforeatest.Expertsconfirmedthatstudentswhodevisepossibletestquestionsoftenfindmanyofthesamequestionsduringtherealexaminationandthusscorehigher.7Anothertechniqueemployedbytopstudentsistodomorethantheassignedhomework.Astudentrevealedthatifherteachergivesfiveproblems,shewillundertaketen.Inthestudent’swords,“Partoflearningispractising.Themoreyoupractise,themoreyoulearn.”Last____________Unit1ReadandExplore–TextA9DiscoveringtheMainIdeasIn-DepthStudyVoicingYourViews1In-Depthbutnotleast,allexpertsandtopstudentsagreethatthemostimportant“secret”ofsuper-ach