NSBE Magazine - Winter 2015 - 19

My First 38
By Karl W. Reid, Ed.D., NSBE Executive Director

understood every morsel of information to
be tested, not just focusing on "the what"
but forcing myself to understand "the why."
I developed the habit of studying in twohour blocks: an approach that helped me
master the material. I got better at solving
problems and understanding concepts.
Then I got with a study group to reinforce
what I'd learned. I ultimately bounced back
in that class and throughout my college
years, graduating with a GPA of 4.6 out of
5.0, not because I was smart but because I
was disciplined.
"Deliberate practice" is what researchers
have called this disciplined focus
on mastery. K. Anders Ericsson and
his colleagues studied athletes and
professionals who achieved exceptional

performance, and they discovered
certain common factors. Here are a few
of them and how they relate to being an
engineering student:
*	 Experts are motivated to get better
and put in extra effort to improve
their performance: To develop
mastery, you must always want to
get better, not being satisfied with
finishing but being willing to put in
extra time to learn so that you can
teach others.
*	 Experts perform repeatable tasks
that are similar each time, to
measure improvement: Developing
problem solving skills requires
that you work problems-many
problems-from textbooks, websites, >>

"Success in college, and in life, begins with
your response to struggle and difficulty...."
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