Successful Students ......
       (From Steven J. Thien and Andy Bulleri, The theaching professor 1996, 10(9), 1-2)

1. are responsible and active.
    -They get involved in their studies, accept responsibility for their own education, and are active participants in it.

2. have educational goals.
    -They have legitimate goals and are motivated by what those goals represent in terms of career aspirations and life's desires.

3. ask questions.
    -Ask questions to provide the quickest route between ignorance and knowledge.

4. Learn that a student and a professor make a team.
    -Most instructors want exactly what you want: they would like for you to learn the material in their respective classes and earn a good grade.

5. don't sit in the back.
    -They minimize classroom distractions that interfere with learning.

6. take a good note.
    -They take note that are understandable and organized, and they review them often.

7. understand that actions affect learning.
    -They know your personal behavior affects their feelings and emotions which in turn can affect learning. Act like you're disinterested and you'll become disinterested.

8. Talk about what they are learning.
    -They get  to know something well enough that they can put it into words.

9. don't cram for exams.
    -They know that divided periods of study are more effective than cram sessions, and they practice it.

10. are good time managers.
    -They do not procrastinate. They have learned that time control is life control and have consciously chosen to be in control of their lives.