Students today are realizing the need to have academic motivation in order to succeed in school. One of the most important things for college and high school students is the key to raising their GPA. This is the motivating factor that probably keeps them in school.
To achieve academic motivation, a student needs to be able to keep their attention focused on the GPA goal that they have created for themselves. To maintain your academic motivation for a higher GPA requires certain disciplined actions that you must take. Below are some of the things you must do:
Make sure you attend all your classes
Pay attention and take notes
Do a weekly review of your notes and goals
Make appointments with instructor to go over your progress or to ask any questions
Find people who have academic motivation and emulate them. Ask for their assistance if possible.
Avoid too much parties or late-nighters
Academic motivation can also be received from parents, family members, friends and people who have your best interest at heart or who mean you well and want you to succeed in life. For the most part though, it is your decision to succeed that will enable you to increase your GPA scores.
Assuming responsibility
The opposite is true that if you don’t attend classes regularly, you won’t reach your GPA goal. So get your priorities straight and get to class early. Sit in the front row if at all possible so that you can be more attentive and focused. Ask questions in class even if your classmates think you are acting silly or too thorough. This is your academic motivation goal and not theirs.
If you follow the crowd and overextend yourself with a lot of late night parties and wait until the last minute to study or do a paper, then the results you get will be indicative of your irresponsibility in the first place.
The saying, “birds of a feather flock together,” holds true and you can make it work for you by finding academically smarter students than you are and flocking to them so you can learn how they study and what makes them succeed.
Take a lot of notes in class. If you have to miss a class for whatever reason, then get the notes from someone else. Review your notes before the next class and be sure to ask questions about those notes when you get to class.
Make appointments when necessary with your instructor to inquire about your progress and maybe how you can improve your GPA to get higher scores. Your instructors are always open to seeing your success because that is what educators do.
