Light at the End of the Tunnel: Helping Millennial Students

1. Light at the End of the Tunnel:� Helping Millennial Students Lisa Friedenberg, Ph.D. Dean of Social Sciences Professor of Psychology UNC Asheville

2. Program Goals To present best practice research on engaging students and reducing the incidence of problem behavior. To summarize your suggestions from our July session and link them to the principle of student engagement. To enhance opportunities to increase student engagement by translating best practice research into teaching techniques and course activities.

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5. A few reminders about millennials They have skill deficiencies in note-taking, memorization, studying, and time management. They are poor at class preparation and participation. They have little experience organizing their lives--need structure and guidance. They have problems integrating work, studies and recreation. They have high failure and drop-out rates. They tend to externalize blame.

6. Remember, they are still growing and developing�

7. And learning new skills!

8. Which means we must adapt to Students who have short attention spans (grasshopper minds). Students who tend to be impatient. Students who pay less attention to detail which includes spelling, grammar, etc. Students who display more cognitive rigidity: Under stress, we regress.

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