Making Learning Stick: Success in Higher Education as a Working Adult Student

Length: 16 minutes
Topics: Admissions
Designed for new or returning students who are working adult learners, this webinar will provide tips to help you study course materials and succeed in your courses. Jeannine Wonderling, assistant director of education alliance partnerships at Penn State World Campus, will explain in simple terms the neuroscience behind how we learn. She will also help participants recognize their natural learning styles and identify studying strategies to best help them retain important information.

Get helpful insight about retaining information from your courses, including:

  • the science behind the transfer of learning
  • learning theories and styles
  • tools and tricks for making learning stick
  • how to identify your individual learning style

Jeannine Wonderling

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Assistant Director, Education Alliance Programs

Jeannine Wonderling is an Assistant Director of Education Alliance Partnerships with Penn State World Campus.  She holds a Bachelor of Science in Biology and a Master of Science in Workforce Education, both from Penn State.  She additionally instructs undergraduate courses in Workforce Education for the College of Education.

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