ABSTRACT
Higher education is challenging to navigate. Fortunately, many of the learning challenges to address and decisions to make about the coursework you do are relatively innocuous. Also, mistakes like not studying as much as you should for a test or turning a paper in late are errors from which you can recover. There are also pitfalls, “a hidden or not easily recognized danger or difficulty” (Merriam-Webster, n.d.). When the danger or difficulty has the potential to seriously impact a student’s educational progress, I call those learning pitfalls. This chapter is comprised of six learning pitfalls and ways to circumvent them, based on what I have seen with my students and what I experienced as an undergraduate. I hope the information in this chapter gives you ideas for navigating or avoiding these learning pitfalls, should you encounter them.
