General Study Skills and Other Useful Features
General Study Skills and Other Things That Lead to Success
- General Study Websites - These sites and pages contain information about a variety of topics that help students in their studies. Check them out! (Thanks to Michelle S. for these!)
- The Study Guide Zone This site talks about everything from the type of learner you are to suggestions about taking notes in class to admissions tests, including the Compass and Asset.
- Study Tips.org This site contains everything from learning disbailities and strategies, to specific subject help, to test taking, to better learning.
- Learning Styles - Different people learn in different ways. Find out which learning style best applies to you.
- Note Taking - One of the basic ways to prepare for classes is by taking notes both in class and while doing homework. There are several methods recommended for taking notes. The site at California Polytechnic State gives examples of each type and lists advantages and disadvantages of each.
- Perfectionism - Do you know the difference between wanting to do your best and having to be perfect? Are you disappointed if you don't make a 100 on every paper? If so, you may suffer from perfectionism, which can eat away at self-esteem and actually hinder achievement. Check out these sites if you think this applies to you.
- Procrastination - Procrastination is one of the main reasons assignments and projects
don't get completed on time. What can be done about procrastination? Look and see.
- Study Habits - The basic rule of thumb is to allow two hours of study time outside of class for each hour spent in the classroom. To take full advantage of that time, good study habits are important.
Virginia Tech, University of St. Thomas, and Mind Tools offer phemonenal sites on various topics ranging from scheduling your time to how to read outside assignments effectively. If you visit no other sites, go visit these.
- Test Anxiety - Test anxiety is one of the most common reasons students, who are otherwise prepared, site for doing poorly on tests. There are a variety of ways, however, that test anxiety can be combated. Below are a few links to schools that provide suggestions on the subject.
- Time Management
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