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Study Skills

Academic Success (Penn State) Many students think that being a good student means just showing up for classes, taking a few notes, reading the textbooks, and studying right before the tests. However, learning, like many other activities, involves a complex set of skills that require practice. Studying involves learning a complex set of skills, such as note taking, test taking, etc., that must be practiced in order for you to become a good student.
Communications Center (Valencia College – East Campus) The East campus Communications Center is a student-centered learning support environment and is dedicated to helping Valencia students develop the necessary skills to achieve academic excellence. In order to guide students to success, we are committed to the following goals: Help students become better writers, Be a source for learning rather than a “fix it” center, Help students become independent learners, and Build rapport with faculty
HowToStudy.org (New Perspective) This rich resource provides students with diverse content to prepare for college and focuses on the following areas: Getting Ready: How to prepare and set goals, Taking In: How to get information, Remembering: How to work with information, and Output: How to take tests and handle anxiety.
Improve Your Study Skills (Ohio University) The studying methods that worked for high school may not be working for college subjects. We have many helpful handouts linked from this page to assist you, including an overview of the The Study Cycle: This 5-step approach can help save you valuable time and help you create a regular habit and pattern for studying more efficiently.
Learning Styles (VAK) Explore how the VAK learning style uses the three main sensory receivers: Visual, Auditory, and Kinesthetic (movement) to determine the dominant learning style. It is sometimes known as VAKT (Visual, Auditory, Kinesthetic, & Tactile). It is based on modalities—channels by which human expression can take place and is composed of a combination of perception and memory.
Online Study Skills Workshops (VT) These Online Study Skills Workshops give students the tools they need to study and test better, including the following: Online Study Skills Workshops, Time Management Strategies, Improving Test Performance, SQ3R – Improving Reading Comprehension, and Improving Concentration/Memory.
Reading Strategies (Saint Mary's College of California) This resource focuses on improving the student's reading abilities through active reading and studying.
Skillshops (Valencia College) Skillshops are free workshops, or mini courses, that provide real-life solutions to common student issues. You know, all those things that you're dealing with or want to learn about that aren't covered in class. With Skillshops, you can get help with everything from finding financial aid and improving study habits to facing depression and dealing with stress.
Study Skills (SkillsYouNeed) Study skills are the skills you need to enable you to study and learn efficiently – they are an important set of transferable life skills. Our pages provide generic study skills advice – appropriate to learners across all disciplines and in different life circumstances: full and part-time students, those returning to education later in life, those engaged in professional development and anybody who wants to learn how to learn effectively.
Study Skills Handouts (Gavilan College) This resource provides students and faculty with a wide range of STUDY SKILLS HANDOUTS for use in the classroom.
Study Skills in College (University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill) College is a new academic experience that may be very different from your high school experiences. Many college students discover that the study techniques that helped them succeed in high school don't work as well in college. Because this is such a common experience, the University created the Learning Center to help students develop study skills that will help them succeed in the college academic environment.
Study Skills Inventory (UCF) The College-Level Study Skills Inventory will assist in providing students with immediate feedback on their current approach to college-level study skills. There are six critical study skills college students need to consistently be developing: textbook reading, note taking, memory, test preparation, concentration, and time management. At the conclusion of the inventory, each of these skills will be assessed based on the manner in which the questions were answered.