Resources
Learning Strategies
The Center has completed a wide The Center has compiled a list of helpful links and documents to help you develop strategies to strengthen your learning ability.
General Strategies
- Study Guides and Strategies
An educational site with over 250 learning strategies and over 100 exercises. Learning strategies include writing assignments, time management, problem solving, self motivation and more. The main goal of the site is to help learners to succeed. - University of Illinois at Chicago College Study Strategies and Study Tips
This webpage provides strategies for college students around time management, studying, reading, taking exams, controlling stress and writing. - Saint Louis University: Success in Mathematics
Tips on how to study mathematics, how to approach problem-solving, how to study for and take tests, and when and how to get help. - Dartmouth Academic Skills Center
Learn proven techniques and strategies for improving academic learning. Techniques and strategies are taught through educational videos. The videotapes will help college and university students get the most out of their academic experience. Developed by learning professionals in the Academic Skills Center at Dartmouth College, and produced by the College's Instructional Services video staff. - Salisbury University Links for Academic Success
Handouts and self-assessments on various academic topics including but not limited to; test-taking, time management, procrastination, listening skills, motivation and notetaking. - Study Guides
Website links to various study guides around writing college level papers, studying for exams, reading effectively and taking appropriate notes. - The University of Guelph: The Learning Commons
This site provides the top 40 study strategies with focus upon time management, listening and notetaking, textbook reading and exam preparation. - University of New England: Learning Strategies
Managing college reading assignments, taking good notes, and studying for exams can overwhelm many college students from time to time. Click on the links under each topic to access information on each topic.
Reading Strategies
- Just Read Now
Just Read Now offers an "up close" look at a range of innovative and effective reading strategies, along with actual classroom examples and associated lesson plans. The Just Read Now strategies can be applied across academic disciplines and learner levels. - Idaho State University: Reading Strategies
Dr Kathleen King put together information on reading strategies. She encouraged you to experiment with different methods and see what works for you. The goal is to develop a reading system which will help you in the long term, not just for this class, but for life. - Reading Strategies: Reading Efficiently by Reading Intelligently
Good reading strategies help you to read in a very efficient way. Using them, you aim to get the maximum benefit from your reading with the minimum effort. This section will show you how to use 6 different strategies to read intelligently. - Xavier University: Reading Strategies
These strategies can help you pay fuller attention to your reading and really get absorbed in it. Included below are some quick tips and some activities for you to try out, including a section on how to read when you don't have time.
Study Strategies
- University of Minnesota Duluth
Knowing how to study is like knowing how to fish. It's a set of learning skills that lasts a lifetime and brings many rewards. Just as there are ways to know that you are a competent fisherman, there are also ways to develop study skills competency. - The Walter E. Dennis Learning Center at Ohio State University
This site offers useful information in constructing a Q&A (question and answer) outline and dealing with test anxiety. - University of New England: Studying
Studying for exams can overwhelm many college students from time to time, this guide helps students develop successful study skills.
Time Management Strategies
- Study Guides and Strategies: Time Management
Developing time management skills is a journey that may begin with this Guide, but needs practice and other guidance along the way. One goal is to help yourself become aware of how you use your time as one resource in organizing, prioritizing, and succeeding in your studies in the context of competing activities of friends, work, family, etc. - California Polytechnic State University Academic Skills Center
Tips to help you manage your time better. - University of Minnesota at Dartmouth Time Management Principles
These are some basic Principles of Time Management that you can apply as a student.
Writing Strategies
- The University of Kansas Writing Center
This site offers a variety of writing strategies including but not limited to: avoiding plagiarism, critical thinking, reading and study strategies, the writing process, writing your research, citing and documenting your sources, grammar and usage, personal and professional writing, theses and dissertations and writing in your courses. - The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Writing Center
This site is comprised of strategies designed to assist students writing their papers, using citations, guidance on specific types of paper, and assistance in writing for a targeted field of study.