Study Skills

STUDY SKILLS

STUDYING AND TEST-TAKING SKILLS

Study Groups

Working in a Group - explanation of the benefits and pitfalls of study groups and list of do's and don'ts for working in a study group. (NOTE: The WELL provides space in which your study group can meet. Check with the office to schedule.)
http://www.hope.ac.uk/gnu/stuhelp/groupwk.htm

Note-Taking

Lecture Note Taking - site is not attractively laid out, but it has solid information on how to take useful lecture notes, geared to college students but applicable to everyone
http://www.csbsju.edu/academicadvising/help/lec-note.html

Classroom Listening and Note-Taking - solid information in outline form useful for all students
http://www.csbsju.edu/academicadvising/help/clasroom.html

Note-Taking - advice for taking notes that you can follow before class, during class, and after class so that your notes have everything in them to prepare you for better grades
http://www.hope.ac.uk/gnu/stuhelp/notes.htm

Improving Your Study Skills - This page from a community college web site is directed to college students but it is understandable by and useful for high school students as well. It states various common study problems and suggested solutions. Examples of the problems are difficult material, inadequate lecture notes, motivation, concentration, and bad performance on tests
http://www.grcc.cc.mi.us/biosci/studyski/forbstud.html

Study Skills - out of the University of Waterloo, includes learning and remembering, time management, listening and note-taking, reading, concentration and distraction, exam preparation, cramming, and writing exams
http://www.adm.uwaterloo.ca/infocs/Study/studyindex.html

Study Skills - simple hints about how to improve your learning habits and improve your grades. There are sections on note-taking and revision, reading skills, time management, writing skills, and test-taking. The web page is for a college course, so some of the categories (not listed here) are irrelevant for high school students.
http://www.csu.edu.au/division/studserv/learning/index.htm

Study Skills Online - sections on time management, lectures, reading, experiments, presentations, and examinations. The site is neat (and disconcerting at the same time because if you move your cursor over the color bar on the page, the background changes color.
http://www.brunel.ac.uk/~mastmmg/ssguide/sshome.htm

Effective Reading

Critical Reading - good, solid hints with a test to take first to figure out how you are reading so you will know what to fix
http://www.hope.ac.uk/gnu/stuhelp/reading.htm

Work Smarter, Not Harder: Tips from the GUTS Study Skills Program - Short useful tips on reading effectively, taking notes, concentration, time management, memory, testing, procrastination, skimming and scanning, and math and science skills
http://guts.studentorg.wisc.edu/brfrntpg.htm

Study Skills - simple hints about how to improve your learning habits and improve your grades. There are sections on note-taking and revision, reading skills, time management, writing skills, and test-taking. The web page is for a college course, so some of the categories (not listed here) are irrelevant for high school students.
http://athene.mit.csu.edu.au/division/library/study/study1a.html

Time Management, Procrastination, and Organization

Study Skills - simple hints about how to improve your learning habits and improve your grades. There are sections on note-taking and revision, reading skills, time management, writing skills, and test-taking. The web page is for a college course, so some of the categories (not listed here) are irrelevant for high school students.
http://athene.mit.csu.edu.au/division/library/study/study1a.html

Writing Essays and Papers

See sites on researching and writing papers at the Grammar, Research and Writing page

Study Skills - simple hints about how to improve your learning habits and improve your grades. There are sections on note-taking and revision, reading skills, time management, writing skills, and test-taking. The web page is for a college course, so some of the categories (not listed here) are irrelevant for high school students.
http://athene.mit.csu.edu.au/division/library/study/study1a.html

Oral Presentations

Oral Presentation - tips for giving an oral presentation, and ten do's and don'ts for oral presentations
http://www.hope.ac.uk/gnu/stuhelp/pres.htm

Test-Taking

Study Skills - simple hints about how to improve your learning habits and improve your grades. There are sections on note-taking and revision, reading skills, time management, writing skills, and test-taking. The web page is for a college course, so some of the categories (not listed here) are irrelevant for high school students.
http://athene.mit.csu.edu.au/division/library/study/study1a.html

Mr. Bailey's Study Skills Links - although there are links at this site, the substantive information here (from the top table) is very useful, addressing real life problems like what to do when you are studying for a test but have not read all the material. Do not use the internet search form; it is for his classes.
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Academy/5411/studylinks.html

You Don't Have To Play Football To Score a Touchdown - a web site on studying for high school students; the site is a little hokey but the advice is good
http://www.mtsu.edu/~studskl/hsindex.html

Exam Techniques - what to do for test preparation and for answering questions once you are taking the test
http://www.hope.ac.uk/gnu/stuhelp/exam.htm

Dr. King's Exam Hints - short list of hints for taking exams. It requires that you start early in your studying but it doesn't require the kind of memorization that last minute study often leads to
http://www.isu.edu/~kingkath/exam.html

Thirteen Ways To Improve the Probability of Guessing Correctly When You Don't Really Know the Answer, Or How To Play the Multiple Choice Game
http://gwired.gwu.edu/counsel/html/individual-assistance-students/virtual-handouts/multiple-choice-exams.html

Test-Taking Strategies - advice from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, for test preparation and various kinds of tests, objective and essay
http://www.unc.edu/depts/unc_caps/TestTake.html

LINKS

Links to a Better Education - this is purely links page but it is really comprehensive and well-organized. Although it links to many college study skills sites, It was created by a high school chemistry teacher, and the linked sites are not too advanced for high school students.
http://w3.nai.net/~bobsalsa/linkstoa.htm#