Resources  

The following resources will help you maximize your learning capabilities.

Study strategies

These links will help you improve your study strategies:

• study skills guide
• study skills tips
• a learning strategies database

Help with writing

Have trouble writing? Remedy this with these resources:

• Get your paper peer-edited at the Northern Arizona University Writing Center.
• Make sure you’re punctuating correctly with the Northern Arizona University citation and style guides.

Automatically insert references from the Northern Arizona University RefWorks database into your papers and generate formatted bibliographies and manuscripts.

Master time management

Time management plagues even the most successful, but with these templates, you will be on your way to planning ahead:

• to-do list template
• project plan template
• semester plan template
• weekly plan template

Reading tips

Don’t let your need for better reading skills get in the way of your studies. Improve them:

• by following the steps of surveying, questioning, reading, reciting, and reviewing (SQ3R)
• with these reading strategies

Test taking strategies

These websites will give you plenty of tips to succeed in test-taking situations:

• www.testtakingtips.com./test/index.htm
• www.studygs.net/tsttak1.htm
• www.muskingum.edu/~cal/database/general/testtaking.html

Read up on how to master each of these types of tests:

• true/false
• multiple choice
• short answer
• essay
• open book
• oral exam

Test anxiety and stress management

It’s a fact of life. We all get anxiety and stressed out, but with these tips you can:

• manage your stress
• reduce test taking anxiety
• overcome test anxiety
• seek advice from the university’s Counseling Services website

Calculate your grade point average (GPA)

Calculating your GPA is easy with the Gateway Center for Student Success’ tool.

Improve on note-taking

Don’t miss important points discussed in class anymore with these note-taking tips:

• www.csbsju.edu/academicadvising/help/lec-note.htm
• www.testtakingtips.com./note/index.htm
• www.muskingum.edu/~cal/database/general/notetaking1.html

Your learning style

To improve your learning capabilities, it is important to understand what learning methods work for you. Take the learning style quiz to know if your learning style is:

• visual and nonverbal
• visual and verbal
• auditory
• kinesthetic

Podcasts

Download these podcasts through iTunes U and learn more about:

• balancing life
• high school versus college
• stress management
• test anxiety - confidence building
• test anxiety - during the exam
• test anxiety - on the way to the exam
• guided imagery relaxation