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Online Resources: Academic & Study Skills

Online Resources: Academic & Study Skills

On Course for Success: Strategies and Guide for Student Success

On your journey at UNM-Los Alamos, your best resources for success are yourself, your instructors, and your support team. The list below offers some additional resources to help you navigate through managing your time, managing projects, preparing for tests, and other great study tips, including Apps that help you take your success strategies on the road.

Why Your Freshman Year In College Will NOT Be 13th Grade

http://psychlearningcurve.org/freshman-year/

Skills Needed to Succeed…in School, in a Career, in Life (pdf)

How to Manage Your Time

Time Management Series

http://www.studygs.net/timman.htm

Creating To-Do Lists

http://www.studygs.net/todolist.htm

Scheduling

My Daily Schedule

http://www.studygs.net/schedule/  
http://www.studygs.net/schedule/index1.htm

My Weekly Schedule

http://www.studygs.net/schedule/weekly.htm

Managing Stress and Organizing Tasks

http://www.studygs.net/schedule/stressb.htm

My Schedule; My goals

http://www.studygs.net/schedule/calendar.htm

How to Manage Projects

Completing Classroom Assignments

http://www.studygs.net/assignment.htm

Organizing Challenging Projects

http://www.studygs.net/orgstr1.htm

Project Blank Form

http://www.studygs.net/Project%20orgstr2.pdf

How to Build Motivation

Motivating Yourself

http://www.studygs.net/motivation/

Building Self-Confidence

https://www.ted.com/talks/amy_cuddy_your_body_language_shapes_who_you_are

The Unexpected Benefit of Celebrating Failure (TedTalk)

https://www.ted.com/talks/astro_teller_the_unexpected_benefit_of_celebrating_failure

Why We Do What We Do (TedTalk)

https://www.ted.com/talks/tony_robbins_asks_why_we_do_what_we_do

How to Prepare for Tests

Ten Tips for Terrific Test Taking

http://www.studygs.net/tsttak1.htm

Review Tools for Tests

http://www.studygs.net/tstprp5.htm

Improving Concentration, Memory, and Motivation

https://students.dartmouth.edu/academic-skills/learning-resources/learning-strategies/improving-memory-retention

 Applying Memory to Studying (pdf)

How to Study Different Subjects

HowToStudy.org

This site is pretty cool because it breaks it down by subject. http://www.howtostudy.org/

Study Methods 145 (pdf)

Active Reading (video)

https://students.dartmouth.edu/academic-skills/learning-resources/learning-strategies/reading-techniques

Learning Strategies for Science

https://students.dartmouth.edu/academic-skills/learning-resources/studying-stem/studying-sciences

Reading Assignments in Science

http://www.studygs.net/science/readingtexts.htm

Writing Lab Reports and Scientific Papers
http://www.studygs.net/labreports.htm

Preparing for Math Tests

http://www.studygs.net/tsttak6.htm

Solving Math Word Problems

http://www.studygs.net/mathproblems.htm

Learning, Studying, Collaborative learning http://www.studygs.net/shared/studying.htm

Writing skills http://www.studygs.net/writing/index.htm

Reading and research http://www.studygs.net/shared/reading.htm

Math, science and technology http://www.studygs.net/shared/bibliog.htm

For the work place http://www.studygs.net/workplace/

“How To” Apps!

From “12 Apps for Students”
https://www.examtime.com/blog/apps-for-students/

Our most recommended:

From “Top 15 Study Apps for College Students” 
http://www.collegechoice.net/college-life/top-15-study-apps-for-college-students/

Our most recommended:

From “25 Apps College Students Should Not Live Without”
http://www.lifehack.org/articles/technology/25-apps-college-students-shouldnt-live-without.html

Our most recommended:

 

How to have “Skills to Pay the Bills”

US Department of Labor, “Skills to Pay the Bills” short video series about skills that employers value (and are important for college success, too):  
https://www.youtube.com/user/USDepartmentofLabor/search?query=soft+skills