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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

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

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

How to Manage Your Time

Time Management Series

https://www.studygns.net/timman.htm

Creating To-Do Lists

https://www.studygns.net/todolist.htm

Scheduling

My Daily Schedule

https://www.studygns.net/schedule/

My Weekly Schedule

https://www.studygns.net/schedule/weekly.htm

Managing Stress and Organizing Tasks

https://www.studygns.net/schedule/stressb.htm

My Schedule; My goals

https://www.studygns.net/schedule/calendar.htm

How to Manage Projects

Completing Classroom Assignments

https://www.studygns.net/assignment.htm

Organizing Challenging Projects

https://www.studygns.net/orgstr1.htm

Project Blank Form

https://www.studygns.net/Project%20orgstr2.pdf

How to Build Motivation

Motivating Yourself

https://www.studygns.net/motivation.htm

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

https://www.studygns.net/tsttak1.htm

Review Tools for Tests

https://www.studygns.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

How-To-Study.com

This site is pretty cool because it breaks it down by subject. https://www.how-to-study.com/

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
https://www.studygns.net/sciencemath/sciencetexts.htm

Writing Lab Reports and Scientific Papers
https://www.studygns.net/sciencemath/labreports.htm

Preparing for Math Tests
https://www.studygns.net/tsttak6.htm

Solving Math Word Problems
https://www.studygns.net/sciencemath/mathproblems.htm

Learning, Studying, Collaborative learning
https://www.studygns.net/cooplearn.htm

Writing skills
https://www.studygns.net/writing/index.htm

Reading and research
https://www.studygns.net/research.htm

Math, science and technology
https://www.studygns.net/sciencemath/

Learning as an adult
https://www.studygns.net/adulted.htm

“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” 
https://www.collegechoice.net/college-life/top-15-study-apps-for-college-students/

Our most recommended:

From “25 Apps College Students Should Not Live Without”
https://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