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Study Strategies and Test Preparation

The Learning Center offers learning assistance and exam preparation in the forms of individual consultations with Learning Specialists and through computer-based modules.

Begin by taking the School Strategies Scale and see how well you're using key strategies for success in college.

Objectives for computer modules which are currently online include the following: 

Active Listening: Learning from Lecture - After the completion of this module, students will be able to:

  1. Demonstrate a method for efficient note-taking.
  2. Construct the following kinds of questions from class notes: (a) Reflection, (b) Recap, and (c) Reasoning, as a way of locating and understanding the main points.
  3. Describe a Plan! to get the most from class notes.

Active Reading: Learning from Text - After the completion of this module, students will be able to:

  1. Construct the following kinds of questions from text: (a) Recap, (b) Reflection, and (c) Reasoning, as a way of locating and understanding the main points.
  2. Construct a Q&A (Question and Answer) Outline to help read general textbook or magazine content for meaning and understanding.
  3. Construct a Q&A Outline to help read science textbook content for meaning and understanding.
  4. Construct a Q&A Outline to help read math textbook content for meaning and understanding.
  5. Describe a Plan! to get the most from text.

Preparing for Exams - After the completion of this module, students will be able to:

  1. Describe a quick technique that uses Q&A Outlines to begin preparing for exams.
  2. Construct a CC Web Chart to organize important information that might appear on exams.
  3. Construct five types of Skeleton Key Diagrams to organize information that might appear on essay question or problem exams.
  4. Construct a Mind Sketch to visualize large quantities of information to be remembered and use it to construct CC Web Charts and Skeleton Key Diagrams.
  5. Describe a technique for understanding an instructor's emphasis in order to predict exam questions.
  6. Discuss techniques for using successful study groups.
  7. Describe techniques and their application for (a) getting information into one's head, (b) dealing with test anxiety, and (c) taking a test.

Papers and Speeches - After the completion of this module, students will be able to:

  1. Demonstrate the use of a strategy to choose a paper or speech topic.
  2. Demonstrate the use of a strategy to approach a paper or speech assignment by dividing the assignment into several manageable tasks.
  3. Construct paragraphs that answer a single topic-sentence question.
  4. Write topic sentences that could be used to build paragraphs that answer the major thesis question of a paper or speech.
  5. Demonstrate the use of good editing and proofing strategies to improve paper drafts.
  6. Describe preparation and rehearsal strategies can improve presentation performance.

 

To learn more about WEDLC services, email us or call a WEDLC Learning Specialist at 688-3967.

 

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