Resources to help students learn how to study effectively
Resources you can share with your students
A. How to Study in College?-
Academic Planning: Forms and Resources (forms, planning tools, and virtual resources from Academic Services)
- Study Skills (from Academic Services)
- Learning Tools (from Student Accessibility Support)
- Study Skills video playlist from Crash Course
- Memory, Explained (video by Vox + Netflix)
- To Do Well In College: Don't Work Hard, Work Efficiently (video by Jeffrey Kaplan)
- How to Do Well in College video playlist with more videos by Jeffrey Kaplan
- The Study Cycle (adapted from Teach Students How to Learn by Saundra McGuire)
- How to form your own study group and work effectively in it by The Learning Strategies Center at Cornell University
- Strategy Videos for the Classroom by The Learning Scientist
- Retrieval Practice Videos by RetrievalPractice.org
- Study Skills Broken Down by Discipline by Carnegie Mellon University
- Self Worth Theory: The Key to Understanding & Overcoming Procrastination by Nic Voge, TEDxPrincetonU
- Procrastination intervention materials developed by Prof. Hannah Snyder as part of her TIER grant project, "A holistic approach to small-teaching interventions for reducing academic procrastination to improve student success and wellbeing."
B. What constitutes "common knowledge"?
- What is Common Knowledge? from Academic Integrity at MIT, "A Handbook for Students"
C. What is a "credible resource"?
- Research 101: Credibility is contextual video by Anna Eisen
Resources faculty can adapt for their courses and students
- Faculty may want to develop their own versions of a "Student Success FAQ" to share with their students.
- Tips to help students to become reflective about their approach to learning
- Reflective Metacognitive Study Questions you can adapt and share with your students.