Tag: Study Skills

Tips for Effective Note Taking

Don’t know how to take good notes? Want to learn how to take better notes?   Crash Course, the maker of high quality videos for educators and students has a short video, just for you.

Taking Notes: Crash Course Study Skills #1

Other videos in this series are:

“Reading Assignments: Crash Course Study Skills #2” – https://youtu.be/WAIUkjsZ5xQ

“Memory: Crash Course Study Skills #3” – https://youtu.be/SZbdK9e9bxs

 
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Tips for Taking Online Courses

The COVID-19 virus has prompted many educational institutions to put their courses online for the remainder of the term. As faculty scramble to convert courses, students may be struggling to adapt as well. Not every student has taken an online class previously, and some may have done so and discovered that online learning doesn’t work for them.

If this is your first online course or you would like to be more comfortable or successful than you were in an earlier course, consider accessing the following resources. Each video will open in a new tab.

Glossary of Exam Terms

Examinations are a fact of life in college. But, the only  time an exam should be an ordeal is when you aren’t prepared for it. A sure sign that you aren’t prepared is when you have to stay up all night to “cram.”  Instead of staying up all night to cram for a test, check with your advisor or  an instructor to learn if  the college offers workshops or sessions on test taking strategies and/or study skills.

Strengthening your study and test taking skills can help. So can understanding  what common words and phrases frequently used in exam questions mean.  A glossary of terms commonly used in exam questions can help demystify exam terms.

Click on the document below to open a glossary of terms commonly found in exams and tests.  For test taking tips, see the post, Tips for Effective Test Taking

Table of common terms used in exams
Glossary of common terms used in exams