Study Skills

Having trouble with class readings or tests?  Did you know that you can dramatically improve your reading comprehension and test scores by studying the right way?  While we will spend significant class time honing your reading skills, there is much that you can do outside of class to improve further.

Reading

• Annotating a Reading
• How to Take Notes from a Text (Harvard-Style Notes)
• Cornell Style Notes
• Simple Tips for Boosting Reading Comprehension   
• The Reading Apprenticeship Model 
• Tips for Maintaining an Effective Reading Environment

Other Study Skills

• What Is Analysis?
• Effective Power Point Design
• Tips for Public Speaking
• Analyzing Political Cartoons
• Common Symbols in Political Cartoons
• Worksheet to Help Analyze Political Cartoons  
• Tips for Taking Multiple Choice Tests
• Coping with Test Anxiety
• Additional Resources on Test Anxiety
• Taking Lecture Notes