Study Skills Survey and Resources

Knowing your own study skills as well as your study strengths and challenges can help you succeed academically in college. Some study skills are universal and can be applied in all of your courses (i.e., time management, note-taking and test-taking), while other study strategies should be tailored to fit specific course content.

The First-Year Experience program has compiled the information below to help you develop and advance your study skills. We also encourage you to take the Study Skills Survey to get more specialized information about your strengths and weaknesses.

Attitude/Motivation

• Attitudes and Grades Go Hand-In-Hand
• What’s Your Motivation

Concentration

• Improve Your Concentration
• How to Discern Important Information from Lectures and Notes

Memory

• Lest We Forget
• Memorizing vs. Learning

Note-Taking

• How to Spot Main Ideas
• Above PAR Presentation
• Note-Taking Presentation
• How to Discern Important Information from Lectures and Notes

Study Habits

• 7 Study Strategies of Highly Effective Students
• Key Study Tips
• Steps to Developing an Effective Study Schedule
• Brain Training
• Study Guides and Strategies

Test Preparation/Testing

• Common Exam Errors
• Study Guides and Strategies
• Exam Wrapper

Textbook Reading

• Above PAR Presentation
• SQ3R Reading Worksheet
• How to Discern Important Information from Lectures and Notes

Time Management/Organization

• Steps to Developing an Effective Study Schedule
• Where Does Your Time Go?
• Time Wasters
• Time Management Presentation
• My ASU Academic Network
• Study Guides and Strategies