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Online Study Tips

Manage Your Time and Schedule

Time management can be difficult. We all struggle from procrastination from time to time and some weeks (or months) are busier than others. Here are some general resources that can help.

Figuring out where you spend your time can help your reorganize and reprioritize.

Personal Time Survey

Visualizing your schedule can be difficult. Planning your most effective day takes forethought and preparation. The schedule formats below can help.

Time Management Schedule (PORTRAIT Word Doc)
Time Management Schedule (LANDSCAPE Word Doc)
Time Management Schedule (LANDSCAPE Google Doc)

It can be a challenge to stay motivated and organized. Please explore: Top 12 Motivation Tips

Study Tips and Note Taking

Working in groups can be extremely helpful, but it can also be a distraction. Here are some ideas to make study groups work for everyone.

Tips for Successful Study Groups

Everyone learns differently. Even individually we often learn various subjects differently. Learning and understanding how you learn and what strategies are best for you is incredibly important for your long-term academic success.

Study Strategies for Multiple Intelligences

Preparing for a busy week or an upcoming test is not easy. The more you plan and organize the better. This can help.

Five Day Study Plan

Taking good notes that assist and enhance your ability to learn and review material is crucial. The following is one method you might want to try.

Cornell Note Taking Method

SQ3R

Reading Textbooks Effectively

Critical Thinking

Blooms Taxonomy is an in depth guide to understanding how we learn, retain, process and develop information. Understanding where you are on the scale can help you establish where you want to be.

Blooms Taxonomy Handout

Visualizing concepts and ideas can be helpful in organizing and retaining information. Below are a number of resources to help you do that.

Main Idea Map
Theme Comparisons
Concept Mapping

Use Your Instructors and Set Goals

The resources available to you every day are often the best. In your courses, no one is a better resource than your instructors. Utilize their office hours!

Utilizing Office Hours Effectively

If you're going to do well at Naz you need to know why you're here and what you're working for. Goals should not only be set, but set, revisited, adjusted, rewritten, discussed, shared, etc. Short and long term goals are each important and they don't have to be life altering to be significant.

Goal Setting Worksheet