Effective Study Tips

• Set up a study schedule.
• Know your professors' names and contact information.
• Study in a comfortable environment.
• Study without distractions.
• Study with others in your class.
• Stay current with your assigned readings.
• Take breaks (average attention span is 20 minutes).
• Put information into your own words.
• Read in increments (20 pages or 10 pages here and there).
• Connect new information to old information.
• Take notes on major points in the text.
• Read with a pencil or pen in your hand and reactively make comments.
• Reward yourself for productive study sessions.
• If you continue to have trouble in an area or subject, seek out tutoring at the Learning Center.

For Online Students - Keep a file of some sort on key concepts, resources, or possible test questions.  Don't let important ideas slide away!