College Learning Strategies Handouts
The College Learning Strategies sections provide various handouts related to learning. PDF versions of the handouts are available for download below.
Memory
- Flash Cards as a Memory Aid
- Improve Your Memory in 7 Easy Steps
- Specific Ways to Improve Concentration
Note Taking Strategies
- Abbreviations for Note-Taking
- Cornell System for Taking Notes
- How To Study: Note Forms
- Listening Signals
Reading Strategies
- General Text Tour: Previewing Your Text
- Reading Rate Flexibility
- Skimming
- Steps in Prereading
- Study Chunk Reading
- Study Conditions Analysis
- Studying Efficiently (SQ4R)
- Surveying, Skimming, Scanning
Stress Management
- Lifestyle Changes for Effective Stress Management
- Relaxation Exercises
- Systematic Desensitization of Test Panic
Test Taking
- Basic Strategies for Any Test
- Bloom's Taxonomy
- Essay Tests
- Preparing for Tests
- Systematic Method of Answering Multiple-Choice Questions
- Taking Tests