Links for Academic Skills

Handouts and Self-Assessments on Various Academic Topics:

• Self-Assessments:
  
  How good are my study skills?
  What's getting in my way of success?
   
• Self-Help Handouts
  
  Distraction Self-analysis
  Controlling the study environment
  Time Management
  Procrastination - A Self-assessment
  10 ways to "Do it now!"
  Managing Procrastination
  Procrastination and Time Management
  Increasing motivation
  Effective Note-Taking
  Listening Skills
  A System for Listening and Note-Taking
  Reading a Textbook

• Test-taking tips
   
  Early Preparation
  Key Elements
  Reviewing for an Exam
  Multiple choice
  Essay Tests
  Problem Tests
  Cramming
  The Day of the Exam

• Online Academic Resources:

  Comprehensive site of academic resources:  
  http://www.uni.edu/walsh/linda7.html
  
  Videos:
  http://www.dartmouth.edu/admin/acskills/videos/videos.html
  
  PRAXIS Registration and Preparation:
  salisbury.edu/schools/seidel/education/praxis/welcome.html