This page:
Study Skills and Tools
Test Prep and Test-Taking Skills
related:
Research & Report Writing --
Office Tools
- Assignment Calculator
Handy tool from the University of Minnesota which creates a work/study timeline for doing reports. Includes links to study guides and specific subject resources.
- Castle Learning
Online review and test prep site. SCCHS has purchased access for our students so you don't have to pay; just see the librarian to set up your account. Includes AP review for U.S. History and European History.
- ERGO Study Skills
"This practical guide to research, essay writing and studying shows you how to find resources, write great essays and prepare for exams."
- Guide to Grammar and Writing
Extensive review lessons from sentence-level to essay-level writing. Includes online index for easy access to particular subjects, such as parts of speech.
- How To Study.com
"Free study skills, study strategies, and study tips."
- iCue
"iCue is a free, online, collaborative learning environment for students and lifelong learners ages 13 and up. It includes discussion forums, fun games and activities, and hundreds of current and historic videos from NBC News."
- Learning Strategies Database
"...Developed with students, instructors, tutors, counselors, and advisors in mind. Though intended for use in postsecondary contexts, some strategies are applicable to elementary and secondary education levels."
- Lifehacker: How to Clip, Sort, and Cite the Entire Web With Zotero
"If you're looking for a way to organize all the information you find and research you do online, and you've had enough with bookmarking, copying and pasting, and cobbled-together techniques not cutting it, Zotero is a comprehensive information manager for Firefox."
- Lifehacker: Take study-worthy lecture notes
Learn "how to transcribe a lecture in a way that makes studying and cross-references a breeze throughout the semester - no copying involved."
- List of Educational Web 2.0 Apps to Jumpstart Your Productivity
"There are a lot of great web 2.0 apps aimed at students. Here is a list of 25 apps that will jumpstart your productivity and help you become a better student today." Includes apps for organizing, note taking, writing, research, and more.
- My Schoolog
"Educational project which let students organize their school life online" via schedule, to-do list, note-taking, grade calculator, and other tools.
- S.O.S. Mathematics
"Review material from Algebra to Differential Equations... more than 2,500 Math pages filled with short and easy-to-understand explanations."
- Study Guides And Strategies
Study habits, time management, critical thinking, classroom skills, reading skills, test taking, writing skills, math & science help, webskills including how to evaluate sites, and outside links.
- Study Skills Self-help Information
Time management, checklists, note taking, proofreading, and more.
see also: Test Prep for Regents, SAT, ACT, and AP specific information
- How to Study for Exams
"The key to doing well on an exam is to, obviously, study hard and well, but also to study in the proper manner so that your studying experience will show results." From wikiHow.
- How to Take a Math Test
Seven steps to doing better on math tests.
- How to Take a Math Test or Quiz
"Tests are different from homework because there’s a time limit, because you can’t take breaks or (usually) refer to your textbook, and because you have many types of problems to solve. Here are some strategies to help you do your best."
- How to Take Tests
"Doing well on English examinations - or any examination for that matter - depends not only on your knowledge, but also having a good strategy." Tips and hints from About.com.
- How to Take Tests
Very nice summary of test-taking strategies, including examples of good guessing strategies.
- Tips on How to Take a Test
A page of advice from College-Cram.com.
- Top 10 Test-Taking Tips
Tips from TeacherVision.
- Tutor Me TV
Free video tutorials about math, science, and business topics.
