STSC 1050 - Essential Study Skills for College Success

1. Self-Assessment of Learning Attitudes and Preferences
   1. Learning Preferences
   2. Science of Learning
   3. Metacognition
   4. Motivation
2. Vocabulary Development
   1. Building vocabulary strategies for comprehension
   2. Memorization and application strategies
   3. Discipline/program specific vocabulary
3. Information Processing
   1. Memory tools
   2. Text and lecture material synthesis
   3. Strategies for learning in both large and small class sizes
4. Reading across Disciplines
   1. Critical perspectives of a discipline
   2. Organizational patterns
   3. Comprehend complex texts in academic disciplines
   4. Strategies for active reading:  previewing, skimming, patterns of organization and structure
5. Time Management Systems
6. Note Taking
   1. Effective listening and note-taking strategies for lecture
   2. Adaptation of note-taking and study systems by discipline/program
7. Test-taking
   1. Strategies for before, during and after a test
   2. Reducing Test Anxiety
8. Annotation/Marking Text
9. Identify, locate, and evaluate information
   1. library resources/databases
   2. resources/services of the college

1. identify cognitive, motivational, and/or learning attitudes and preferences as it relates to college coursework.
2. apply the principles of learning and memory to college coursework.
3. use vocabulary acquisition strategies for both general and discipline/program specific vocabulary.
4. apply the principles of information processing to college coursework.
5. apply active reading strategies to discipline/program specific material.
6. apply study skill strategies to discipline/program specific material.
7. evaluate academic information as relates to college coursework.

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