The Professors’ Guide blog on the US News & World Report Web site has these tips for students taking final exams. I’ve included the shortened list, but you can read the whole thing here. Hang in there till the holidays! 1. Count your way forward. Count up from the day the study questions are handed Read more →
“CliffsNotes is one of the most thorough, one of the most insightful,” Professor Fisher said. “If a student wanted to use it along with the text, it would be worthwhile.” I swear that back in the day I read both the original novels and the CliffsNotes guides. Really. I was such a nerd that I Read more →
So it’s cheating if a student with no learning disorder uses Adderall to study but it’s totally okay if the student has been diagnosed with Attention-Deficit Disorder—a condition with no objective measures for identification and one that’s said to be wildly over diagnosed—and uses prescribed stimulants when he’s got a lot of work to do? Read more →
I’m always interested in study tips and techniques, so I checked out this University of St. Thomas student reporter’s take on a recent New York Times article about studying and the brain. TommyMedia discussed the piece and asked folks from the school to add their own tips, which I’ve condensed: Change study locations. Research shows Read more →
Tip # 6 from “10 tips every freshman should know,” on the University of St. Thomas’ student-run organization, TommieMedia: Read the book – It may seem like a waste to read the textbook when the teacher is going to repeat it the next day. But the ability to interact is crucial. You won’t have to Read more →
bjosefowicz via Flickr Yeah, I bet that’ll build your critical thinking Check out the Midmorning page and listen to the audio of a chat with Philip Babcock of the University of California Santa Barbara and Jen Day Shaw of the University of Florida. Students are studying far less than they did decades ago, and that Read more →
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