Academic Counseling
We provide academic skills counseling, web-based resources and campus programs to assist successful learning. One-on-one counseling is available by contacting a counselor at your campus. Attend the Smart SkillShops that are offered throughout the year at all campuses or click on the links below to learn how to . . .
- Study Smart - study more effectively, individually and with a study group;
- Test Smart - reduce test anxiety
- Be Time Smart - balance your time more efficiently
- Learn Smart - identify your learning styles
- Communicate smart with faculty
- Discover success tips and the differences between high school and college expectations.
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SkillsShops Handout
(PDF, 2.0MB)
Study Smart
Smart Note Taking
- Become an Efficient
Note Taker
(748KB) - Mind Mapping techniques by Stephen Pierce
- Cornell
Note Taking Method
- www.howtostudy.org A site offering an enormous amount of well-organized information.
- Listening, Note-Taking, and Using Visual Organizers - Bucks Comm. College. Lots of resources!
- Study Guides and Strategies A website for learning study skills and other topics
- Study Strategies
Concentration
Study Groups
Test Smart
Test Anxiety
- Test-taking hints: Document 01
, Document 02
- Controlling Test Anxiety
- Stress Management Video
- Stress
Management Video
- How to Keep Calm During Tests (PDF , DOC
) - Self Talk for Reducing Anxiety (PDF , DOC )
- Stress Test (PDF , DOC )
Time Smart
- DSPM Time Management Video (YouTube, 3:57)
- DSPM Blank Weekly Schedule (PDF
,
DOC )
- DSPM Blank Calendar (PDF , DOC )
- Time Management Video (17:50 minutes)
- Time
Management Video with Captions (17:50 minutes)
Learn Smart
Learning Styles
Strategic Learning
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A three-step process for meaningfully understanding and retaining information
- Strategic Learning Video (9:00 minutes)
- Strategic
Learning Video (9:00 minutes)
Communicate Smart
Success Tips
- Help is on the Way ( 1.4MB)
- L.E.A.P. ( 143KB) Learning to Establish Academic Priorities:
A Probation Recovery Workshop.
L.E.A.P Worksheets (Word format)