Sites to Promote Academic Success


Here is a sampling of Web sites that provide tips to help you study
more effectively, manage your time, take better notes, and handle
the stresses of college life:

• Dartmouth College Academic Skills Center-Tips on concentration, notetaking, test anxiety, reading, & more
• Study Skills For Effective Learning-Tips on where to study, the library, rapid reading,
  report writing, case study work, presentations, & more
• Techniques to Manage Procrastination & Other Study Tips from the CalREN Project
• Test Taking Tips Also from the CalREN Project, tips on taking objective, essay, & problem-solving tests
• Test Anxiety
• Mind Tools: Time Management Skills
• Mind Tools: How to Master Stress
• Mind Tools: Memory Techniques
• Mind Tools: Information Skills
• Mind Tools: Goal Setting
• How to Study Effectively
• The Student Counseling Virtual Pamphlet Collection
• Self-Directed College Orientation Lessons
• The Six Hour D From Russ Dewey's Psychweb, a discussion of how long hours
  of studying might not pay off unless you structure that studying correctly
• How to Be a Successful Student
• Doc Whiz's College Survival Topics
• Critical Thinking Resources
• Good Mood Page
• Study Aids and Reference Material

This page was prepared by Linda Walsh, Department of Psychology, University of Northern Iowa for the course Introduction to Psychology (400:008) and for other Psychology students and advisees.
Other course pages:

• Introduction to Psychology Page
• Psychology Demonstrations, Tutorials,Class Materials, & Other Neat Stuff
• Career Page
• Grad School Page
• Psych Resources Page
• Counseling Resources Page
• Drugs and Individual Behavior Page
• Introduction to Neurology Page

E-mail Linda Walsh