Study skills information

Study skills resources
The Learning Center offers a variety of resources on reading strategies, critical thinking, note-taking skills, time management and exam preparation. Study skills brochures and handouts are free and available to all Saint Martin's students. Browse our selection of study skills handouts or visit us at O'Grady Library, lower level.

The Learning and Writing Center also has many media and other resources on study skills. To see a listing, see our resources page.

Helpful links

The following links are constructed and maintained by their authors. They are organized into the following categories:

Academic study strategies
Learning styles
Subject-specific study techniques
Math help
Graduate school test prep

Academic Study Strategies

Collection of handouts and resources
University of Texas at Austin Learning Center

Excellent tips for the first year in college
AcademicTips.Org

Online academic success videos
Dartmouth College videos on study skills such as note taking

Read about the studying process and skill building resources
Chemeketa Community College study skills resources

Study skills resource page
Humboldt State University Learning Center

Study skills self-help information
Virginia Tech

Learning styles

Index of learning styles questionnaire
Questionnaire assessing learning preferences based on four dimensions (active/reflective, sensing/intuitive, visual/verbal and sequential/global)

VARK: A guide to learning styles
Questionnaire that provides users with a profile of preferences for receiving and expressing information we learn.

Subject-specific study techniques

Database of learning strategies for different subjects
Center for Advancement of Learning at Muskingum College

Tutorials and study skills for various academic subjects
Academic content of Internet Resources for the Core (ARC)

Math help
Algebrahelp.com
Includes lessons, calculators and worksheets to help with algebra skills

Calculus-Help.com
A good resource for help and tutorials on calculus

Change and Motion: Calculus Made Clear
Video recording from O'Grady Library

Common errors in college math
Vanderbilt University

Exercises in math readiness for university study
University of Saskatchewan

The Math Forum
Drexel University

Visual calculus
University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Graduate school test prep