Start Strong....
- sylveahollis
- 5 days ago
- 2 min read
Updated: 2 days ago
Here's a running list to help students start every semester strong.
This post is dedicated to students. I recently heard from someone who said our class resources were helpful-in-the-moment, but they could not remember our tips and strategies.
Time Management/ Time Realism:
This section will help you play, by exposing the the invisible labor that makes being a student harder.
This time calculator can help you better understand how your time is shaping your week. When you start by planning your priorities, like sleeping, eating, studying, and working, you’re more likely to have time for the things you enjoy too.
Study Worksheets
These worksheets help students develop reading comprehension skills by highlighting structured processes for notetaking.
Textbooks:
Academic Texts :
Primary Source Texts:
Tips for Critical Thinking Skills
Tips for Reading Academic Articles [7 mins]
Here's a brief overview of how I read and understand academic articles & books.
"This video from Cornell University's Learning Strategies Center demonstrates the Cornell Notes system. It shows how to adapt this method for various learning situations, from lectures to online texts. Students can customize the note-taking format to improve retention and critical thinking."
Can picking up a pen have cognitive benefits? In her first-ever talk at the reMarkable campus, neuroscientist Dr. Audrey van der Meer examines why handwriting is so important for learning and memory, particularly in children.
Writing Resources
The Purdue OWL offers global support through online reference materials and services for creating citations, cover letters, major-specific writing help, and general writing advice.
Tips and tools to help with a range of resources: Writing a Paper; Citation, Style & Sentence Level Concerns; Specific Writing Assignments or Contexts; and Writing for Specific Fields
"In this video, we hear from students and teachers about how they're thinking through the problem [rise of AI and it's overuse], and review research in the science of learning to understand how the 'fluency' of a chatbot experience could disrupt the learning process that we go to school for."
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