Study Skills
This popular method divides work into 25-minute focused intervals followed by short breaks.
What is the Pomodoro Technique?
The sentence that usually appears at the end of the Introduction paragraph of an academic essay that includes the writer’s central argument.
What is a Thesis Statement?
The largest organ in the human body
What is the skin?
This is the result when you multiply 7 by 8.
What is 56?
The winner of the first season of American Idol in 2002.
Who is Kelly Clarkson?
This note-taking system uses a two-column format with cues on the left and notes on the right.
What is the Cornell Method?
The short summary that precedes a scientific or other academic journal article in a published journal.
What is an abstract?
The planet Superman was born on, named after one of the noble gases.
What is Krypton?
This value of x solves the equation 2x+3=11
What is 4?
The R&B artist who plays him/her/themself in the 2019 thriller/comedy Uncut Gems.
Who is The Weeknd?
This type of practice involves recalling information without looking at notes, often using flashcards or quizzes.
What is active recall?
An acronym used to remind writers the elements of a strong academic paragraph. Hint: Most people eat 3 of these per day.
What is MEAL? (Meal stands for Main Idea > Evidence > Analysis > Link)
The first step in the Scientific Process
What is an observation?
This is the name of a triangle with all sides of different lengths.
What is a scalene triangle?
The clothing brand that faced backlash for a denim campaign starring Sydney Sweeney.
What is American Eagle?
This technique involves spreading out study sessions over time rather than cramming.
What is spaced repetition?
The term for two or more words having the same spelling or pronunciation but different meanings
What is a homonym?
A glass jar used in scientific experiments and the name of a Muppets character with orange hair.
What is (a) beaker?
This is the derivative of x2
What is 2x?
The name of the ice cream shop that Steven and Robin work at in Stranger Things
What is Scoops Ahoy?
This campus office often provides tutoring, workshops, and support for academic success.
What is the Learning Resources Center?
The punctuation mark that is a combination of a question mark and an exclamation point
What is an interabang?
The acronym used by scientific writers as shorthand for the sections of a report or journal article: Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion
What is IMRaD?
This term describes a square matrix whose determinant is zero.
What is a singular matrix?
This singer has an alternate Instagram account dedicated to rating onion rings.
Who is Lorde?