Study Skills
This note-taking skill involves the reader or listener expressing the writer or speaker's meaning using different words to achieve a deeper clarity or understanding.
What is paraphrasing?
It is recommended that most adults get 7-9 hours of this every night.
What is sleep?
This campus resource provides career exploration, job search assistance, and many other career related activities (mock interviews, job fairs, professional development presentations, etc).
What is the Office of Career Development & Internships?
It is very important that you take these when you read, listen to lectures, and view any other resources your professor provides so that you can review them afterwards.
What are notes?
When is the best time for one to review notes?
What is immediately after class.
Creating one of these daily or weekly can help students manage their time effectively and prioritize their tasks.
Doing this can decrease your stress levels. It doesn't have to be intense or at the gym. You just have to get your blood flowing.
What is exercise?
It is important that I check this daily or multiple times a day for important campus announcements.
What is my PGCC student email?
You need to turn this off or put it away just as you would in a "normal" lecture so that you have minimal distractions.
What is your cell phone?
What is a strategy for studying notes?
What is compare notes with a classmate
This is the optimal amount of time you should spend studying before taking some sort of break.
What is 30 minutes?
Making these realistic, achievable, and measurable will help you stay motivated and positive.
What are goals?
If I am struggling with food insecurity and need some groceries or supplies to get by, I can reach out to this campus resource.
What is PGCC Cares in the Wellness Center?
This is a document that communicates information about a specific course and defines expectations and responsibilities. You should check this for due dates, explanations of assignments, and your professor's contact information.
What is a syllabus?
If your handwritting is sloppy, what is a technique to help you study if your professor does not allow laptops in class?
What is type your notes after class
This area is somewhere you dedicate to studying. It is a specific location that you only use when doing school work - it is not your bedroom, your kitchen table, etc.
What is study space?
This is a relaxation technique in which you unplug your electronics, find a quiet place, and take deep breaths in a relaxed position.
What is meditation?
If I was on an IEP in high school or suspect I may need accommodations to help me succeed, I can contact this campus resource.
What is Disability Support Services?
The college still provides this resource remotely and in-person, and it involves a person instructing or assisting you outside of the classroom to help you bridge gaps in your understanding.
What is tutoring?
Where is the best place to sit in a classroom?
What is front and center?
This method of study is typically regarded as the worst study method.
What is a cramming?
This word is one you should use when you have too many tasks to complete and someone asks you to do something that is not urgent, required, or desired by you.
What is No?
This program is designed to provide me with assistance when I start to struggle with a class or attendance. If I begin to struggle in a class, my professor will submit one of these, and an advisor will reach out to find out how they can help me. These are not disciplinary.
What is Early Alert?
What is one thing that one should never do when it comes to studying, taking notes, or test-taking?
What is rely on others (cheat)?
If you missed a point during lecture and powerpoints are not posted, what should a student do?
What is ask professor questions after class?