Study Tips
A tool that you can utilize to discover how you best learn. Includes the modes of learning like visual, auditory, kinesthetic, and reading/writing.
What is the VARK Assessment?
Provides comprehensive resources that help all Aggies achieve their academic goals; programs include Tutoring, Supplemental instruction (SI),& StudyHub
What is the Academic Success Center?
A _____ is a great tool to help keep track of your classes, assignments, organization meetings and other aspects of your life.
What is a planner?
The first place you should check when you have a question about your class and assignments.
What is the Syllabus?
A campus resource dedicated to providing A&M students with resources to support their mental health and wellbeing. This includes a variety of services, ranging from support groups to individual appointments to self-help and emergency resources.
What is CAPS, or Counseling And Psychological Services?
The major problem students face regarding studying
What is Procrastination?
Support students’ academic and social development by connecting students with resources and programs to enhance student learning.
What is an Academic Peer Mentor (APM)?
A study plan which encourages studying for an exam at least a week in advance by breaking studying up into smaller chunks over the course of the week.
What is the 5-Day Study Plan?
The section at the top of the syllabus containing information like course number, date and time of the class, and where the class is being taught.
What is Course Information?
A campus resource that offers accommodations coordination, evaluation referral, disability-related information, assistive technology services, sign language interpreting and transcription services for academically related purposes.
What is Disability Resources?
A cyclical study technique where you study one topic for 25-30 minute increments at a time and take small 5 minute breaks in between.
What is the Pomodoro Technique?
A free resource provided by A&M whos mission is to help graduate and undergraduate students practice the habits of mature composers of written and oral communication.
What is the University Writing Center?
Sponsored by the Academic Success Center, this tool connects you to those resources through its searchable database. You can identify and locate resources by:
Subject Area – search for a specific subject to see what academic support is available.
Type of Support – search by type of support, such as tutoring, help desk, or academic coaching.
Location – search by location to see hours, url, and contact information.
What is Study Hub?
The section of the syllabus containing information about your professor like their office hour times and their email.
What is Instructor Details?
A hub of academic support; these facilities offer individual and group study spaces, open access computer labs, and weekly tutoring.
What are the Community Learning Centers?
Examples professors provide to allow students to practice material and work problems before exams
What are Practice Exams or Study Sheets?
Help sessions for specific math courses; also contains Python instructional videos for engineers.
What is the Math Learning Center? (MLC)
The recommended amount of time students should study for their classes outside of class for every 1 hour they are in class.
What is 2-3 hours?
The section of the syllabus that covers the major components of the class and how they are weighted
What is the Grading Policy?
This is the department through which all student orgs are run. They also have resources for a variety of university run leadership opportunities as well as any resources needed to manage a student org.
What is Student Activities (StuACT)?
Cornell, Mapping, Charts, and Outlines
What are Methods of Notetaking?
A partner in a student's academic journey as they move through and graduate from Texas A&M University. a reliable source of information about majors, one who can help students explore their interests, consider alternative majors, select courses, develop a degree plan, and meet degree requirements
What is an Academic Advisor?
A technique to manage time; a schedule using one-hour blocks of time, filling in all 168 hours in a week.
What is a fixed-commitment calendar?
The section of the syllabus that covers information about university excused absences and Student Rule 7
What is the Make Up Work Policy?
Some common issues this resource provides support for are: referrals and resource connections; concerning behavior follow-up; student welfare checks; student absence notifications; Silver Taps and student death; transition issues; and more.
What is Student Assistance Services? (SAS)