Study Strategies
These habits can help keep your brain and body well, making studying or working towards your academic goals even easier!
Drinking water, sleeping, regular exercise, healthy diet
This is the person you talk to about registration for classes, you major, or program of study.
Academic Advisor
Bonus points (50): Who is your academic advisor?
What is a group of crows called?
A murder
Someone who believes their strengths and abilities can change over time has what type of mindset?
Growth Mindset
Bonus points (50): Name and define the opposite of a growth mindset.
What is a daily highlight?
One priority to finish for the day (most urgent/satisfying/fun).
Retrieval practice is the act of recalling information. Name one type of retrieval practice.
Flash cards, practice test, brain dump, reciting the material, teaching the material to someone else
This person is here to support you in developing your academic skills and reaching your goals.
Academic Coach
How many faces does a Dodecahedron have?
12
True or false: Multitasking is a myth
True
What is one strategy to combat procrastination?
Do the hardest task first, jumpstart your motivation (set a timer to work for a short period), break-it down, backward planning, sacred bubble technique, self-reward
How do you develop a structured study session? Hint: also called the Pomodoro method.
Set a goal, study with focus, take a short break, return to your work and repeat.
This service is available from The Learning Commons to help you with your course content.
Peer tutoring.
Bonus points (50): Have you used peer tutoring?
What was the name of the ancient Greek goddess of the moon?
Artemis
What is the term for "thinking about our thinking"?
Metacognition
Double Jeopardy:
What does the acronym SMART stand for when goal setting?
Specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, time bound.
Double Jeopardy!
Make a brain dump of any topic that you know about! It could be from your classes, or just a topic you enjoy.
Brain dump of information on a topic.
This office is within The Learning Commons and coordinates students accommodations for both long term and short term disabilities.
Office of Student Accessibility
What is the smallest US state by area?
Rhode Island
Name two qualities a person with growth mindset has.
•Embrace challenges
•Persist after setbacks
•Effort is a path to mastery/learning
•Learn from criticism
What is the term for distributing your studying over a longer period of time rather than cramming?
Spaced practice
What is the term for shuffling the order of material that you are studying?
Interleaving
This office is located in the RecWell building and provides support for students mental health and wellbeing.
The Counseling Center
When was QU founded?
1929
What is one habit for overcoming test anxiety, or preventing "choke"?
Reaffirm your self-worth, map out your complexities, write about your worries, meditate, think differently, reinterpret your reactions, pause your choke, educate the worries, practice under pressure, outsource your cognitive load, organize what you know.
What is one thing that you can do before class to be better prepared?
Preview the material by reading the text book, creating a note outline, watching YouTube videos, etc.