The Learning Center at UNC Chapel Hill provides a number of handouts and resources to help you study for exams and tests. Here are a few handouts that may be most useful to you as you study:
Do you have trouble building study time into your schedule? Do you find yourself waiting until the last minute to study for exams? The Study Cycle, adapted from Frank Christ’s PLRS system by Saundra McGuire in her book Teach Students How to Learn, is a guide to help you build effective studying into your everyday life.
This handout offers several tips on effective studying. Implementing these tips into your regular study routine will help you to efficiently and effectively learn course material. Experiment with them and find some that work for you.
This handout will introduce you to the idea of “metacognition,” tell you why metacognition helps you learn better, and introduce some strategies for incorporating metacognition into your studying.
Memory tricks help you expand your working memory and access long term memory. These techniques can also enable you to remember some concepts for years or even for life. Finally, memory tricks like these lead to understanding and higher order thinking. Keep reading for an introduction to effective memorization techniques that will help you in school.
This handout offers four easy-to-use steps for planning an effective and organized test study routine. Remember, the earlier you start planning and begin studying, the better the chance your test study routine will be effective.
This handout shares strategies to use the day of your exam to maximize your success. For strategies to use to prepare for your exam in advance, check out the Learning Center’s other resources hyperlinked that the bottom of this handout.
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Finals week always seems to be just around the corner. It doesn’t have to be a stressful and hurried time. Here are 10 tips on how to prepare for final exams in college.
This tutorial from Effective U will help you recognize how class content relates to exams, understand how to apply tips for exam preparation, and use new techniques to prepare for and take exams.
