Academic Skills Workshops

 

SFSU Academic Skills Workshops on Videotapes

For use in the Media Access Center 3rd Floor Library

HANDOUTS: You may request to read and copy, at your expense, the workshop handout(s) for those videotapes with "also handout" noted on the list. The handouts are also in the Media Access Center in a binder labeled Testing Center's Handouts for Academic Skills Workshops.

 Reading

 Writing

 Time Management

 Taking Notes

 Tests for courses

 Study Skills

 Math/statistics

  Learning Styles

 

Speaking

Communication 

 

Reading

Academic Reading (using SQ3R) - also handout

Reading Comprehension & Speed - also handout

Reading Comprehension Through Notes - also handout

Improve Your Reading Rate - also handout

Improve Your Reading Rate and Comprehension - also handout

Taking Notes

Listening and Taking Notes in Class - also handouts

Taking Helpful Notes

Writing

Grammar: Avoid Common Errors - also handout

Grammar Skills

Writing a Course Paper: Getting Started - also handout

Writing Course Papers: Revising Strategies - also handout

Writing Course Papers - also handout

Writing Research Papers - also handout

Successful Course Writing - also handout

Research : Using the Library

Time

Finding Time - also handout

Procrastination: the Enemy Within

Tests

Preparing for and Taking Course Tests - also handout

Acing Short Answer Tests (multiple choice course tests)

Excelling on Essay Exams (for course exams only)

Abolishing Test Anxiety - also handout

Study Skills

Learning to Learn

Assessing My Academic Skills and Setting Strategy to Improve

Study Skills - also handout

Study and Test Skills - also handout

Memory: Say What?

Learning Style

What Is Your Learning Style?

Understanding Your Learning Style - also handout

How to Use Your Learning Style - also handout

Math/Statistics

Success with Statistics Course Work

Math, Statistics and the Calculator: How to Get the Most Out of Your Calculator?

Speaking

Winning Class Presentations

Speaking In Class

Communication for Courses

Effective Communication with Faculty - also handout

Group Course Work and Study Groups - also handout

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