Take charge of your academic success by becoming a strategic learner. Strategic learners are students who set their own academic goals and know how to take responsibility for reaching those goals. These researched based products are designed to help you become a more effective strategic learner.

Focus on Study Skills in Math

This brief thirteen page PDF booklet goes beyond some of the past advice you may have been given and expands on four major themes for organizing your study of mathematics. It's aim is to encourage you to change the ways you study mathematics. The four themes are: (1) work and study in quality environments, (2) learn what is to be memorized and what must not be memorized, (3) keep your mind active, and (4) learn to evaluate your own work and study habits.

Price: FREE

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LASSI

The LASSI (Learning and Study Strategies Inventory) assesses how students approach studying and learning. Nine years of research, development, and testing led to the creation of this tool for the diagnosis of study habit strengths and weaknesses in ten areas. Twenty-two years later, the 2nd edition again diagnoses student learning and study strategies. Used nationally, it is a well-loved instrument to both educators and students. The ten LASSI scales are Attitude, Mogivation, Time Management, Anxiety, Concentration, Information Processing, Selecting Main Ideas, Study Aids, Self Testing, and Test Strategies. <MORE>

Price: $3.50 each

Becoming a Strategic Learner - LASSI Instructional Modules

The LASSI Instructional Modules provide instruction for the ten scales of the LASSI Inventory. The LASSI Instructional Modules are used to provide the information and tools needed for effective and efficient learning and study strategies. <MORE>

Price: $50 per student

Essential Study Strategies

Walter Pauk, renowned for his work in study skills, has given students a succinct resource, addressing the necessary tools for ensuring academic success. Pauk's prose is simultaneously motivational and informational, while underscoring the importance of personal action. The straightforward, conversational writing style appropriately reflects the tone of Pauk's message--apply these techniques, take ownership of your learning process, and take action to ensure your success. Each book includes two copies (pre-post) of the LASSI. <MORE>

Price: $32.95 each

Cornell Notetaking System
Writing a Term Paper Step-by-Step
Memory Power for Facts and Concepts
Seven Steps to Better Management of Your Study Time

These concise modules teach each topic in an eight page format. Short, to the point, research-based information that can dramatically improve academic performance. <MORE>

Price: $2.00 each