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Academic Success Model
Academic success requires interaction between essential college study strategies and self-management behaviors. Take Test is the core of our model since success in most classes is significantly influenced by exam performance. Test success requires that you study smart and begin Day One of each class devoting attention, time, and effort to each component of this model.
Read this great article, Underachievement Among College Students, so you can see why the Academic Success model will help you avoid academic difficulties that new college students often experience. Review the Study Smart Starter Kit diagram and articles below.
original concept by Penny Findlay; adaptations and graphics by Debi Jensen, Academic Resource Center
Subject–specific study resources
These resources are just a few of the many subject-specific study resources that are available online. Some of these Web sites were recommended by our Supplemental Instruction (SI) leaders, who have used them successfully in their SI study sessions. Ensure that you also use any online resources that came with your textbook and that are provided by your professor.
Though placement exam preparation resources are provided at the bottom of the page, contact USU Testing Services (within Career Services) for more information: (435) 797-1004, University Inn ground level Room 102.
Study Smart Starter Kit
Manage Time-
Strategies
- Video – Time Management
- Estimating study hours
- Prioritization Grid
- Semester planner
- Weekly planner
- Managing procrastination
- Procrastination inventory
Other Academic Resources
- “Psych'd Out!” online procrastination workshop
- Supplemental Instruction
- Tutoring
Memory-
Strategies
Other Academic Resources
Listen Actively
Take Notes-
Strategies
Other Academic Resources
- Psy 1730
- Supplemental Instruction
- Your professor, TA, UTF
- Recitations
Read Text-
Strategies
Other Academic Resources
Test Preparation-
Strategies
- Creating Study Guides
- Visual organizers
- Preparing for Math exams
- Box of Understanding: Math
- Box of Understanding: Physics, Chemistry
- Box of Understanding: general science
- Effective study plans
- Five-day study plan
- Predicting test questions
- Thinking/learning pyramid
- Essay exam key words
Other Academic Resources
- Supplemental Instruction
- Tutoring
- Tutor Advertiser (private tutoring)
- Psy 1730
- Your professor, TA, UTF Review sessions
- Study groups
- Khan Academy math videos
Day of Test
Manage Stress-
Strategies
- Video – Stress Management
- Video – Overcoming Test Anxiety
- Test Anxiety Inventory
- Managing test anxiety
Other Academic Resources
- “Psych'd Out!” Online test anxiety workshop
- “Psych'd Out!” Online math anxiety workshop
- Counseling & Psychological Services (CAPS) workshops
Take Test
Analyze Returned Test-
Strategies
Other Academic Resources
- Your professor, TA, UTF
- Supplemental Instruction