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Learning BackPack

The tools and resources offered in the Learning BackPACk are to help students with learning difficulties to become more effective learners.
Staff members who work with students can utilize the website by reviewing the academic difficulties mentioned by students and utilizing the strategies to help aid the students. Areas include time management and organization, test preparation and test taking strategies, study skills, note taking strategies, active reading strategies and writing composition strategies.

Questions and Related Stratgies

TIME MANAGEMENT & ORGANIZATION
Time Management
I don't remember what assignments are due and where I'm supposed to be? Semester Calendar

Weekly To-Do List
I don't remember my grades in my classes. Can I rely on my Academic Coordinator? Grade Report Form

Semester Calendar
I am late to class frequently. Change watch

Organization
I have one folder/binder for all of my classes. It's a mess and disorganized. BAY-B
I sometimes forget to bring the correct materials to class and meetings. MCAP

TEST TAKING SKILLS
When I am taking a test, I become really nervous. WRAP
I have a hard time finishing a test in the required time. READ
I often lose points because I don't carefully read the directions. RAIN
I don't understand how to take a multiple choice test. URAM
How do you take True/False tests? AQUIT
How do you take Essay tests? RULE-WE
When I am taking a test, I don't always remember everything I studied. ___

STUDY SKILLS
The professor says the test will be from my notes. How do I study them? AB's HI
The professor says the test will be mostly from my textbook. How do I study my book? PLWR
The professor says 50% of the test will be from my book and 50% from lecture notes. How can I study this way? WORRY

NOTE TAKING
My professor talks too fast. I give up taking notes. I SWAM
My lecture notes are scattered with information and I don't understand what I wrote. CORNELL
I tape lectures, but I don't know how to take notes from them. PP 123
I have a hard time taking notes because I am not always focused. TASSEL

READING
I have a hard time getting the main ideas from my readings. BCDE, RAP-Q
I have a hard time looking for details I need to know when I read. A5W's & HA
I am quizzed on short stories, but I don't always understand them. PSPORE
I am a slow reader. WARF
I read online journals, but it is hard to understand them on the computer screen. RUD PC

WRITING COMPOSITION
I have difficulty organizing my ideas when I write research papers. POWER
I have difficulty finding information for my research papers. T B NAIL
I have been told I go off on a tangent with my topic. TREE
I need to start proofreading my own papers. FAST

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