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Study Skills Tip Sheets
This series of short tip sheets from Emory College, the undergraduate arts and sciences division of Emory University, is aimed at helping college students, particularly freshmen, succeed in the college environment. Although not geared specifically for science students, the tip sheets offer advice that might be particularly relevant to students in introductory science courses. Topics include understanding learning styles, improving memory and concentration, taking notes, reading with understanding, and preparing for and taking tests. The tips advise students to find and prepare a study space, break projects into smaller chunks, avoid marathon study sessions, read difficult material first, turn notes into study guides that can be used to prepare for tests, and avoid spending too much time on difficult test questions.
Memory and Concentration
Tip #6 urges students to use active learning processes rather than memorize facts. It says that a deeper level of understanding will allow for stronger memory connections.
Media: PDFProgram Director: Patricia Ann Marsteller, Ph.D.
Award Years: 1989, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006
Summary: Emory University is a private research university in Atlanta, Georgia. Its HHMI-funded initiatives include:
- The introduction of new interdisciplinary courses and approaches that have helped reform the undergraduate science curriculum;
- The SURE (Summer Undergraduate Research at Emory) program, which has placed and mentored more than 1000 students since 1990 and acted as a catalyst for an international research program;
- The HHMI Curriculum Development Fellows program, which gives selected graduate students and postdocs the chance to help develop new courses, problem-based learning materials and supplemental instruction for introductory biology, chemistry and mathematics courses;
- The formation of collaborative communities of current and future faculty, undergraduate students and high school teachers to improve science education in metro Atlanta schools; and
- The development of Web-based interdisciplinary curricula, such as CancerQuest and Cases Online.