CAS Resources
Here are some important tips to make sure you finish your semester on a positive note:
Find your favorites and try something new if your current techniques are not producing results.
Create a master to-do list and a schedule for the remaining days in the semester. Break cumulative exams into smaller study units, which will prevent you from feeling overwhelmed and help you monitor your progress daily.
- Just get started. Don’t wait until you feel like studying.
- Review your notes daily.
- Identify the format of the exam. Vary your study technique according to the type of exam.
- Predict possible questions. Review old tests, study guides or the course objectives.
- Answer questions you didn’t know the first time. If the exam is cumulative and you struggled to master any material, return to it.
- Meet with the professor, a tutor or a learning specialist if needed.
- Develop summary sheets for each class.
- Link new information to things you already know. Forming these associations will help you retrieve information later.
- Check the front of your textbook to see if the publisher provides any online study aids.
- Set specific measurable goals for each study session to keep yourself on track.
- Create mnemonic devices, such as acrostics, rhymes or acronyms, to help you remember information.
- Take short breaks. Your brain can process a limited amount of information and benefits from some rest.
- Reward yourself with naturally enjoyable activities, such as playing X-box or clicking through Facebook.
- Stay healthy. Get some sleep and avoid caffeine. Seriously – your brain with thank you.
- Draw it. Create tables, diagrams, mind maps or pictures to represent and organize the information.
- Explain it aloud. Go into an empty classroom and pretend to teach the material to someone. Using your own words helps you assess your comprehension, which ultimately aids your memory.
- Study in a distraction-reduced environment. Turn off your cell phone, TV and email notifications.
- Identify examples or illustrations that embody the concept and demonstrate ways you will utilize the information.
- Attempt to answer the questions at the end of the chapter in your textbook.
- Quiz yourself. Cover up your notes and try to explain them. Create flashcards. If you find yourself struggling to remember, try different techniques to learn the material.
- Form a study group and develop a practice test together.
- Manage your anxiety. By listening to calming music, stretching or breathing deeply, you can avoid stress and release negative thoughts.
- Overlearn the material. When you think you are finished, keep going.
- Finally, examine your beliefs about learning. It does not happen quickly and intelligence is not fixed. Stay positive and persist, believing that talent can be developed. You can learn material by working hard, seeking help and using effective strategies
External Resources
| We Connect Now is dedicated to uniting people interested in rights and issues affecting people with disabilities, with particular emphasis on college students and access to higher education and employment issues.
One of the goals of this site is to help college students with disabilities to succeed in their studies by getting the information and support they need, both through resources, links, blogs latest news, studying existing laws and regulation and through personal contacts. Through this website people can also share and read other people’s stories as a source of support and comfort. We also want people using our webpage to take action by writing blogs, hosting an event or becoming involved in politics by knowing about upcoming legislation. Also, every month our webpage will focus on a particular disability or condition to bring our visitors more information and support related to our focus of the month. Through our jobs section, we also hope to help empower people with disabilities find employment through job posting and job searching tips, and if people have any questions we encourage them to contact us. The goal of this site is that people leave it having gained knowledge, a support system and having taken action. |
- Student Clubs and Organizations
Autistic Self-Advocacy Network
College Executive Functioning Coaching
Critical Mental Health Resources for College Students
Delta Alpha Pi International Honor Society
Executive Function: How to Help College Kids who Struggle
Mental Health and Well-Being for College Students
National Alliance on Mental Illness
National Wheelchair Basketball Association (NWBA) Intercollegiate Leagues
| Shooting Beauty, the eight-time audience award-winning documentary, tells the inspirational story of an aspiring fashion photographer, Courtney Bent, whose career takes an unexpected turn when she discovers a hidden world of beauty at a center for people with significant disabilities. Shot over the span of a decade, the film puts the viewer in Courtney's shoes as she overcomes her own unspoken prejudices and begins inventing cameras accessible to her new friends. Courtney's efforts snowball into an award-winning photography program called "Picture This"—and becomes the backdrop for an eye-opening story about romance, loss and laughter that will challenge what you thought you knew about living with a disability—and without one. |
