Valuable Study Skills

General Study Skills

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Note-Taking Skills

With the advent of digital note-taking, there doesn’t seem to be a limit to the use of technology such as Notion, Kiwi, and the myriad of note-taking apps out there. The game has upped. Up your game.

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Answering Test Questions

Have you ever felt as though your tests were written in an alien language? You are not alone. Everyone in higher education, students and teachers alike, assume that they know how to take a test. Revisiting strategies on how to tackle different types of question always reveals a test-taking strategy you didn’t know.

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The 5 Paragraph Essay

Love it. Hate it. But, don’t fear it (fear the reaper, of course). The success of the essay depends heavily on all the work you do before you sit down to write the essay. You might be doing things backwards.

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Citations

Chasing down each source,
Formatting, checking, citing—
Truth demands its proof.