Taking Tests
Test Taking Tips
Essay Instruction Terms
What Examiners Want
Getting Ready to Take a Test (with tips for multiple choice v. essay)
How to be a Master Test Taker

Taking Notes
Improving Note taking with Concept Maps

Managing Study Time
Time Use Chart
Time Management Tips

Writing Essays, Papers, and Reports
Paradigm OnWriting Assistant (organizing, writing, and revising exploratory and argumentative essays-nice layout)
The UVic Writers' Guide (writing different types of essays and research paper)
Problems with Essays


Building Basic Study Skills
Study Skills Package (for remembering, note taking, and studying for exams)
Online Academic Success Videos (requires QuickTime 4 or higher to view)

Studying in Different Courses
How to Study (with links to tips for different disciplines)
History Study Skills (see the tips for "Examinations" and "Study Methods")
Argument and Reasoning (deeper exploration and practice)

Making Sense of English Idioms, Phrases, and Slang
ESL Idiom Page (for international students who may not be familiar with expressions used by English-speaking teachers)

This information was prepared by: Ludy Goodson Instructional Design and Services Coordinator Center for Excellence in Teaching Georgia Southern University