Study Skills Handouts and Worksheets

The following handouts are ones that TRiO-Student Support Services Program has put together over the years to help students be successful at college.

Decision Making

• Decision Making 

Effective Studying

• How to Succeed in College  
• Suggestions for Effective Studying  

Following Directions

• Following Directions Quiz 

Flash Cards

• How to Use Flash Cards 

Grief and Loss

• Helping Children Deal with Death 
• Stages in the Cycle of Grief 
• Stages of Grief 
• Suggested Resources 
• Talking Over Death - Children's Stories 
• The Grief Cycle 
• What is Grief 

Math Handouts

• Math Games People Play 
• Personal History with Math 
• Process Approach for Math & Science 
• Study Hints for Mathematics 
• Taking a Math Test 

Mnemonics

• Mnemonics 

Perfectionism

• Perfectionism 

Reading Textbooks

• How to Read Your Textbook 

Self-Esteem

• Strategies for Developing Self-Esteem 

Stress Management

• 20 Proven Stress Reducers 
• How to Handle Stress 
• Relaxing Under Pressure 
• Stress Coping Test 

Student/Teacher Communication

• Communication Style 
• Create a First Impression 
• Improving Teacher/Student Communication 

Study Skills

• Study Skills Workshop 
• Study Time Planner 
• Studying Analysis 
• Studying Symbols 

Taking Lecture Notes

• How to Take Lecture Notes 

Test Anxiety

• Minimizing Test Anxiety 

Test Taking

• 12 Commandments of Test Taking 
• How to Gain Useful Information from Your Examinations 
• Pre-Exam Checklist 
• Taking Objective Tests 
• Types of Tests 
• Writing Essay Exams 

Time Management

• Managing Time for School 

Writing a Research Paper

• Bibliography 
• Developing an Outline 
• Footnotes 
• Outline for Writing 
• Preliminary Outline 
• Term Paper Checklist 
• Time Table for Writing a Paper 
• Topical Outline 

There are several useful handouts and practice tests available on the Tutoring Center website on subjects like Accounting, Chemistry, Japanese, Mathematics, Spanish, and Statistics.