Learning Assistance Center

Study Skills

The Learning Assistance Center offers a variety of resources in the area of study skills.  Students can learn how to improve note taking and listening, time management, memorization, and test taking skills, among others.

Rate your own study skill habits with our checklist!

Fill out a study schedule for yourself

Recommended study skills links

• Study Tips from the College Grants Database
• Learning Styles Inventory
• Learning Styles Chart
• Study Tips for Students
• How to Study
• Study Guide & Strategies
• The Study Skills Resource Page
• The Cornell Method of Note Taking
• Free Cornell Note-taking Paper
• Test Taking Central
• Helpful resources from Virginia Tech

LAC Study skills videotape collection

Short 0nline Videos on Study Skills

• How to prepare for an exam - study tips
• Community college study tips - free!
• How to remember what you read
• How to ace multiple choice tests
• Tips to do well in college (UC Riverside)
• Stress relief tips and exercises
• Ten tips for stress management
• The personal statement/college essay
• Personal Statement (UC Office of the President)
• College Essay Tips by James Moroney, First Choice College
• Five Tips to Ace your Finals

Revised June 12, 2012 by easnyder@pasadena.edu