Build your skills by participating in free, in-person workshops provided through Tutoring Services. Explore the workshops listed below to find topics of interest to you and to sign up.
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Final Exam Preparation Strategies
Learn strategies to enhance your preparation for final exams.
This workshop will discuss:
- 5 – 7 day study plans
- tips for reviewing lecture notes, textbook readings, additional course material, and critical summary exam review notes
- test taking strategies for various types of exams including essay, short response, matching, true/false, multiple choice, and online exams
- test stress reductions tips
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Listening & Note-Taking Strategies
These workshops have concluded for the semester. If you would like to review these skills with a tutor, please make an Academic Mentorship appointment by clicking Connect with a Tutor on the Tutoring Services page.
Learn strategies for enhancing listening and note-taking skills for in-person, hybrid, and online courses. This workshop will discuss:
- listening
- reading
- note-taking methods and strategies including Cornell, outline, charting, mapping, and sentence
- challenges of speed variations in thinking, speaking, and writing
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Study Skills & Classroom Technologies
These workshops have concluded for the semester. If you would like to review these skills with a tutor, please make an Academic Mentorship appointment by clicking Connect with a Tutor on the Tutoring Services page.
Learn how to enhance your study skills techniques and utilize various classroom technologies. This workshop will discuss:
- learning styles and characteristics
- personality preferences
- mindsets
- critical thinking skills
- Blackboard navigation
- Office 365 tools
- Cloud storage
- E-mail utilization
- CWI website links
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Exam Preparation & Test-Taking Strategies
These workshops have concluded for the semester. If you would like to review these skills with a tutor, please make an Academic Mentorship appointment by clicking Connect with a Tutor on the Tutoring Services page.
Learn strategies for enhancing test preparation and test taking skills. This workshop will discuss:
- 5 – 7 day preparation techniques
- tips for reviewing lecture notes, textbook readings, and test review aids
- testing strategies for various exams including online, multiple-choice, short answer, true/false, and essay
- test stress reduction techniques and stress relieving activities before and during exams
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Time Management Strategies
These workshops have concluded for the semester. If you would like to review these skills with a tutor, please make an Academic Mentorship appointment by clicking Connect with a Tutor on the Tutoring Services page.
Learn how to enhance your time management strategies. This workshop will discuss:
- time management strategies
- electronic and paper calendar options
- pitfalls to time management schedules
- internal/external distractions
- examples of effective time management schedules
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Memory Retention Strategies
These workshops have concluded for the semester. If you would like to review these skills with a tutor, please make an Academic Mentorship appointment by clicking Connect with a Tutor on the Tutoring Services page.
Learn strategies for enhancing memory retention for in-class lectures, textbook readings, and online course content. This workshop will discuss:
- interesting brain facts
- the forgetting curve
- basic concepts on how the brain stores information utilizing encoding, storage, and retrieval techniques
- differences between short-term and long-term memory, schemas, procedural versus declarative knowledge, and multi-sensory strategies
- The six basic forgetting theories and the Twelve Principles of Memory will also be covered.
Questions?
- Ada County Center Pintail Building (APIN) – Room 1304
- Nampa Campus Academic Building (NCAB) – Room 209