Become a Better Student

Want to become a better presenter, listener, and all-around better student?  The UI&U Librarians have compiled a list of videos and e-books to help you hone your academic skills.   

© 2012 Tammy Strobel

LISTENING

 5 Ways to Listen Better (TEDTalks) (video, 8 minutes, ©2011)

http://www.myunion.edu/library-login.aspx?url=http://digital.films.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?aid=25661&xtid=48207

Active listening: Improve your ability to listen and lead by M.H. Hoppe (ebook, 34-pages, 2006)
http://www.myunion.edu/Library-Login.aspx?url=http://site.ebrary.com/lib/tui/Doc?id=10193835

Rule #1: stop talking!: A guide to listening by Linda Eve Diamond (ebook, 2007)
http://www.myunion.edu/Library-Login.aspx?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=211081

NOTE-TAKING

Academic Success Videos:Notetaking (Dartmouth Academic Success Skills video)
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~acskills/videos/video_ntcap.html
 

PRESENTATIONS

Making Your Presentation (video,  21 minutes, 1997)

http://www.myunion.edu/library-login.aspx?url=http://digital.films.com
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How to give a pretty good presentation: A speaking survival guide for the rest of us by TJ Walker (ebook, 2010)
http://www.myunion.edu/Library-Login.aspx?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=335329
                      
How to give a terrific presentation by K. Kalish (ebook, 2013)
http://www.myunion.edu/Library-Login.aspx?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=2099

READING

Active Reading: Comprehension and Rate (Dartmouth Academic Success Skills video)
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~acskills/videos/video_ricap.html

STUDYING, CONCENTRATION & MEMORY

Strategic Learning (Dartmouth Academic Success Skills video)
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~acskills/videos/video_slcap.html

The mature student's guide to higher education by L. Pritchard with L. Roberts (ebook, 2006)

http://www.myunion.edu/Library-Login.aspx?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=234079

The study skills guide: Essential strategies for smart students by J. Connelly and P. Forsyth (ebook, 2010)

http://www.myunion.edu/Library-Login.aspx?url=http://site.ebrary.com/lib/tui/Doc?id=10478367

                               

Why We Do What We Do, and How We Can Do It Better (TEDTalks) (video, 22 minutes, 2006)

http://www.myunion.edu/library-login.aspx?url=http://digital.films.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?aid=25661&xtid=48046&loid=131467

TEST TAKING

This Is a Test...This Is Only a Test: Test-Taking Techniques (video, 30 minutes, © 1992)

http://www.myunion.edu/library-login.aspx?url=http://digital.films.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?aid=25661&xtid=8064

Test-taking strategies by J. Kesselman-Turkel and F. Peterson (ebook, 2004)

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TIME MANAGEMENT

Time Management (Dartmouth Academic Success Skills)
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~acskills/videos/video_tmcap.html

Time Management (video, 18 minutes ©1995)

http://www.myunion.edu/library-login.aspx?url=http://digital.films.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?aid=25661&xtid=7082

Assignment Calendar (video, 1:59 minutes, ©1992)

http://www.myunion.edu/library-login.aspx?url=http://digital.films.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?aid=25661&xtid=8065&loid=42299

THINKING

Assumptions: Critical Thinking (video, 26 minutes, ©2009)

http://www.myunion.edu/library-login.aspx?url=http://digital.films.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?aid=25661&xtid=49815

Credibility: Critical Thinking (video, 39:00, ©2009)

http://www.myunion.edu/library-login.aspx?url=http://digital.films.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?aid=25661&xtid=49814

Successful Thinking Habits (video, 14 minutes, ©2001)

http://www.myunion.edu/library-login.aspx?url=http://digital.films.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?aid=25661&xtid=49910

WRITING

Ten Steps of Writing for Results (video, 3:44 minutes, © 1991)

http://www.myunion.edu/library-login.aspx?url=http://digital.films.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?aid=25661&xtid=8477&loid=10209

 Plagiarism 2.0: Information Ethics in the Digital Age (video, 19 minutes, ©2011)
http://www.myunion.edu/library-login.aspx?url=http://digital.films.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?aid=25661&xtid=43790&loid=116148

Researching, Reading, and Writing (video, 12 minutes, ©2009)

http://www.myunion.edu/library-login.aspx?url=http://digital.films.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?aid=25661&xtid=40414