Today I am just going to go through some academic resources and
strategies for academic success here at Iowa State
The main acedemic resource that is available here at Iowa State is the
Academic Success Center (ASC) The ASC is a collection of services and programs
designed to help you reach your academic goals.
One resource that you are able to use is the Academic Coaching, which provides one-on-one
meetings with students seeking help in evaluating and correcting academic
challenges. Students are encouraged to seek academic coaching to develop skills
that can improve areas of their lives such as time management, note taking,
study skills and test taking. The coaches are trained in teaching effective college
success skills and can also assist students with test anxiety or motivational
challenges. For example you can meet with them
to go over productive use of study time, goal-setting for improved academic success, reading and note taking strategies, and overcoming test-taking challenges. Pretty much any other academic skill you want to
develop or improve! The best part about this service is that here is NO cost!
Another helpful tool for academic success is taking the
class Psychology 131 It is designed to facilitate students' development of
academic skills, behaviors, and attitudes. Content in this course helps
students immediately, but also prepares students for academic success
throughout their college career. Psych 131 is one credit, graded satisfactory/fail.
I’m sure many of you have had or are currently taking a
class that has a Supplemental Instruction (SI) This is also a free program that
have regularly scheduled study sessions for difficult courses. SI sessions are
facilitated by SI Leaders, who are undergraduate students who have previously
taken the course and demonstrated academic competency in the subject area. Each
SI Leader facilitates at least three 50-minute sessions per week using
collaborative learning methods. Attend once or attend every session.. data
suggests that the more you attend, the higher your final grade will be in the
course.
And of course there is tutoring, which is free for all of us
Hixsons. As you can see there are numerous resources on campus to
help you succeed academically. So in conclusion if you haven’t taken advantage of these
resources you defiantly should, almost all are free and very useful.
Cole Schlitzer
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