I BARELY HAVE TIME TO STUDY, I DON'T HAVE TIME TO DEVELOP A PLAN!

We've heard that from students before, but the time you will save by having a good study plan in place far outweighs the time spent in developing your plan. Here are some tips and strategies you should use in developing a study plan.

RESOURCES LIVE HELP

Study Plan Student Hand Out.docx 

Terms at a glance

After you rank your headings and questions you can access more resources by clicking on the links below:

STUDY PLAN - HOW 

STUDY PLAN - WHEN 

STUDY PLAN - WHY 

STUDY PLAN - WHERE 

STUDY PLAN - WHO 

STUDY PLAN - WHAT  

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Learning Contracts (or syllabi for CDL courses)

• To get started, have a print out or an electronic copy of your learning contracts/online course outlines (syllabi).
• You can access your LEARNING CONTRACTS  by going to www.esc.edu/MyESC and clicking on the  MyRecords tab and then choosing My Academic Documents

• You can access your ONLINE COURSE OVERVIEWS  by going to www.esc.edu/MyESC and clicking on the  Online Courses link in the QuickLinks box on the upper right hand side.
• Then click on your individual online courses and follow the links for Course Overview or Syllabus

Your Northeast Center Student Datebook, your own datebook/online calendar, and/or Terms-at-a-Glance

SELF ASSESSMENT RESOURCES:

The Vark Assessment

Available at http://www.vark-learn.com will tell you some of learning styles that you naturally like to use and provides you with strategies for studying. 

The SmarterMeasure Assessment

Available at http://esc.smartermeasure.com/ will measure your self-assessment of your learning styles, motivation, technical competency, reading rate, etc. It takes about 20-30 minutes to complete. USERNAME - NECStudent (choose from the pull down menu)     PASSWORD – esc

MindTools Time Management Self-Assessment - http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newHTE_88.htm

Effective Habits for Effective Study

Use this link to find out more about the ways in which you study and how you might improve - http://www.studygs.net/attmot4.htm 

Personal Learning Style

Use this link to find out more about your personal learning style

http://www.studygs.net/selfassessment.htm 

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:

Creating a "To Do" list - http://www.studygs.net/todolist.htm 

Daily Scheduling - http://www.studygs.net/schedule/ or http://www.studygs.net/schedule/index1.htm 

Weekly Scheduling - http://www.studygs.net/schedule/weekly.htm 

Planning tool for research projects - https://rpc.elm4you.org/

Time Management & Organization from Mindtools - http://www.mindtools.com/pages/main/newMN_HTE.htm

PRINTABLES

Terms at a glance

Weekly Activity Sheet

TIME MANAGMENT SYSTEMS

The Pomodoro Technique - http://www.pomodorotechnique.com/

David Allen's "Getting Things Done" blog (plenty of free information) - http://www.gtdtimes.com/

Dartmouth College's 3 steps to Time Management - http://www.dartmouth.edu/~acskills/videos/video_tmcap.html