Welcome to the Psyc 1051
Interactive Study Guide

THIS WEBSITE IS DESIGNED TO:

  • Provide you with study tips

  • Test Your Study Skills

  • Explain the ACID Principles of Studying

  • Provide sample exam questions for psych and how to prepare for exams

Last year, Dr. Jeff Ratliff-Crain, your instructor, Kathryn Gonier Klopfleisch from the Academic Assistance Center, teamed up to figure out how students could improve their grades in this course. After studying test scores, the answers to four surveys, and 85 pages of transcripts from interviews with Psych 1051 students, we realized that every last one of the successful students did three things. . .

1) Read ahead: Every successful student we interviewed read 6 or 8 pages each night. By the time they got to lecture, they were already familiar with the material that would be covered.

2) Made connections: All of the A/B students we worked with made a conscious effort to connect the new material they were learning with something else in their lives. They analyzed themselves and their friends, and learned vocabulary by thinking up examples about it and discussing them with friends.
3) Studied Smart: Our research showed that all students, whether they earned A’s or F’s, studied about the same number of hours each week. This means that studying “more” might not improve your grade. Studying “smarter” is the most important thing.

If you think of studying for a test the same way you would completing a building project, you will realize that you need the right tools to complete the job. This website will help you develop an academic "tool box" and the know-how to use it.  Click on the following links...

This web site was developed by Kathryn Gonier Klopfleisch, Program Director for UMM's Academic Assistance center, and Jeffrey Ratliff-Crain, Associate Professor of Psychology.  The project was funded in part by the Faculty Enrichment Program and, in part, with Educational Development Program funds provided by the University of Minnesota, Morris.  For more information about the project or this web site, please contact Kathryn at gonierkr@morris.umn.edu or Jeff at ratliffj@morris.umn.edu  .

September 08, 2003

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