All students need help with their study skills. Are your students aware of how to properly take notes? Some think that writing down every word will help them. Others can take notes but don't seem to be able to manage their time.I've put together a listing which will work for our 21st Century digital learners, as it includes smartphone apps. There are thousands of apps out there and it is impossible to cover all of them, so if you have a suggestion, please add to the comments below.
UPDATED 2/9/18
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100 Self-Help & Study Skills for Students with ADD
Comprehensive Guide to Better Study: 53 Smart Tips for Students- 6 parts
Create a Good Environment for Studying at Home- from Edutopia
Easy Notecards- "Easy Notecards is a place for students and teachers to create, study, print and share interactive notecards (flashcards) for their textbooks."
Education Atlas-study skills guides for students, including general guides, test-taking guides and study skills by subject area
Effective Study Skills- written by Dr. Bob Kizlik
Effective Ways to Study Better- from EliteWritings.com
Effective Ways to Study Better- from EliteWritings.com
Five Lessons for Note Taking Fun- from Education World; each is marked for the appropriate grade
Good Study Habits- from Lesson Tutor
How to Actually Enjoy Studying- terrific post from Ivy Panda which uses infographics to easily explain the studying process.
How to Improve Study Skills in Middle School- there are 7 tips on this site, as well as some helpful videos. The only annoying part is the ads which are visible (you can click "x" to close them) while you are trying to watch the videos.
How to Study.com- excellent site has loads of information, including SAT study tips, good listening in class, test anxiety and taking notes in class.
How to Study Effectively- covers study skills, reading, test taking; site states "suitable for all ages"
How to Study Effectively- covers study skills, reading, test taking; site states "suitable for all ages"
The Learning Toolbox- modules for students, teachers and parents; from James Madison University
Mastering Your Time- explains how to manage your time
Mondofacto- geared towards secondary to college aged students, there is help with research, writing, testing
MyNoteit- online note taking tool for students; take, edit, share notes
Notetaking Paper- generates a pdf which you can print
Note-taking Video- from Dartmouth University; runs 8.24 minutes.
Steps to Effective Textbook Reading
Study Guides and Strategies- very comprehensive listing includes Learning and Studying, Project and Time Management, Writing and Vocabulary, Thinking and Evaluation, Reading and Research and Math and Science.
Study Navigator- special search for research, including encyclopedias, thesauri, dictionaries and more
Study Skills for Students- from Education Corner; guides include Study Skills, Test-Taking and Resources By Subject.
Study Skills Guide- tips, strategies
Study Skills Help and Study Tips- this is a downloadable file
Study Tips- for secondary students; includes writing help, test-taking tips, learning information
Summarizing- information includes printable worksheets in English and Spanish
Teaching Elementary Students How to Study- from the National Committee for Research and Technology in Educational Communities
TeAchnology Resources- study skills activities, success packs and how to improve study skills
SMARTPHONE APPS
Android
Evernote- remember everything, from to-do list to websites; create documents
Remember the Milk- task manager
Spanish Droid Flashcards Free- "Spanish Droid FlashCards has a translation dictionary, in addition to an array of flash cards with commonly used phrases, verbs, adjectives, nouns, days, weeks, colors, months, and seasons."
StudyDroid Free- "create flashcards on your Android device or online at StudyDroid's website, and then sync them."
Vocab Builder Lite- (also $$ version) Android app helps you build vocabulary
Evernote- remember everything, from to-do list to websites; create documents
Remember the Milk- task manager
Spanish Droid Flashcards Free- "Spanish Droid FlashCards has a translation dictionary, in addition to an array of flash cards with commonly used phrases, verbs, adjectives, nouns, days, weeks, colors, months, and seasons."
StudyBlue Flash Cards- for Android
Vocab Builder Lite- (also $$ version) Android app helps you build vocabulary
Evernote- remember everything, from to-do list to websites; create documents
Flash Cards- basic math problems
General English Assessment Quiz- 5,000+ multiple choice questions for GRE, TOEFL, IELTS, SAT.
Learn Spanish- ($) 256 audio lessons; also available for English, French, Italian
MathSP SAT and PSAT Math Prep
Moo Math Lite- for very young kids
NElements Free- periodic table of elements
Practice English Grammar
Solar System Q Fact Book
Student Buddy- ($) organize assignments etc.
Student Notes- for high school students; covers algebra, geometry, trigonometry, grammar, physics, biology, chemistry, etc.
iPhone
Biology Exambuster: Nerves
Dictionary.com iPhone App- free download gives you a dictionary at your fingertips.
EleMints: Periodic Table- ($)
Evernote- remember everything, from to-do list to websites; create documents
Flashcards Deluxe- this iPhone application costs $3.99 and lets you organize your flash cards into stacks. Studying was never this much fun!
Geometry Facts Flash Cards ($)
Gengo Audiocards: French
iSpeak Spanish
iThesaurus- a free iPhone application which offers a thesaurus with 140,000 words.
EleMints: Periodic Table- ($)
Evernote- remember everything, from to-do list to websites; create documents
Flashcards Deluxe- this iPhone application costs $3.99 and lets you organize your flash cards into stacks. Studying was never this much fun!
Geometry Facts Flash Cards ($)
Gengo Audiocards: French
iSpeak Spanish
iThesaurus- a free iPhone application which offers a thesaurus with 140,000 words.
