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The Study Skills Program of the University Counseling Center is designed to
help students achieve academic success. While students who are admitted to the
University have already been successful in their academic work, there are many
factors that may require the student to further develop study skills. Among
those factors are:
- Advanced courses place higher demands upon students.
- The highly competitive nature of the college setting is distressing to
some students.
- The college setting is much less structured than that of high school.
Students have many free hours, and that freedom can result in less efficient
use of study time. The ability to manage time becomes essential. For some
students, the increased availability of time ironically results in too
little time spent studying.
- There is a shift in the ratio of classroom time to outside-the-classroom
time spent on course work. Thus students need the self discipline to deal
with demands outside the classroom.
- Balancing work time and social time becomes a challenge. During high
school, most students’ social lives were limited to weekends. In college,
social time is available daily, and for many students it is difficult to
find the right balance between recreational time and study time.
Individual meetings with the Study Skills Counselor are available by
appointment (in person – 206 Health Services Building; or by phone 94050). These
counseling sessions help evaluate strengths and determine what areas need
strengthening. The counselor then works with the student to develop skills. And,
the counselor may identify other factors that complicate the student’s ability
to study – such as sleep deprivation, emotional distress, and difficulty
concentrating.
Workshops
Workshops for groups of students are offered regularly on such topics as:
self-management, self-motivation, time management, effective study methods,
test-taking techniques, overcoming test anxiety, improving reading
comprehension, relating to instructors, and adjusting to the demands of the
competitive Villanova environment.
We also offer self-help tapes on such topics
as Concentration, Managing Stress, Memory Improvement and Overcoming
Procrastination. Click here for more
information on the workshop schedules.
Articles of Interest
Get Your ZZZ's if You Want A's "Sleep difficulties" ranked third among
students' "top 10 impediments to academic performance," according to the fall
2003 survey of the American College Health Association. ~ Suicide rates
are higher in poor sleepers. And Insomnia of more than two weeks' duration
increases the risk of depression and suicide
Links to University Resources
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