Transcript Academic Learning Center Stay On Track! Organization Techniques for Finals and the End of the Semester By: Victoria Williams Anna Urbanski, GA Overview • • • • Time management strategies Plan out.

Academic Learning Center
Stay On Track!
Organization Techniques for Finals
and the End of the Semester
By: Victoria Williams
Anna Urbanski, GA
Overview
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Time management strategies
Plan out end of semester
Test anxiety causes and strategies
Evaluation
Time Management
• Choose a planner/organization tool
– Link planner (SCSU bookstore)
– Google or Outlook calendar
– Phone
• Make a list of all obligations
– Work
– Class
– Organizations/Clubs/Teams
– Family events
Time Management cont.
• Make a term schedule
– All due dates from course syllabi
(assignments, projects, exams, etc.)
– Other activities and events
– Leave room for additions
• Make a weekly schedule
– Fill in class, work, and activities of a typical week
– Schedule daily study blocks
• Be realistic!
– Include time for fun
– Be aware of best study locations and times of day
Put It Into Practice!
• Use these skills to plan out the remaining weeks of
the semester, with special consideration of finals:
– List all finals dates
• Day and time
– Location
• Building and room number
– Type of exam
• Computer, paper, etc.; comprehensive or final units
– Materials to study from
• Lecture notes, textbook, study guides, etc.
Test Anxiety
• Two kinds
– Anticipatory: anxiety experienced while studying
• Comes in waves (of relatively short duration)
– Situational: anxiety experienced while taking an
exam
Elements of Anxiety
• Physiological—the physical elements
– Symptoms (racing heart, stomach upset)
– Freeze, flight, or fight results in “going blank.”
• Cognitive—the mental element
– Symptoms (concentration, attention, reading and
understanding questions)
– Self-talk
• Behavioral—how you act
– Symptoms (anxious, irritated, depressed, afraid)
• Emotional—what you feel
Where does Test Anxiety come from?
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Poor study habits
Procrastination
Learned behavior
Worry about image
What To Do
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Better preparation
Improve general lifestyle
Learn physical relaxation techniques
Use positive self-talk
Manage the test environment
Improve test-taking skills
To Prepare:
• Go to class, read the book, do the homework,
and review, review, review.
• Learn how to take tests.
• Manage your time!
• Overcome procrastination!!!
More Tips
• Make healthy lifestyle choices
– Get enough sleep
– Eat the right foods
– Exercise regularly
• Practice relaxation techniques
• Use positive self-talk
• Manage the test environment
Adapted from: Beating the Big, Bad Wolf: Conquering Test Anxiety, Gail McNeely,
Austin Community College
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