The Importance of Study Skills in Post Secondary Education By: Christy Corbett.

The Importance of Study Skills in Post Secondary Education

By: Christy Corbett

Improvement of Study Skills

• Freshmen should feel eager upon entering college the first time.

• Research states that only 60% of college freshmen will receive their Associates or Bachelors Degree.


• A study was given in Florida, in which it consisted of 37,000 college students.

• All of these students took remedial courses.• After study skills course was taken these

students excelled.


• Transition is not easy.


• College is not like high school.• The same approach to academic studies will

not work.• Students are expected to be more

independent.• College is a new encounter, in which success

should be expected in different ways.


• There are many reasons for taking study skill courses.


• Time Management


• Specific Study Skills


• Test Anxiety


• Critical Thinking


• Communication Skills


• Career Choices


• This course is crucial for confidence and satisfaction in the world of academics.


ReferencesWhite, M. (2012, January). Study skills, time

management, key to helping student performances. Retrieved from http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700216557/study-skills-time-managment

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700216557/study-skills-timemanagment

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