Study Skills 101: Metacognitive Learning Strategies
Episodes
Study Skills 101: Focus forward and final exams!
09 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Final exams are never easy, and usually students are suffering burnout by the time they roll around. The key is to remember that you are in a maratho...
Study kills 101: Eliminating Distractions
21 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We are constantly distracted in today's world, and this is not an accident. Companies spend millions of dollars trying to get your attention, and in ...
Study Skills 101: What is burnout and how do we avoid it?
21 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In academics (or even in the workplace), you may have heard the word "senioritis" or "burnout." It turns out that both of these are real things, and ...
Study Skills 101: Mind Hacks: Read Faster, Remember More
10 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It would be nice to be able to peruse our reading assignments and take our time. However, even the best of us can lose track of time and then need to...
Study Skills 101: The Art of Effective Listening in Lectures
03 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Believe it or not listening is a skill and differs greatly from hearing. Think about it, you hear sounds every day, but you don't necessarily focus o...
Study Skills 101: The Power of Elaboration
26 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We often try to learn material in the exact same working as it was given to us. Well, it turns out that there is a much better way to do this, to lea...
Study Skills 101: Mastering Exams, The Ultimate Study Plan Guide
24 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We have all been there, we have spent out time somewhat unwisely and now we have a huge exam to take and we don't feel we know the material. Well, it...
Study Skills 101: Using Mnemonics to improve your memory in life and on University Exams!
19 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We might not know it, but using mnemonic devises to improve human memory has been around for hundreds of years! We might try and use a few of these t...
Study Skills 101: Procrastination, what it is and how to defeat it!
12 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We have all been there, we have a list of tasks to complete and we feel overwhelmed and buried. Then we Binge Netflix until dawn and realize we waste...
Study Skills 101: Using AI as a study tool
11 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We have discussed the good and bad of using AI/Chat GPT on assignments. Now let's talk ab out using it as a study tool!
Study Skills 101: The Use of Chat GPT and AI in school.
06 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Technology these days is growing leaps and bounds. The most recent large advancement came with open source AI, or Chat GPT. These days it comes in m...
Study Skills 101: Imposter Syndrome, what it is and how to deal with it
03 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Most of us have had it at one time or another, and the key is to not let it impact your success or your future. This week, we will be discussing impo...
Study Skills 101: The benefits of creating your own study guide
29 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
These days, AI is being used for a variety of tasks with regards to learning. I do think this can be a great benefit to students, however I also thin...
Study Skills 101: To multitask or not to multitask?
23 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The idea of multitasking might seem appealing when you have spent a long day focusing on a few topics for exam preparation. However, according to the...
Study Skills 101: Picking your study spot
17 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As you are working to learn and repeat the information for class and your exams, you may want to first determine what environment works best for you. ...
Using your external resources (and they are free)!
15 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Unlike when I was a student, decades ago, the internet is a wonderful resource for learning as long as you use reliable resources. Normally .edu, .go...
Picking the best major, and how this impacts your grades
10 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As a faculty member, we see many students who are unsure of what they want in life. This is perfectly normal. As you take more classes, you will fig...
Study Skills 101: the PLRS study plan, putting this all together
22 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week we will discuss the PLRS system, which puts together many of the topics we have covered this term into one cohesive study plan. P stands fo...
Study Skills 101: The essence of time management
19 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We have discussed in previous podcasts ways to be more efficient as we study. Today we will focus on how to use those skills to stick to our schedule...
Study Skills 101: Asking for help
13 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It might be intimidating to ask for help in a lecture hall of hundreds of students. However, you should know that if you are having problems in a cla...
Study Skills 101: Concept mapping
12 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For those of us who are visual learners, having an image that links everything together can really help us. In this episode, we will focus on concept...
Study Skills 101: The Pomodoro Technqiue
08 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Although it might seem overwhelming to realize the material you need to learn for that next exam, using the Pomodoro technique can help you break thin...
Study Skills 101: The power and purpose of forgetting
06 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As we are trying to learn new information to perform well in class, we may not realize that there is an active part of our brain that is trying to mak...
Study Skills 101: The importance of Study Groups
05 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Schools have long recognized that study groups are important for doing well in those difficult classes. Today we will talk about how to start your ow...
Study Skills 101: The benefits of a study shedule.
29 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When we are super busy, we might not be that organized and it may be difficult to meet all of your demands. By setting a schedule, and sticking to i...
Study Skills 101: Test anxiety
24 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We have al been there, we are ready to take an exam and we are stressed out and very anxious. It turns out that this is very common, and there is eve...
Study Skills 101: How to take good notes
21 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Part of the challenge in University can be learning to actively take notes in class. In this episode we will discuss several different methods that h...
Study Skills 101: Learning to maneuver in the culture of academia
18 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Faculty have all different personality types, and they can range from "student hostile" to "student friendly." It can be hard to figure out how to ta...
Study Skills 101: Grit and the power of perseverance
16 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever been told that you were stubborn? Well, it turns out that this can be a very useful trait in academics. Being stubborn is akin to bein...
Study Skills 101: Change your attitude, and change your grade!
16 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If we realize it or not, our attitude plays a large part in our success in a class. If we avoid a difficult topic, and we decide we hate it, this wil...
Study Skills 101: Chunking and building neural networks in your brain
11 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We may not know it, but a memory is a series of connections between our neurons called synapses that ultimately build networks in our brain. We build...
Study Skills 101: Spread out your study time, and interleave your topics
09 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week we will discuss how important it is to spread out your study time in small blocks rather than one big chunk. We will also discuss what orde...
Study Skills 101: Go to office hours!
07 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today we will be talking about the importance of office hours. Many times students do not feel they will benefit. However, going to office hours is ...
Study Skills 101: The benefits of sitting up front!
04 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Although there is no magic formula to getting top marks in University, research has shown that for people who sit up front, there is a potential patte...
Study Skills 101: How to actively read a textbook
01 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever read a paragraph in your textbook like 5 different times and you still don't know what it says? Today's episode will focus on how to tu...
Study Skills 101: How to take a multiple choice exam
30 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode, we will discuss the best strategies to succeed on a multiple choice exam. Once again, this is based on the science, and I hope you find...
Study Skills 101: Get a good night's sleep before an exam! The science says so.
26 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we will discuss the importance of getting a good night's sleep before an exam. Scientific evidence has revealed that sleep and memor...
Study Skills 101: Why you should attend class IN PERSON
25 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we will be discussing the scientific evidence as to why attending class live (in person) in addition to listening to recording will give yo...
Why you should read the textbook BEFORE you go to class!
24 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Textbooks are incredibly expensive, and seem like a huge waste of resources and time. But according to the scientific evidence, reading them BEFORE y...