A Better Method of Study Help

Credit: iStock.com/Zoran Zeremski
Credit: iStock.com/Zoran Zeremski

Over the past few years, academia has focused more and more on helping students develop study skills to help them succeed. One limitation of these efforts is that they tend to take the form of workshops or resources that provide general study skill information. Students easily forget the information from these resources or don’t understand how to apply it to a particular issue when they run into it in class. Offering targeted, specific support in class is more effective.


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