Study Skills Worksheets

To be honest, schools do a horrendous job at helping students understand how they take in and make sense of mountains of information best. Which makes zero sense to me. You want to become a better student; learn how you learn best, and you will edge closer to doing your best. Study skills is a topic that has been ignored for so long. It is up to the individual to take this upon themselves to review and evaluate these different techniques. It will be well worth your time. The first thing that you need to understand is that no single method works best for everyone. Depending on the methods that work best for you, you should gravitate towards certain methods. I still encourage to attempt to try using all these different techniques. In this section of our site, we will help you learn the different approaches you can use to retain some new information.

Study Skills Worksheets:

Setting Goals for Grades - What smaller steps will you take to accomplish your goal? Make sure that each step is measurable and attainable.

How Are Your Study Skills? - This takes a checklist approach to see how well your routine is setup.

Taking Notes in Class - A simple templated approach for you to work with.

Make a Study Plan - : Use the graphic organizer to create a plan of action for studying. What material am I most confident about? What material do I really need to study?

Things to Consider -R ead the list of study skills below. In the box, write an assessment of where you stand with regards to each skill. Do you already use it? Do you need to learn it or get better at it?

How To Take Notes - Have you mastered the important study skill of taking notes? Check off the items you do currently.

The Mind Map - A mind map is a way to visually organize information. One of its main benefits is that it shows relationships between different things, which can be very helpful when a concept or piece of information is related to multiple other concepts or when concepts are related in multiple ways.

Time Management - One of the best study skills you can develop is time management. All the other study skills won’t help you if you don't know how to manage your time. Time management is actually a catch-all phrase that includes combination of different skills. In combination, using these skills will allow you to accomplish what you need to, by the time you need to, within the amount of time you have available to you. How do you time management skills measure up?

Reading - Do you know "how" to read? As a study skill, reading is more than just understanding, processing, and perhaps picturing the words on the page. When you read for pleasure, reading is all you need to do. But when you read to study, you must not only read, but read in a way that will enable you to retain and later recall the information that you read.

Test Preparation - Create a plan to attack that next test in all facets.

Creating the Right Environment - It's important to choose a study spot where you will be comfortable, will be able to remain alert, and where you will not have to deal with distractions. Before deciding what the best study spot for you will be, take a few minutes to reflect on the things that may currently be standing between you and effective learning.

Learning Styles and Beliefs - Get an idea of where you stand with all of this.

Homework Organizer - A simple yet highly effective approach for you.

Preparing for a Test - Review your notes. Mark anything that you do not know well in one color. Mark anything that you do not understand in another color. Review previous tests or quizzes you have taken on this subject. Make sure you know the correct answers to any questions that you missed.

Mnemonic Devices - A mnemonic device is anything that you can remember that helps you to remember something else. It can be a pattern of letters, words, ideas, or associations. For example, the mnemonic Roy G. Biv is a name used to remember the order of the colors in a rainbow: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet.

Related Topics For You:

Annotation - A great habit to get into when you are reading anything lengthy.

Note Taking Skills - We touched on this a bit here, but this topic hits it out of the park for you.

Using Reference Tools - This section is really helpful when you are trying to apply this to research.

How Can I Improve My Approach to Studying?

We usually get to this point when we did not prepare well on an exam or at least up to our expectations. Do not get down on yourself. Having a poor score, while not a great thing, is helpful overall. This score indicates to us that we have identified a problem or difficulty that we must push through. It starts with making certain that we are organized at all levels. Review everything that you have used to prepare. Were the materials that you used to study easy to follow, complete, and clear? Were all the answers actually in your notes or were your notes poorly prepared? Think back, did you get distracted often when you were studying? Once you have a clear indication of where things went wrong, you can now plan for success. I would also encourage you to get feedback from your teacher. This will help you get another perspective that can go into formulating a plan.


When we are putting this study plan together, we want consistency. I would designate a specific location where you will do all of your studies. Make sure there are minimal distractions and that there is plenty of room. When planning I would set time limits and try to break up the session, so they are digestible and do not overwhelm you. It is better to study for three sessions of thirty minutes than one ninety-minute power session. Studying less and at a greater intensity have shown to greatly improve scores on AP exams. The more you break it up, the better off you will be. I find it very helpful to have students write their own tests and take them by themselves. This is a technique I used in college. I would write down every single a question a professor could every ask me based on all my study materials. I would take this test first thing in the morning everyday until the day of the test. Those tests had zero chance of not being aced!