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Creating Study Aids

November 02, 2025

Posted by �Թ��� in Tutoring Resources 

Preparing for college tests can be challenging. From lectures to college textbooks and other articles and background, there is a lot to review. Where do you start? The following ideas will ensure you are prepared and confident!

Lectures

• Record lectures and then listen back and fill in your notes.
• Rewrite lecture notes to help remember important points and identify content to clarify.
• Find an app to record a lecture and then use it to summarize notes.
• Review lecture notes and think about what you may have missed the day of the lecture.
• If you have recorded lectures and presentations, listen to them, and review important content as many times as needed.

College Textbooks/Reading

• Read required material to help you learn concepts, important vocabulary and key terms, and other background relevant to the subject.
• Pay attention to the textbook vocabulary and key terms, often highlighted in bold.
• Create notecards or use an app to create digital notecards.
• Review notecards as many times as necessary until you can recall them easily.
• Review questions at the end of each chapter and practice answering them.
• Ask your instructor questions during office hours.
• Seek help from �Թ���’s Academic Success & Tutoring. We have content area tutors, reading specialists and professional writing tutors who can help.

Quizzes and Study Aids

• Create your own quizzes, using key terms, vocabulary, and other content, and then review them until you feel confident about the material.
• There are many online apps available, including Quizlet, Kahoot and others.

Study Groups

• Explain what you know to other students and learn from each other.
• Apply what you understand and share with each other.
• Create important classroom relationships that may improve the educational experience and build other important skills.
• Seek help for developing a study group from �Թ��� tutoring. �Թ���’s Academic Success & Tutoring may be able to connect you to others working on the same content.