Dr. Karsten A. Loepelmann

Academic Success Centre
 — this UAlberta service offers strategies, workshops, and individual appointments to help students achieve academic success

Writing Services
 — for help with any type of assignment or project at any stage of the writing process

Tutor Registry
 — a Students’ Union resource that can connect you with a tutor for PSYCH (and other) courses

Counselling & Clinical Services
 — this UAlberta unit can help you identify and manage test anxiety, plus help you with depression, procrastination, stress, and more (formerly Mental Health Centre)

Peer Support Centre
 — this Students’ Union service provides information, referrals, crisis intervention, and a confidential place to come and talk

Suggestions For Coping With Multiple Choice Questions
 — tips especially for introductory psychology, from SFU’s Student Learning Commons (read why it’s probably bad to change your answer)

Writing Multiple Choice Exams
 — helpful guide to understanding and taking multiple choice exams, from TrentU.ca

Test-Taking Advice: Especially for the Multiple-Choice Challenged
 — detailed help for before, during, and after writing your exams, based on psychological research, from the U of Calgary

Preparing for Tests and Exams, Writing Multiple Choice Tests and Learning From Multiple-Choice Exams
 — includes pages on dos and don’ts, and how to improve your future performance, from Western’s Learning Development & Success

Succeed at Exams: Multiple Choice Exams
 — tips and strategies from the U of Guelph’s Learning Commons

Preparing for Tests and Exams
 — more tips and strategies, from YorkU’s Learning Skills Services

How to write in-class essays and short answer exams
 — tips on preparing for and writing written exams, from UAlberta Writing Services

Strategies for Essay Exams
 — how to prepare for and write an essay exam, from SFU’s Student Learning Commons

Exam preparation: Strategies for essay exams
 — tips for exam preparation and exam writing, from SFU Student Learning Commons

Writing Better University Exam Essays
 — a Wikibook on improving your essay exam writing

Succeed at Exams: Preparing for Essay Exams and Writing Essay Exams
 — tips and strategies from the U of Guelph’s Learning Commons

Literature Reviews
 — explains what literature reviews are and offers insights into their form and construction; from The Writing Center at UNC-Chapel Hill

Foundational Tutorials
 — the UAlberta Libraries decribe beginning, understanding, finding, evaluating, and citing research studies for a term paper

Writing a Literature Review in Psychology
 — the U of Washington Psychology Writing Cente walks you through the steps of writing a psychology lit review

Writing a Psychology Literature Review
 — thorough help from the UConn Writing Center

Learn how to write a review of literature
 — describes four basic steps

The Literature Review: A Few Tips On Conducting It
 — some advice from the U of Toronto Writing Advice

The Learning Scientists (highly recommended!)
 — evidence-based learning resources and a blog about strategies for effective learning
(TL;DR YouTube video: How to Study Effectively for School or College [Top 6 Science-Based Study Skills])

Study Skills Hub highly recommended!)
 — covers time management, studying & test-taking, stress management, reading & note-taking, presentation skills, resilience, sleep, group work, and studing in groups

Cornell Note Taking
 — explains “the best way to take notes”

Reading & Note-Taking
 — helpful strategies, from YorkU’s Learning Skills Services

Retrieval Practice
 — more recommendations on how to best use practice to improve learning

SQ4R: Survey - Question - Read - Recite - Relate - Review
 — my blog posts explaining the components of the SQ4R study method

Why Cramming Gets a "C"
 — Scientific American article describes studies that show spacing out learning over time works best

Procrastination and Science
 — how to avoid procrastination, from a University of Calgary prof (try a test of procrastination)

Metacognitive Study Strategies
 — metacognition (thinking about how you think and learn) improves learning and memory

Metacognition: Understanding How You Learn
 — has tips, examples, & infographic on metacognition

Ten Traps of Studying
 — and their solutions (does #10 sound familiar?)

Managing Time in University
 — this how-to guide helps you manage the time you have, from YorkU’s Learning Skills Services

Memory Improvement Techniques
 — MindTools’ site has several articles and techniques to train and enhance your memory

Your fear of office hours is about to end
 — a guide to meeting with professors

Sites to Promote Academic Success
 — has links to information on time management, study skills, goal setting, learning strategies, memory skills and test taking

AI Tutor Pro
 — free AI chatbot that will help you check or grow your knowledge on any topic; great for reviewing before an exam!