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Three students looking their phones under a clock

Combating Procrastination

Learning Strategies
Cartoon of two students asking questions and using flash cards and one student looking confused with a question mark next to her head.

How to Use Practice Questions

Learning Strategies
The word "Questions" on a bulletin board surrounded by sticky notes with questions marks drawn on them

Why Use Practice Questions?

Learning Strategies
Example of note-taking in Notion

Notion: A Game-Changer for Penn Students

Study Tools
Ayoung Lee, learning specialist, holding two books

Active Reading

Learning Strategies
Adit Singh

Student Spotlight: Aditi Singh

Spotlights
Three students studying together in a group study room. One student is writing on a white board

Making a Case for Study Groups: Establish Safety and Value

Learning Strategies
Study tips

Making a Case for Study Groups: Addressing Common Challenges

Learning Strategies
Text to speech

Assistive Tech: Text-to-Speech

Assistive Technology
Students in a group study

Making a Case for Study Groups: Gather Consistently

Learning Strategies
Image of 3 students studying

Online Study Groups: A Quick Guide

Online Learning
Seven closed doors in a hallway

Multiple Choice Exams: How to Prep

Learning Strategies
Open door next to mountain range

Open Book Exams: Are You Ready?

Learning Strategies
An example daily schedule

Strategies for Online Learning

Online Learning
Photo of person working at a laptop

Structure the Unstructured Time

Online Learning
An hourglass held up in sunlight

End-of-Semester Action Plan for Graduate Students

Learning Strategies
Students Studying

Note-Taking: Handwrite or Type?

Learning Strategies
A beach sunset

Summer Reflection: Examining Our Academic Writing Processes

Learning Strategies
Photo of Perelman Center for Political Science and Economics

Study Spots: Perelman Center for Political Science and Economics

Study Spots

Managing Successful Transitions: Taking Your Weingarten Skills Off Campus

Academic Wellness
Image of a person watching sunset on a mountain

“Lifewide Learning:” Developing Resiliency Wherever Life Takes You

Academic Wellness
Image of a plan with dew on it and the quote: "Tomorrorw is the day you'll do what you wish had done today, right?

Bigger Pictures: Procrastivity’s Greatest Hits

Bigger Pictures
Sculpture of a hand holding a pencil

Bigger Pictures: Perils of Perfection, Part 2

Bigger Pictures
Students studying at the library overhead photo

Bigger Pictures: The Perils of Perfection, Part 1

Bigger Pictures
Red chairs on a patio overlooking a city view

Study Strategies: A Fresh Take on “Procrastination”

Learning Strategies
Painted figures looking at phones

Wellness: How to Stay Unplugged

Academic Wellness
Image of Button sculpture from above

Wellness: Why You Should Unplug

Academic Wellness
Image of a pond

Study Spots: James G. Kaskey Memorial Park, The Biopond, and Biology Greenhouses

Study Spots
Image of the Arch building on Penn's campus

Study Spots: The ARCH

Study Spots
Image of Huntsman Hall

Study Spots: Jon M. Huntsman Hall

Study Spots
Logo for Mindfulness at the Museum

Wellness: Mindfulness at ICA Museum

Academic Wellness
Image of Levin Building

Study Spots: Levin Building

Study Spots
Interior of Annenberg Library

Study Spots: Annenberg Library

Study Spots
Cherry blossoms outside of the Fine Arts Library

Wellness: Mindful Attachment, Detachment, Centering, and Focus

Academic Wellness
Students walking on Locust Walk

Reflection: What I Have Learned from Penn Students

Academic Wellness

Reflection: The Necessity of Failure

Learning Strategies
Open book on table

Bigger Pictures: Try a Little Reading

Bigger Pictures
Image of Mark Twain

Bigger Pictures: Let’s Try Again, Shall We?

Bigger Pictures
Student studying with laptop

Bigger Pictures: When Finals Attack

Bigger Pictures
Penn shield in brick on the side of a building

Bigger Pictures: Self-Plagiarism? Oh Yeah, It’s a Thing

Bigger Pictures
Image of book titled, Metaphors of Memory

Bigger Pictures: Mind Your Metaphors

Bigger Pictures
Image of student studying next to window

Shifting Mindset about Exam Preparation

Learning Strategies
Students walking on Locust Walk

Wellness: Mindful Transitions

Academic Wellness
Two hands holding

Wellness: Semester Closure & Gratitude

Academic Wellness
Book Club

Dos and Don’ts for Reading Days

Learning Strategies
Student speaker at PennFaces Speakeasy

Student Voices: Sharing Stories at the Penn Faces Speakeasy

Academic Wellness
Student headshot of Rani Richardson

Student Voices: Creating Positive Environments

Academic Wellness
Image of a RocketBook

Rocketbooks and Frixion Pens!

Study Tools
Diagram of components of student support

Wellness: Building an Intentional Support Infrastructure

Academic Wellness
Graphic of the problem-solving sandwich with the problem on the top and bottom and "read-if-needed" in the middle

Study Strategies: The Problem-Solving Sandwich

Learning Strategies
Image of Exam Analysis Guide linked below

Assessment: Exam Analysis

Learning Strategies
Person in black and white film clinging to falling bridge

Bigger Pictures: Senior Unease

Student taking notes on paper while holding phone

Note-Taking: Take Better Notes, Relationship Between Time and Memory

Learning Strategies
A number 6 balloon

6 Hours for Solving Problem Sets

Person with hands on face looking to the side

Bigger Pictures: Pondering Priorities

Meditation poster from Campus Health

Wellness: Get Moving with Some Brain Breaks!

Academic Wellness
Scribe depicted in painting

Bigger Pictures: Make a Note

Bigger Pictures
Student laying on bed covering face and looking stressed

Time Management: Scheduling to Reduce Stress

Academic Wellness
Vintage tea set

Bigger Pictures: Keep It Classy, Quakers

Bigger Pictures
Photo of students on Locust Walk

Writing Strategies: What’s Your Positionality?

Learning Strategies
Sticky note on concrete wall, Well Done

Making New Habits Stick

Academic Wellness
Fireworks over city

Resolutions for a Fresh Start

Learning Strategies
Question mark on post it

Story of the Research Question

Learning Strategies
Files crammed together

Bigger Pictures: Cramming Confession

Bigger Pictures
Stack of old books

Bigger Pictures: So Much to Read, So Little Time

Bigger Pictures
Apples with bites taken out of them. The apples get small from Monday through Sunday

Getting Started on Final Papers

Learning Strategies
Students Studying

Bigger Pictures: So Now You’re a Grad Student

Bigger Pictures
Wood blocks that spell the word "tips"

Bigger Pictures: Come for the Tips

Bigger Pictures
Hands raised in front of a white wall

Classroom Participation: Making Contributions that Count

Learning Strategies
Front entrance of Fisher Fine Arts Library

Study Spots: Fisher Fine Arts Library

Learning StrategiesStudy Spots
Woman with a frustrated expression looking at a typewriter

Got Writer’s Block?

Learning Strategies
Students speaking outside with laptop

For Returning/Non-Traditional Students

Academic Wellness
Outdoor courtyard seen from Biddle Law Library window

Study Spots: Biddle Law Library

Learning StrategiesStudy Spots
Example of a weekly calednar with study times planned out

How to Create a Finals Week Study Plan

Academic WellnessLearning Strategies
Student-worker displaying her planner

How to Choose a Daily Planner

Learning Strategies
Sign that reads, "Office Hours, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m., Use your time wisely!"

How to Make the Most of Office Hours

Learning Strategies
A daily study plan written on a white board

White Board: A Study Strategy

Learning Strategies
Example infographic showing a flow chart of sales and income distribution

Infographics in 1914: Simple Still Reigns

Learning Strategies
Colored window behind hourglass

Use Time Constraints to Tackle Perfectionism (and Avoidance)

Academic WellnessLearning Strategies
Person under covers in bed showing peace sign

Sleep and Success: Productive Sleep

Three bent nails and one hammered into a piece of wood

Bigger Pictures: The Problem With Problems

Bigger Pictures
Interior of Levy Library

Study Spots: Leon Levy Dental Medicine Library

Study Spots
Hand fill out exam sheet

Bigger Pictures: The Unexamined Exam is Not Worth Hiding

Academic WellnessLearning Strategies
Strategy #4: Go to office hours

Keep English Switched On: Go to Office Hours

Learning Strategies
A bunch of old clocks

Bigger Pictures: You Have Plenty of Time. Really.

Bigger Pictures
Strategy #3: Get to know your classmates

Keep English Switched On: Get to Know Your Classmates

Learning Strategies
International students looking at a globe

Keep English Switched On: Get Involved on Campus

Learning Strategies
Person holding face and lookin up with exaperated expression

Bigger Pictures: Why Learn?

Academic WellnessLearning Strategies
Strategy #1: Attend a Workshop for International Students

Keep English Switched On: Attend a Workshop for International Students

Learning Strategies
Two Ben Franklins with thought bubbles that read, "What do you remember from lecture?" and "Quite a bit! What do you remember?"

Two of Our Ten Best Study Strategies

Learning Strategies
Two Penn Vet students holding a dog

Straight from Penn Vet: Study Strategies

Learning Strategies
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