Coaching
for Academic Success
(Formerly known as LASSL)
What is
Coaching for Academic Success? Coaching
for Academic Success is a program of the Counseling & Student Development
Center that provides assistance with the general study skills students
need in a variety of subject areas in order to be academically successful.
Students can call 753-1206 to request a free individual study skills consultation.
During the consultation and follow-up appointments,
a trained staff member will help each student with textbook reading, time
management, test preparation, and note-taking as needed. Coaching for
Academic Success is not a subject-specific tutoring service, but we can
refer you to tutoring services at NIU if needed.
Struggling to get to your classes? Falling asleep
during your textbook reading? Overwhelmed by test preparation? Call 753-1206
and give the Coaching Program a try today!
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Do you need a study skills
workshop or presentation for a group or class?
Coaching Program staff members frequently give daytime
and evening presentations about study skills and time management to student
organizations, residence hall floors, academic classes, and fraternities/sororities.
If you'd like to schedule a program for your group, call 753-1206 and
ask for the Coaching for Academic Success graduate assistant.
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The primary goal of the Coaching Program is to help students learn more
in less time with greater ease and confidence. The specific goals of the
Coaching Program are:
- To help students develop their
self-concepts as learners.
- To help students develop self-confidence
and reduce their fear of failure.
- To provide help in developing study
skills.
- To improve academic performance.
- To assist students in becoming
more independent and efficient learners.
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Fees
for the Coaching Program: Coaching
services are free to current NIU students. Non-students should
click here for information
on fees for this program.
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Recommended
Links
The University
of St. Thomas Study Guides and Strategies contains excellent information
on test preparation, writing skills, test taking, essay writing preparing
to learn, and more.
The University of Chicago
Student Counseling Virtual Pamphlet Collection contains sites on studying,
test taking, essay writing and time management. Scroll down to the
Index, and click onto "Study Skills," "Test Taking," "Time
Management," or "Writing."
NIU Writing Center
- NIU's Writing Center is a must-see resource
for any member of the NIU community who would like to be a better writer.
This website provides information about the Writing Center's services.
Students can schedule free, individual consultations with the Writing
Center's trained staff.
Writing
Across the Curriculum This website provides links to resources that
will help students with academic writing in all of their courses. Once
you access the homepage, see the left menu. Particular links of interest
include the ESL Clinic (which provides assistance to writers for whom
English is a second language), as well as the Writing Style and Documentation
links under Student Resources. The American Psychological Association
and the Modern Language Association, among other groups, have documentation
information here.
Dr. Grammar - Wondering when to
say "you and me" versus "you and I"? Need to know
the difference between "affect" and "effect"? Ask
Dr. Grammar! Dr. G's FAQ list is a must-have for every writer.
The "All-But-Dissertation Survival
Guide" e-mail newsletter - This free newsletter is a terrific
resource for anyone struggling with the dissertation-writing process.
The website includes archives of past newsletters, which address everything
from time management to writer's block to procrastination.
University
of Minnesota's Assignment Calculator- Having trouble figuring out
how to break down the researching and writing of that paper or presentation
into manageable sections? This website will give you a timeline suggesting
when to have each step of your project done in order to produce top-quality
academic work.
Harvard-Westlake
School - This site is an interactive e-book on effective study skills.
It includes chapters on writing, classroom participation, note taking,
reading, studying, test preparation, test taking, and more.
Virginia
Polytechnic Institute and State University On-line Study Skills Workshop
- This is a comprehensive on-line workshop including information on time
management, improving test performance, increasing reading comprehension,
improving concentration and memory, and study location.
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Handouts
Here are handouts that cover some of the material that Coaching staff
members discuss in individual sessions and group presentations:
What is Time
Management?
Suggestions for Time
Management
Suggestions
for Test
Preparation
How
to Get More Out of Your Reading
Ten Traps of Studying
Dr. Farber's
Test Tips
Obstacles to completing Theses
and Dissertations
10
Tips for Exam Success
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