Research Guides: Studying and Test-Taking Skills: Introduction

Introduction

Studying and test taking techniques are skills that one develops over time and continues to develop throughout life. As individuals who are members of different professional groups that require continual education through your careers, having effective study habits and test taking skills are essential. By understanding and utilizing the different resources that are available to you, you are able to develop those skills and techniques during your time at Touro University California and as you advance in your career.

In this guide you will find a variety of resources to help you enhance both your learning and test taking skills, including strategies for lifelong learning.

This guide was created by your TUC Library: Tamara Trujillo, Library Director, and Librarians: Jennifer Abueg, Amy Castro, Grace Kim, Jessie Velasquez.

The Great Course: The Learning Brain Series

The Learning Brain- The Complete Course
How does the human brain make memories, learn a language, solve problems, and retain the state capitals? Identify and differentiate between several major kinds of memories and what control we have over retaining and recalling them. Get the tools you need for better study habits, learning a new skill, or dealing with memories that fade with age.
Series Total Runtime: 12hr 32min
Learning 101 (Ep 1)
Total Runtime: 30 minutes
What Amnesia Teaches Us about Learning (Ep 2)
Total Runtime: 29 minutes
Conscious, Explicit Learning (Ep 3)
Total Runtime: 28 minutes
Episodic Memory and Eyewitness Testimony (Ep 4)
Total Runtime: 28 minutes
Semantic Memory (Ep 5)
Total Runtime: 32 minutes
The Neural Basis of Explicit Learning (Ep 6)
Total Runtime: 31 minutes
Strategies for Effective Explicit Learning (Ep 7)
Total Runtime: 32 minutes
Controversies in Explicit Learning Research (Ep 8)
Total Runtime: 31 minutes
Unconscious, Implicit Learning (Ep 9)
Total Runtime: 32 minutes
The Psychology of Skill Learning (Ep 10)
Total Runtime: 30 minutes
Language Acquisition (Ep 11)
Total Runtime: 34 minutes
The Neural Basis of Implicit Learning (Ep 12)
Total Runtime: 30 minutes
Strategies for Effective Skill Learning (Ep 13)
Total Runtime: 29 minutes
Learning Bad Habits: Addiction (Ep 14)
Total Runtime: 29 minutes
Introduction to Working Memory (Ep 15)
Total Runtime: 34 minutes
Components of Working Memory (Ep 16)
Total Runtime: 29 minutes
The Neural Basis of Working Memory (Ep 17)
Total Runtime 32 minutes
Training Your Working Memory (Ep 18)
Total Runtime: 32 minutes
How Motivation Affects Learning (Ep 19)
Total Runtime: 29 minutes
How Stress and Emotion Affect Learning (Ep 20)
Total Runtime: 30 minutes
How Sleep Affects Learning (Ep 21)
Total Runtime: 32 minutes
How Aging Affects Learning (Ep 22)
Total Runtime: 32 minutes
Dyslexia and Other Learning Disabilities (Ep 23)
Total Runtime: 30 minutes
Optimize Your Learning (Ep 24)
Total Runtime: 34 minutes

Videos about Understanding the Brain

Boosting Lifelong Learning and Brain Health
Boosting Lifelong Learning and Brain Health provides an overview of brain anatomy and physiology and explains why maintaining brain health and enhancing lifelong learning is a vital part of aging and quality of life.

Total Runtime: 59 minutes
Use it or Lose it
All the latest research says that your brain is no different than the muscles in your body: it needs exercise to stay youthful and fit. In this episode, wonder junkie Jason Silva and deception specialist Apollo Robbins are going to put your brain to the test with a serious workout. If you play along, you'll come out with a few unexpected ways to boost your mind's flexibility, concentration, and memory. So, get ready to use it 'or lose it' on Brain Games.
Total Runtime: 23 minutes
What happens in your brain when you pay attention?
TedTalk: Attention isn't just about what we focus on -- it's also about what our brains filter out. By investigating patterns in the brain as people try to focus, computational neuroscientist Mehdi Ordikhani-Seyedlar hopes to build computer models that can be used to treat ADHD and help those who have lost the ability to communicate. Hear more about this exciting science in this brief, fascinating talk.
Total Runtime: 6:22 minutes
The Neuroscience of Learning
Halo Neuroscience- Whether you're perfecting your free throw or picking up a new language, you need to form new pathways in your brain in order to learn anything. The scientific term for this process is called plasticity: your brain’s ability to create and strengthen connections between neurons.
Total Runtime: 3 minutes

Studying and Test-Taking Skills: Introduction

Introduction

The Great Course: The Learning Brain Series

Videos about Understanding the Brain

Books in the TUC Library

Library Information