CLIC teaches students study and test taking skills

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    By Allison Jones

    Most college students find the beginning of a new school year challenging.

    Choosing a major, picking classes and finding a job are heavy tasks that new and returning students face each semester.

    However, several on-campus resources are available for students looking for guidance in academic and career placement.

    The Counseling and Career Center holds daily workshops to teach students sensible scholastic skills.

    Workshops include test taking, time management, listening and note taking, stress management and textbook comprehension.

    Student employees or paraprofessionals from the Career and Learning Information Center prepare and teach several of the workshops.

    Mandee Ordaz, a paraprofessional from Bloomfield, N.M., majoring in early childhood education, said the workshops offer students an opportunity to improve studying habits.

    “The workshops are very general, but very effective,” Ordaz said.

    Because BYU students teach the workshops, they share their personal experiences and give advice to newer students.

    CLIC supervisor Julie Rash said the workshops are formatted not only to address students’ needs, but provide a time to answer questions about important concerns.

    “The workshops are especially helpful for students making the transition into college who are trying to figure things out,” Rash said.

    Psychologists and counselors at the Counseling and Career Center research and evaluate the material taught at the workshops, Rash said.

    Employees learn about the most recent studies in the areas of psychology and education. They research in libraries and conduct interviews with experts so they can use the recommended methods in the workshops.

    Paraprofessionals prepared and reviewed 15-page research papers about recent techniques and methods they later use in workshops. The research was evaluated and put into a teachable format.

    After each workshop, participating students fill out evaluations.

    Evaluations are helpful and taken into great consideration because we want to improve the workshops to better serve students, Ordaz said.

    But, Alicia Hartley, 21, a senior from Iowa City, Iowa, majoring in human development, said the information presented at the workshops reinforced what she already knew about studying and test taking.

    CLIC workshops are held every afternoon in the Wilkinson Student Center. For more information call 378-2689.

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