Overview
The learning specialist will provide individual consultation to any student who has a desire to improve their academic performance or be more successful. For each student, the learning specialist will conduct an intake screening to identify the student's strengths and concerns and will assist the student in developing an action plan with strategies and resources that can help them reach their academic goals.
Students can schedule an appointment with a Learning Specialist through Coyote Connections button on this page or by emailing advising@usd.edu
Benefits
The learning specialist will work one-on-one with the student to help them understand their learning styles and acquire successful learning strategies and study skills, develop a personal academic plan to improve the likelihood of college success, and create a specific action plan for classes or academic tasks that are causing the most difficulty.
Possible learning topics include:
- Identifying obstacles to success
- Setting learning goals
- Becoming a more active learner
- Using critical thinking skills
- Improving reading comprehension
- Dealing with test/performance anxiety
- Academic stress management
- Time management
- Motivation
- Procrastination
- Concentration
- Organization skills
- Test-taking strategies
- Note-taking
- Memory strategies
Available To
Students
Cost
There is no cost for this service