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CCC Study Skills Inventory
Cook Counseling Center's (CCC) Study Skills Inventory is intended to help you find out more
about how the following learning skills might apply to you:
Time Management
Concentration
Note Taking
Reading Comprehension
Test Preparation and Test Taking
Reading Speed
Writing Skills
Test Anxiety Management
Time Management
If your rating for any statement is 4, or if your rating for at least three
statements is 2 or 3, we encourage you to find out more about time
management.
Your Rating
(The rating scale is from
0="not at all true" to
4="very true")
I spend too much time studying for what I am learning.
1
I usually spend hours cramming the night before an exam.
4
If I spend as much time on my social activities as I want to, I don't
have enough time left to study, or when I study enough, I don't have
time for a social life.
4
I need to improve my time management.
3
Concentration
If your rating for any statement is 4, or if your rating for at least three
statements is 2 or 3, we encourage you to find out more about
concentration.
Your Rating
(The rating scale is from
0="not at all true" to
4="very true")
I rarely try to study without the radio or TV turned on.
0
I can't sit and study for long periods of time without becoming tired or
distracted.
1
I go to class, but I usually doodle, daydream, or fall asleep.
0
I need to improve my concentration when I am studying.
3
Note Taking
If your rating for any statement is 4, or if your rating for at least three
statements is 2 or 3, we encourage you to find out more about note
taking.
Your Rating
(The rating scale is from
0="not at all true" to
4="very true")
My class notes are sometimes difficult to understand later.
0
I usually seem to get the wrong material into my class notes.
0
I fail to review my class notes within 24 hours of the time I took them.
2
I need to improve my note taking.
1
Reading Comprehension
If your rating for any statement is 4, or if your rating for at least three
statements is 2 or 3, we encourage you to find out more about
reading comprehension.
Your Rating
(The rating scale is from
0="not at all true" to
4="very true")
When I get to the end of a chapter, I can't remember what I've just
read.
1
I don't know how to pick out what is important in the text.
1
I often find myself getting lost in the details of reading and have
trouble identifying the main ideas.
1
I need to improve my reading comprehension.
0
Test Preparation and Test Taking
If your rating for any statement is 4, or if your rating for at least three
statements is 2 or 3, we encourage you to find out more about test
preparation and test taking.
Your Rating
(The rating scale is from
0="not at all true" to
4="very true")
I lose a lot of points on tests even when I think I know the material
well.
2
I study enough for my test, but when I get there my mind goes blank.
2
I often study in a haphazard, disorganized way shortly before the
test.
1
I need to improve how I am preparing for and taking tests.
4
Reading Speed
IIf your rating for any statement is 4, or if your rating for at least three
statements is 2 or 3, we encourage you to find out more about
reading speed.
I can't keep up with my reading assignments, and then I have to
cram the night before a test.
Your Rating
(The rating scale is from
0="not at all true" to
4="very true")
2
I rarely change my reading speed in response to the difficulty level of
the selection, or my familiarity with the content.
2
I often wish that I could read faster.
1
I need to improve is my reading speed when I am studying.
2
Writing Skills
If your rating for any statement is 4, or if your rating for at least three
statements is 2 or 3, we encourage you to find out more about writing
skills.
Your Rating
(The rating scale is from
0="not at all true" to
4="very true")
When my professors assign papers I feel so overwhelmed that I can't
get started.
1
I usually write my papers the night before they are due.
1
I can't seem to organize my thoughts into a paper that makes sense.
1
I need to improve my writing skills.
3
Test Anxiety Management
If your rating for any statement is 4, or if your rating for at least three
statements is 2 or 3, we encourage you to find out more about test
anxiety management.
Your Rating
(The rating scale is from
0="not at all true" to
4="very true")
I get way too nervous when my professors announce a test date.
4
I have done poorly on a test because I was upset about the test
when I took it.
4
I worry so much about doing well on tests that it interferes with my
studying.
4
I need to reduce my anxiety about taking tests.
4
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Skills I need to improve on:
Time Management
Test Preparation and Test Taking
Test Anxiety Management