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Study Skills: Creating Checklists

Study Skills

Creating Checklists

How Creating Checklists Can Help Students...
 

 Simple, task-based checklists can help you become accustomed to following steps and add order to learning. They can also serve as memory aids as you work on unfamiliar or complicated tasks.

 Checklists can also help you feel in control. They removing obstacles to success such as “I didn’t know we were supposed to do that,” or “I forgot to do that part.”

Checklists help you stay on task. Rather than losing focus and forgetting where you left off or abandoning the task altogether, you always know where you are in a task or project.

 Checklists are especially useful when completing group work - they can help communicate the details or goals of a group assignment and ensure everyone in the group is aware of what is expected of them.

Templates


Student Checklist Templates

There are websites available where you can edit and download student checklist templates. Here are a few: