{"id":44405,"date":"2017-04-07T14:50:14","date_gmt":"2017-04-07T18:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=44405"},"modified":"2017-04-07T15:11:25","modified_gmt":"2017-04-07T19:11:25","slug":"how-to-study-and-keep-your-cool-at-exam-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2017\/04\/how-to-study-and-keep-your-cool-at-exam-time\/","title":{"rendered":"How to study and keep your cool at exam time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday, April 11 is the start of exam season at Brock, and over the following two weeks some 14,160 students in more than 600 courses will write exams covering 64 subjects.<\/p>\n<p>Around the University, numerous supports are being made available to help students prepare for exams as well as manage the stress of the season.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>A key resource is<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/learning-services\/student-services\" target=\"_blank\">A-Z Learning\u00a0Services<\/a><strong>, located in Thistle 139 (next door to Market Hall). <\/strong>Maggie\u00a0Whitfield, a Curriculum Development Learning Skills Specialist, says A-Z offers a number of exam workshops to strengthen students\u2019 studying skills. But students can also help themselves study, for instance by breaking their courses down into key topics, then creating a study schedule and sticking to it.<\/p>\n<p>Equally important, she says, is for students to try and stay healthy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSleep, eat, exercise regularly and get social by studying in groups,\u201d said Whitfield.<\/p>\n<p>Other supports at Brock include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/library\/services-lib\/undergraduates\/late-night-study\" target=\"_blank\">Extended library hours<\/a> \u2014 From Sunday to Thursday, the main floor of the Learning Commons will remain open until 2:30 a.m.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brockbusu.ca\/services\/drive-home\/\" target=\"_blank\">Drive home shuttle service<\/a> \u2014 Provided by the Brock University Students\u2019 Union, this free shuttle gives students a transportation alternative after regular bus hours during exam season.<\/li>\n<li>Students can also call Campus Security at ext 3200 and request someone to walk them to their residence or to their vehicle parked on campus.<\/li>\n<li>Student Wellness and Accessibility Centre is offering a series of free <a href=\"https:\/\/experiencebu.brocku.ca\/organization\/SWAC\/calendar\/details\/60275\" target=\"_blank\">Mindfulness Practice workshops<\/a> to help people improve their concentration, deal with anxiety and generally feel better.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To learn more about mental health supports on campus, <a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2017\/03\/brock-highlights-mental-health-supports-on-campus\/\" target=\"_blank\">read this article<\/a> in The Brock News.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about examinations, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/important-dates\/examination-schedule\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/brocku.ca\/important-dates\/examination-schedule\/<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_44410\" style=\"width: 1060px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44410\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-44410\" src=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/exams-1050x696.jpg\" alt=\"A-Z Learning Services\" width=\"1050\" height=\"696\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-44410\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maggie\u00a0Whitfield, a Curriculum Development Learning Skills Specialist, helps facilitate several workshops at Brock\u2019s A-Z Learning Services, a key resource for students during exams and throughout the school year.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday, April 11 is the start of exam season at Brock, and over the following two weeks some 14,160 students in more than 600 courses will write exams covering 64 subjects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44416,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1,4,4665],"tags":[3566,2203,710,494,5056],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44405"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44405"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44405\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44417,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44405\/revisions\/44417"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}