Study Skills Inventory

Read each statement and consider how it applies to you. If it DOES apply to you, circle the Y for Yes. If it DOES NOT apply to you, circle the N for No.

1. Y  N   I spend too much time studying for what I am learning.
2. Y  N   I usually spend hours cramming the night before an exam.
3. Y  N   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. Y  N   I usually try to study with the radio and TV turned on in the background.
5. Y  N   I can’t sit and study for long periods of time without becoming tired or distracted.
6. Y  N   I go to class, but I usually doodle, daydream, or fall asleep.
7. Y  N   My class notes are sometimes difficult to understand later.
8. Y  N   I usually seem to get the wrong material into my class notes.
9. Y  N   I don’t review my class notes periodically throughout the semester in preparation. for tests.
10. Y  N   When I get to the end of a chapter, I can’t remember what I’ve just read.
11. Y  N   I don’t know how to pick out what is important in the text.
12. Y  N   I can’t keep up with my reading assignments, and then I have to cram for a test.
13. Y  N   I lose a lot of points on essay tests even when I know the material well.
14. Y  N   I study enough for my test, but when I get there my mind goes blank.
15. Y  N   I often study in a haphazard, disorganized way under the threat of the next test.
16. Y  N   I often find myself getting lost in the details of reading and have trouble identifying the main ideas.
17. Y  N   I rarely change my reading speed in response to the difficulty level of the text, or my familiarity with the content.
18. Y  N   I often wish that I could read faster.
19. Y  N   When my teachers assign papers, I feel so overwhelmed that I can’t get started.
20. Y  N   I usually write my papers the night before they are due.
21. Y  N   I can’t seem to organize my thoughts into a paper that makes sense.

Study Inventory Evaluation