CSTEP Students will benefit from a wealth of resources at Morrisville. Through the CSTEP Program students can:

• Become members in a highly competitive academic enrichment program and organization (both at Morrisville State College and statewide).
  
  
• Receive mentorship by a highly qualified staff of administrators and tutors.
  
  
• Become a part of a supportive community of CSTEP students.
  
  
• Gain access to programs and services that allow students to grow academically, professionally and personally (further descriptions of each program/service is explained in the tabs below)

Below are some resource tool that students are welcome to use as tools.

Improving Concentration
This tool gives you suggestions on how to improve concentration, aural and visual exercises on concentration, and teaches how to transition from memorization to understanding. Remember;

We are 5% efficient when we are just LISTENING.
We are 10% efficient when we are READING & REREADING.
We are 20% efficient when we are just HEARING OR SEEING.
We are 30% efficient when we are WATCHING DEMONSTRATIONS.
We are 50% efficient when in STUDY GROUPS.
We are 90% efficient by TEACHING OTHERS.

Note Taking
Our Note Taking resource teaches you how to learn in stages. This method helps to increase confidence and reduces the need to cram.

Time Management
Its important to learn good time management to become effective and success in life. Our time managements tools provides some directions to how to get an “A” in college, gives recipes for college success, teaches students how to be an effective time manager, and provides a schedule for the week that includes classes, meals, work-study, meetings, exercise, and most importantly assignments, exams, quizzes, etc.

SQR3 - Unlocking Textbooks
The SQR3 Method teaches you how to get the most out of your reading. SQR3 stands for Survey, Question, Read, Review, Recite. Our tool explains how every textbook chapter is divided into thirds and covers seven different concepts, identifies fourteen clues to look for when reading and understanding textbook material, and provides students with a more in depth understanding on how to use the SQ3R method while they studying.

VARK (Visual, Aural, Read-Write, Kinesthetic)
Identifying your learning preferences can increase your ability to study more effectively and obtain better grades. The VARK tool defines the four styles of learning, explains how these study strategies work, and provides a questionnaire and scoring chart to help students identify how they learn best.

Establishing Goals
The CSTEP Team believes that your success is your responsibility! Therefore, we decided to offer a solution focused approach to establishing goals. Our tool helps students to identitfy their overall goals and attitudes, visualize what will the end of the semester look likes to them, define goals for the semester, obtain a list of three to five solutions focused strategies students can successfully implement to accomplish these goals, and most importantly teach how to avoid the diseases in learning.