Learning Resources
Below are a series of articles, tools and links to help you maximize your academic capabilities. These include materials generated by Learning Consultants at the ARC, as well as non-Duke experts. Using the menu below, you may filter this material to view information on the following topics:
ADHD Time Management Troubles: 5 Areas To Attack!
Are you struggling with ADHD time management? You’re not alone. Many people with ADHD struggle to manage their time, estimate time, and get things done on time. Check out René Brooks' post on ADHD Time... read more about ADHD Time Management Troubles: 5 Areas To Attack! »
Students with ADHD and College Success: 10 Study Tips
If you have or believe you might have ADHD, then you know what a struggle it can be to study, submit assignments on time, and pay attention to lectures. read more about Students with ADHD and College Success: 10 Study Tips »
How To Make Peace With Planning And Reduce Procrastination
Procrastination sucks. Dealing with procrastination is like navigating a funhouse, full of mirrors, floors that spin, and other obstacles. Learn more about how to succesfully navigate the funhous in René Brooks' post on... read more about How To Make Peace With Planning And Reduce Procrastination »
Typical ADHD Behaviors: “OMG, So That’s Why I Do That?!”
“The ADHD world is curvilinear. Past, present, and future are never separate and distinct. Everything is now.” And that can complicate everyday life, work, and relationships. Here, Dr. William Dodson... read more about Typical ADHD Behaviors: “OMG, So That’s Why I Do That?!” »
Learning to Learn
Supporting a student with dyslexia should be no different from supporting any student. Ideally, parents and teachers would nurture each young person as someone with a unique way of thinking, learning, and interacting with the world. Since students with dyslexia face additional challenges in the... read more about Learning to Learn »
How Extended Time on Tests Helped Improve More Than Just Test Scores
This nightmare might sound familiar to you: You walk into an exam. You sit down. You stare at the sheets of paper in front of you as you listen to people scribble answers to questions that you yourself have no idea how to answer. You can... read more about How Extended Time on Tests Helped Improve More Than Just Test Scores »
I Write With My Voice: How Dictation Helps Me Handle College Writing
Writing isn’t easy. Thinking of what you want to write, how to say it, and then getting the words down on paper can be difficult for everyone at times. Because of my ... read more about I Write With My Voice: How Dictation Helps Me Handle College Writing »
The Story of My ADHD Evaluation in College
My attention issues finally caught up with me in my third year of college. I’d failed Human Anatomy for the second time and was struggling to deal with that. My bedroom looked like a tornado had hit it. And to make matters worse, I was constantly arguing with my parents. I’d reached the point where... read more about The Story of My ADHD Evaluation in College »
Understanding Dyslexia and the Reading Brain in Kids
At a recent talk for special education teachers at the Los Angeles Unified School District, child development professor Maryanne Wolf urged educators to say the word dyslexia out loud. “Don’t ever succumb to the idea that it’s going to develop out of something, or that it’s a disease,” she... read more about Understanding Dyslexia and the Reading Brain in Kids »
Exercise Is ADHD Medication
Physical movement improves mental focus, memory, and cognitive flexibility; new research shows just how critical it is to academic performance. Electrophysiological plots representing brain processing capacity and mental workload (P3 amplitude... read more about Exercise Is ADHD Medication »
Why Procrastinators Procrastinate
pro-cras-ti-na-tion |prəˌkrastəˈnāSHən, prō-| noun the action of delaying or postponing something: your first tip is to avoid procrastination. Who would have thought that after decades of struggle with procrastination, the dictionary, of all places, would hold the solution... read more about Why Procrastinators Procrastinate »
The Adult ADHD Mind: Executive Function Connections
A chef who can’t find her ingredients. An orchestra trying to play without a conductor. Thomas Brown, Ph.D. uses these metaphors — as well as a strong dose of hard-hitting science — to break down what’s really going on in the mind of an adult with ADHD.... read more about The Adult ADHD Mind: Executive Function Connections »