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Strategies & Apps: Tools for Academic Success: General Study Aids & Practice

Curated mobile applications and websites that promote academic success.

Quizlet

  • Mobile & web-based study application

  • Currently used by 1-in-3 college students in the United States

  • Tools to make flashcards, practice, play learning games, test your knowledge

  • Collaborate with classmates, share study decks, & more

  • Free iOS & Android app

Khan Academy

  • Multidiscipline website  

  • You can work at your own pace  

  • Good quality videos/sound  

  • Lectures delivered by content expert lecturers  

  • Plenty of practice problems with solutions

  • Free iOS & Android App

Wolfram Alpha

  • Multidiscipline website

  • Good & fast way to check answer even for cumbersome and tedious problems

  • Lots of practice problems & examples

  • Fun calculations it can do – nutrition, transportation, geography, & more

  • Apps for Windows, Kindle, iOS, & Android

Symbolab

 

  • Advanced math education tool
  • Learn, practice and discover math topics using mathematical symbols and scientific notations as well as text. 
  • Step by step solutions to algebraic, trigonometric and calculus topics  
  • A wealth of smart calculators including: 
    • equations, simultaneous equations, inequalities, integrals, derivatives, limits, tangent line, trigonometric equations, functions and more. 
  • Math Solver Android app 
  • Symbolab Calculator iOS app