Schedules, Spring 2026

Academic Confidence

Do you occasionally feel stupid? Do you get that old imposter syndrome once in a while? Do you not trust your own capabilities? Come to this workshop to • participate in a in a guided course-felt-response-analysis to pinpoint the triggers for self-doubt; • interrogate your self-doubts for the presence of fixed ideas of the mind; • share, learn, and try out confidence-builders such as reasonable goal setting and visualization. A lot of you do not appreciate your excellent minds as much as you should. It’s time to start turning down whatever noise is causing this harmful self-misunderstanding. All experience-levels welcome.

Code	Date	Time
141G	Tuesday May 19	3:30-5:00 PM

Confronting Confusion

Do you want to understand more in your classes? Do you ever feel like you’re getting it but not really getting it? Do you have the sense that you should be digging deeper? If so (and if not), come to this workshop to • try out the identify-isolate-interrogate-investigate system for clearing the concept fog; • share, learn, and select methods for illuminaton, including, talking, writing, and drawing; • rehearse asking questions with confidence and specificity; Come to this workshop to be dazzled by your own mind’s capacity to get itself out of trouble if you will give it half a chance. All experience-levels welcome.

Code	Date	Time
136G	Thursday April 30	3:30-5:00 PM
137G	Friday May 8	2:30-4:00 PM

Fighting Procrastination

Do you delay activities that you intended to do? Is it becoming a problem? Are you not enjoying your down time because you are putting something off? Come to this workshop to • participate in a guided procrastination-self-analysis; • share, learn, and choose from strategies like artificial deadlines, sessioning, and gamification; • build and get feedback on your procrastination-resistance plan; The habit of procrastination probably will not go away on its own. Learn how to pay attention and so that you can coax yourself more easily. All experience-levels welcome.

Code	Date	Time
134G	Tuesday April 28	5:30-7:00 PM
135G	Monday May 4	1:30-3:00 PM

Focus

Do you space out in lecture? Do you have trouble staying on the page when you’re reading for class? Would you like to be able to summon and maintain attention for longer periods of time? Come to this workshop to • participate in a guided distraction-self-analysis; • share, learn, and choose from such tactics as distraction delay, cueing, sessioning, and mirroring; • build and get feedback on a focus plan that targets your most distraction-vulnerable tasks. See if you can make easier for your cognitive machinery to show up and do its job in spite of its own sometimes random agenda. All experience-levels welcome.

Code	Date	Time
132G	Monday April 27	3:30-5:00 PM
133G	Tuesday May 5	10:30-12:00 PM

Learning from Lecture

Are your lectures difficult to understand and/or remember? Are your lecture artifacts (notes, slides, transcripts, videos, memories) not useful? Come to this workshop to • practice noticing and leveraging the topic-sub-topic lecture form; • participate in a guided lecture review and comprehension audit; • share, learn about, and choose methods for building distributed-review from lecture content; • participate in a guided preview of your next lectures. Being able to learn well from lecture is a gigantic advantage that way too many of you are not taking. In fact, this is a skill that sometimes saves students a lot of time. All experience levels welcome.

Code	Date	Time
126G	Thursday April 2	11:30-1:00 PM
127G	Tuesday April 7	4:30-6:00 PM
128G	Monday April 13	1:30-3:00 PM
129G	Friday April 24	3:30-5:00 PM

Make a Study Plan

Are you unsure about how to study for one or more of your classes? Are you new to UCSB classes altogether? Come to this small-group workshop to • participate in a guided, strategic syllabus/course communications analysis, • share, learn and choose among options for weekly learning activities, • share, learn and choose among options for distributed review. Make and revisit these decisions thoughtfully and intentionally to keep your cool while you build your brain. All experience levels welcome.

Code	Date	Time
116G	Monday March 30	1:30-3:00 PM
142G	Monday March 30	3:30-3:50 PM
143G	Monday March 30	4:00-4:20 PM
117G	Friday April 3	2:30-4:00 PM
118G	Thursday April 9	5:30-7:00 PM
119G	Thursday April 16	11:30-1:00 PM

Motivation

Do you wish that you had more genuine desire to go to lecture, read your assignments, practice your problems? Are you not sure what you’re doing here? Come to this workshop to • take a motivation inventory to consider your different motivational styles; • explore your emerging life-vision with the Master Student Goal-Setting Exercise; • share, learn, and select methods for bending your classes to your will. Come to this workshop to get in touch with what you want so you can properly seize the opportunities around you. Prepare to have your perspective shifted. All experience-levels welcome.

Code	Date	Time
138G	Thursday May 7	5:30-7:00 PM
139G	Monday May 11	2:30-4:00 PM

Reading Efficiency

Is the reading too much? Too difficult to understand, remember, or finish? Do you not know what you’re supposed to be getting out of it? Come to this workshop to • participate in a guided course-communications analysis to figure out why you are reading, • practice reading by layers to fulfill course purposes efficiently, • share, learn, and create your own note-taking protocols that set up distributed review. Stop feeling bogged down by all those words by handling them purposefully. Be prepared to wind up liking them more. All experience-levels welcome.

Code	Date	Time
130G	Tuesday April 14	12:30-2:00 PM

Test Readiness

Are you ready? Do you know whether you’re ready? Do you know how to get ready? Come to this workshop to • participate in a guided systematic inventory of relevant test conditions and target materials; • generate a detailed test-readiness self-assessment; • create realistic, point-maximizing preparation plans; • share, learn, and choose from common day-of-exam and in-exam tactics. When you’re really ready, taking a test can be no big deal, just another day in class. Come to this workshop to start cultivating that kind of preparedness. All experience levels welcome.

Code	Date	Time
124G	Friday April 17	10:30-12:00 PM

Time Management

Are you overwhelmed? Behind? Blowing deadlines? Are you new to UCSB and just nervous about handling your time? Come to this workshop to • participate in a guided analysis of your time needs, including for rest and recreation; • experiment with time blocking, due-diligence time management, and listing; • try out time-awareness lists and time-awareness calendars. Keep the quarter enriching but not exhausting, by finding your own comfortable rhythm for work and play. All experience levels welcome.

Code	Date	Time
120G	Tuesday March 31	10:30-12:00 PM
121G	Monday April 6	3:30-5:00 PM
122G	Friday April 10	1:30-3:00 PM
123G	Tuesday April 21	4:30-6:00 PM