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Self-help

Academic Skills

Dr. Richard Reams and Dr. Kristin Eisenhauer have selected the following sites as having the potential to be helpful to Trinity University students.  Inclusion of a link, however, does not imply that they agree with all of the content on that site.

Concentration

“Concentration”
http://www.lib.uoguelph.ca/assistance/learning_services/fastfacts/concentration.cfm

“Control of the Study Environment”
http://www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/control.html

Group Work

“Collaborative Group Work”
http://www.lib.uoguelph.ca/assistance/learning_services/fastfacts/group_work.cfm

Learning Strategies for Specific Content Areas

. . . from Accounting to Speech Communication
http://www.muskingum.edu/~cal/database/content/

Math Anxiety

“Help for Math Anxiety”
http://www.mtsu.edu/~devstud2/anxiety.html

“Coping With Math Anxiety”
http://www.mathacademy.com/pr/minitext/anxiety/

“Success In Mathematics”
http://euler.slu.edu/Dept/SuccessinMath.html

Memory

“Memory Principles”
http://www.mtsu.edu/~studskl/mem.html

“Remembering What You Read”
http://www.csbsju.edu/academicadvising/help/remread.htm

Motivation

“Increasing Motivation”
http://www.coun.uvic.ca/learning/motivation/

“Motivation”
http://www.muskingum.edu/~cal/database/general/motivation.html

Note-taking

“Effective Note-taking”
http://slc.berkeley.edu/studystrategies/calren/notetaking1.html

“Learning From Lectures”
http://www.lib.uoguelph.ca/assistance/learning_services/fastfacts/learning_from_lectures.cfm

“The Cornell System for Note-taking”
http://www.montgomerycollege.edu/Departments/enreadtp/Cornell.html

Oral Presentations

“Managing Nervousness During Presentations”
http://www.lib.uoguelph.ca/assistance/learning_services/fastfacts/presentations.cfm

“Public Speaking Anxiety”
http://www.utm.edu/~ccenter/counseling/publicspeakinganxiety.html

Procrastination (see also Motivation)

“Controlling Procrastination”
http://www.lib.uoguelph.ca/assistance/learning_services/fastfacts/controlling_procrastination.cfm

“Procrastination”
http://www.counseling.caltech.edu/articles/procrastination.html

Reading Textbooks

“Increasing Textbook Reading Comprehension by using SQ3R”
http://www.ucc.vt.edu/lynch/TextbookReading.htm

“Learning From Texts”
http://www.lib.uoguelph.ca/assistance/learning_services/fastfacts/learning_from_texts.cfm

“Reading Comprehension”
http://www.muskingum.edu/~cal/database/general/reading.html

Test Anxiety

“Test Anxiety”
http://www.couns.uiuc.edu/Brochures/testanx.htm

“Test Anxiety”
http://ub-counseling.buffalo.edu/stresstestanxiety.shtml

Test Preparation

“Exam Preparation”
http://www.lib.uoguelph.ca/assistance/learning_services/fastfacts/exam_preparation.cfm

“Preparing for Tests and Exams”
http://www.yorku.ca/cdc/lsp/eponline/exam.htm

“Test Preparation”

http://www.muskingum.edu/~cal/database/general/testprep.html

Test-taking

Short Answer and Essay Exams
http://www.lib.uoguelph.ca/assistance/learning_services/fastfacts/essay_exams.cfm

Multiple Choice Exams
http://www.lib.uoguelph.ca/assistance/learning_services/fastfacts/multiple_choice_exams.cfm

Problem-solving Tests (mathematics)
www.reshall.berkeley.edu/academics/resources/handouts/midterm/problemsolvingtests.pdf

True-False, Matching, and Fill-in/Short-answer Tests

http://www.muskingum.edu/~cal/database/general/testtaking.html#TrueFalse

Time & Task Management

“Making Time Management Work for You”
http://www.lib.uoguelph.ca/assistance/learning_services/fastfacts/time_management.cfm

“Making a Task List”
http://www.lib.uoguelph.ca/assistance/learning_services/fastfacts/task_lists.cfm

“Organization Strategies”
http://www.muskingum.edu/~cal/database/general/organization.html

“Time Management for University Students”
http://www.yorku.ca/cdc/lsp/tmonline/time.htm

“Time Scheduling Suggestions”
http://www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/htimesug.html

Writing

“Writer’s Block/Writer’s Anxiety”
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_block.html

“Writing a Research Paper”
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/workshops/hypertext/ResearchW/

 

 

 


 

 


 

 

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