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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://mathcs.slu.edu/undergrad-math/SuccessinMath.pdf/view?searchterm=success%20in%20mathematics
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/
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
“Tips for Managing Public Speaking Anxiety”
http://socialanxietydisorder.about.com/od/copingwithsad/a/speech.htm
Perfectionism
“Perfectionism”
http://www.counselingcenter.uiuc.edu/?page_id=113
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
“Techniques to Manage
Procrastination”
http://slc.berkeley.edu/studystrategies/calren/procrastechniques.html
“Overcoming Procrastination”
http://www.counselingcenter.uiuc.edu/?page_id=111
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
Test Anxiety
“Test Anxiety”
http://www.counselingcenter.uiuc.edu/?page_id=114
“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/skillbuilding/exams.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)
http://www.ctl.ua.edu/CTLStudyAids/StudySkillsFlyers/TestPreparation/takingproblemsolvingtests.htm
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
“University Time Management”
http://www.yorku.ca/cdc/lsp/skillbuilding/timemanagement.html
“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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