Website Resources
Learning Style Assessments and Information
- Variation of Myers-Briggs Type Indicator: www.muskingum.edu/~cal/database/general/inventory.html
- Index of learning styles (assessment) and other information on learning styles: www4.ncsu.edu/unity/lockers/users/f/felder/public/ILSpage.html
- Study Distraction Analysis: www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/studydis.html
- Study Skill Checklist: www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/checklis.html
- Learning styles and study strategies: www4.ncsu.edu/unity/lockers/users/f/felder/public/ILSdir/styles.htm
- Various assessment tools: www.d.umn.edu/student/loon/acad/strat
Information on Learning Disabilities
- A general introduction to learning disabilities: www.ldonline.org
- Information on dyslexia and related learning disabilities. Includes strategies for the visual spatial learner: www.dyslexia.com/library.htm
Time Management/Environment Control
- Techniques to manage procrastination: counseling.uoregon.edu/dnn/SelfhelpResources/StressandAnxiety/ProcrastinationTimeManagement/tabid/385/Default.aspx
- Hints for planning study time: www.coun.uvic.ca/learning/motivation/planning-study-time.html
- Mindtools for getting the most out of your time - index of articles: www.mindtools.com/page5.html
- How to master stress: www.mindtools.com/pages/main/newMN_TCS.htm and cmhc.utexas.edu/stress.html
- Control of the environment: www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/control.html
- Additional Time Management Resources: www.mindtools.com/pages/main/newMN_HTE.htm and www.dartmouth.edu/~acskills/success/time.html
Reading
- Myths about reading: www.dartmouth.edu/~acskills/docs/6_reading_myths.doc
- Learning from textbooks: www.lib.uoguelph.ca/assistance/learning_services/handouts/learning_from_texts.cfm
- Applying metacognition to reading: www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/students/learning/lr1metn.htm
- SQ3R: www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/sq3r.html
- Strategic reading: www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/students/learning/lr1metin.htm
- How to read a difficult book: http://www.stthomas.edu/academicsupport/files/HowtoReadDifficultMa.pdf
- How to read essays: www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/essays.html
- Evaluating website content: www.studygs.net/evaluate.htm
Listening and Note-taking
- Note-taking strategies: sas.calpoly.edu/asc/ssl/notetakingtips.html and www.coun.uvic.ca/learning/note-taking/
- Improving note-taking with mind maps: www.mindtools.com/mindmaps.html
- Organizing and integrating information - examples and practice
- intro: www.coun.uvic.ca/learning/note-taking/organizing-information.html
- concept mapping: www.coun.uvic.ca/learning/critical-thinking/concept-mapping.html
- practice in mapping: www.coun.uvic.ca/learning/note-taking/class1.html
- sequential diagram: www.coun.uvic.ca/learning/note-taking/class3.html
- hierarchical outline www.coun.uvic.ca/learning/note-taking/class4.html
- tables: www.coun.uvic.ca/learning/note-taking/class5.html
Writing Essays and Research Papers
- All aspects of writing process: leo.stcloudstate.edu/catalogue.html
- Steps of the research process: www.library.cornell.edu/okuref/research/skill1.htm
- Writing essays and reports and grading criteria: www.coun.uvic.ca/learning/essays/
- Basic writing tips from Virginia Tech:
- writing papers: www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/writpap.html
- writing research papers: www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/termpapr.html
- proofreading: www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/proofing.html
- Time management and overcoming writer’s block: leo.stcloudstate.edu/acadwrite/block.html
- Strategies for editing and proofreading (with on-line references):
Memory and Memory Aids
- Basic principles of review: www.dartmouth.edu/~acskills/docs/review_principles.doc
- Memory and Remembering: www.coun.uvic.ca/learning/memory/
- Mnemonics memory aids: www.mindtools.com/memory.html
Test Taking
- General strategies for taking tests www.coun.uvic.ca/learning/exams/
- Techniques for problem solving and math and science tests: http://mathcs.slu.edu/undergrad-math/success-in-mathematics/?searchterm=Techniquesforproblemsolvingandmathandsciencetests#section-5
- How to respond to essay questions and strategies for multiple choice exams: www.coun.uvic.ca/learning/exams/essay-questions.html and www.coun.uvic.ca/learning/exams/multiple-choice.html
Additional Resources
- www.ucc.vt.edu/stdyhlp.html
- www.lifelearning.utexas.edu/l_studyeffectively.html
- www.stthomas.edu/academicsupport/studyLinks/default.html
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