FROM MEGAN:
These are some general study skills sites that I have found on the web. I
think they're worth looking over.
www.turboread.com
(How to read and comprehend faster)
www.abacon.com/firstyearfocus/index.html
(Geared toward first-year students)
www.psychwww.com/discuss/chap00/6hourd.htm
(Article: How you can study for 6 hours and still get a D)
The following are sites from other schools that give links
to all sorts of
resources:
www.uni.edu/walsh/linda7.html
www.montgomerycollege.edu/Departments/studev/skills.htm
www.iss.stthomas.edu/studyguides/
www.csbsju.edu/academicadvising/helplist.html
www.darmouth.edu/admin/acskills/success/index.html
Got the following tips from Emily -- you might want to put these on your list
of resources
to offer to students needing help:
Here are a couple of good web site suggestions that I've found:
www.wordreference.com
- this is a really great online dictionaryfor looking up words
in several
foreign languages. You can save a lot of time using this when doing
foreign language homework than by using a normal printed dictionary.
I guess this is the day for web site tips -- just got these from a member of
the math
department. Might be useful if you're working with calculus students. Later...
TI-89 tips for the TI-86 user
http://education.ti.com/downloads/guidebooks/eng/89tipsfor86.pdf
TI-89 tips for the TI-83 user
http://education.ti.com/us/product/tech/89/down/tips.html
Eleanor sent in the following (Thanks!), which might be of use if you are working
with
students who need basic language help. Just thought you might
want to know...
-peder
This is a really good grammar resource--I've just used it for Spanish, but
it's also for French, German, Russian ... maybe one other. I've been giving
it to students to look at as another or alternative explanation to grammar
points that their grammar books provide--it gives really clear, concise
explanations and good examples-
Linne Jensen writes:
I have checked out the following two websites and found that they both have
sections on
testaking strategies that may be useful.
http://www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/stdyhlp.html
In addition to the test taking section, this site has a good online
study skills inventory that allows a person
to evaluate his/her own study skills to see what areas they specifically
need help in, and what they could do to take care of these problems.
Most information presented using Power Point slides, and is easy to read
and follow. There is also a good section on the "Forgetting Curve"
which very succinctly presents the importance of having a plan for
review, and the mechanisms that can be used to help move information
from short term memory into long term memory, and retrieve information
from memory when needed. The "long term" view of changing study habits
to improve academic success is well presented.
http://www.adm.uwaterloo.ca/infocs/Study/studyindex.html
This site specifically addresses the issue of cramming -- some students
may find it comforting to have that identified, out there in plain sight
on the table, and its effectiveness explained and debunked. For those
of you with tutees who are struggling to develop good study habits, or
are resisting doing so, this subject should specifically be discussed.
This site isn't as pretty, but it has good basic study skills
information.