Student+Resources

Student Internet Sites for reference:toc

 * [|Graphing Help] 

[| Tricks for Getting Good Grades!]
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Student Help:

 * ===**Preparing**===


 * **[|Time Management]**
 * **[|Scheduling and setting goals]**
 * [|Creating a to-do list]
 * [| **Motivating yourself**]
 * [|**Managing stress**]
 * [|**Avoiding procrastination**]
 * **[| Developing self-discipline]**
 * **[|Making decisions/solving problems]**
 * **[| Adaptive decision-making]**
 * **[| Managing by exception]**
 * **[|Setting your (school) budget]** || ===**Learning**===

> [|or student-performer]** - outside links || ===**Studying**===
 * [| **Learning to learn**]
 * **[|Visual learner]**
 * **[|Learning as a student-athlete]
 * **[| Learning as an adult]**
 * **[| Learning with ADHD]**
 * **[| Thinking critically]**
 * [|**Thinking like a genius**]
 * **[|Concept or mind mapping]**
 * **[|Problem based learning]**
 * **[|Thinking aloud/private speech]**
 * **[|Exploring your own learning style]**

> - outside links
 * [|**Effective study habits**]
 * **[|Concentrating]**
 * **[|Memorizing]**
 * **[| A.S.P.I.R.E.]** - a study system
 * [|**Index**] - a study system
 * [|Create, & study with, flashcards]
 * **[| Studying with multiple sources]**
 * **[| Vocabulary building exercise]**
 * [| **"Study" print bibliography**]
 * **[| Study skills web sites]**
 * **[| Free digitized texts, books, services]**- outside links ||


 * ===**Classroom participation**===


 * [| **Preparing for the classroom**]
 * [|**Paying attention**]
 * [| **Classroom discussions**]
 * [| **Presenting projects/speeches**]
 * **[|Taking notes in lectures]**
 * [|**Influencing teachers**]
 * **[| Guided notes]**
 * **[|Interviewing for class projects]**
 * **[|Consent form]** || ===**Learning with others**===

> and working with tutors || ===**Online learning/ communicating**===
 * **[| Collaborative/cooperative learning]**
 * **[| Studying in groups]**
 * **[| Active Listening]**
 * **[| Conflict resolution]**
 * **[|Peer mediation]**
 * **[| Tutoring guidelines]**
 * **[|Using feedback]**

> [| Evaluating website content]** > E-guides on social interaction > - outside links ||
 * [|**Online learning**]
 * **[| Webtruth:]
 * **[| Netiquette]**
 * **[| Developing your website]**
 * **[| Basics of webdesign and accessbility]**
 * **[|Making your website popular]**
 * **[| Web design bibliography]**


 * ===**Reading skills**===


 * **[| Reading critically]**
 * **[| Prereading strategies]**
 * [|**SQ3R reading method**]
 * **[|KWL reading method]**
 * [|**Reading difficult material**]
 * [|**Taking notes from a text book**]
 * [| **Reading essays**]
 * **[| Reading fiction]**
 * [|Fiction: > narrator & character types]
 * **[|Speed & comprehension]**
 * [|**Marking & underlining**] || ===**Preparing for Tests**===


 * [|**General test preparation**]
 * [|**Anticipating test content**]
 * **[|Review tools for tests]**
 * [|**Overcoming test anxiety**]
 * [| **Organizing for test taking**]
 * **[| Cramming]**
 * **[| Emergency test preparation]**
 * **[| Testing bibliography]** || ===**Taking Tests**===


 * [|**Ten tips for terrific test taking**]
 * **[|True/false tests]**
 * [|**Multiple choice tests**]
 * [|**Short answer tests**]
 * **[|Open book exams]**
 * **[|Oral exams]**
 * [|**Essay Exams**]
 * [|**Essay exam terms/directi**] ||


 * ===**Writing Basics**===


 * **[|Seven stages of writing assignments]**
 * **[|Develop your topic] (1)**
 * [|Identify your audience] **(2)**
 * **[|Research] (3)**
 * **[|Organize and prewrite] (4)**
 * **[|Draft/write] (5)**
 * **[|Revise] (6)**
 * **[|Proofread] (7)**
 * [| **Transitional words & phrases**]
 * [|**Modifiers & commas**]
 * [|**Spelling**] - American || ===**Writing Types**===


 * **[| Writing under deadline]**
 * [| **Writing for the "Web"**]
 * [|**The five-paragraph essay**]
 * [|**Essays for a literature class**]
 * [|**Expository essays**]
 * [|**Persuasive essays**]

> by Stephen Wilbers
 * **[| Position papers]**
 * **[|//Writing Strategies Learned//]**
 * [| **Print bibliography for writing**]
 * [| **Internet bibliography for writing**] || ===**Research**===

> & avoiding plagiarism > Creating note cards
 * **[|Writing research papers]**
 * **[|Researching on the Internet]**
 * [| Organizing research with computers]
 * **[|Organizing research]**
 * **[|Citing websites]** ||


 * ===**Project management**===

> and budgets
 * [| **Organizing projects**]
 * **[| Managing by exception]**
 * [| **Develop****ing case studies**]
 * **[|Developing spreadsheets]**
 * **[|Public speaking]** || ===**Math**===

> Order of operations/ P.E.M.D.A.S.
 * [|**Math tests**]
 * **[|Solving linear equations]**
 * **[| Solving math word problems]**
 * **[|Evaluating algebraic expressions]**
 * [|**Math bibliography**>]- web sites with on-line help || ===**Science and Technology**===

> - links: having fun thinking logically || These links are provided by www.studygs.com
 * **[| Following the scientific method]**
 * **[| Studying text books in science]**
 * **[|Writing lab reports and scientific papers]**
 * **[|Writing white papers]**
 * **[| Lab safety]** - outside links
 * **[| Sudoku 数独]**