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Study Guides and Strategies

Don't laugh at a youth
for his affectations;
he is only trying on
one face after another
to find his own.
Logan Pearsall Smith,
English essayist 1865 - 1946

• Study guides index
• Complete sub-menus ◄
• Time management & problem solving
• Learning, learning with others, and online learning
• Thinking, studying and classroom participation
• Reading and research
• Project management, test preparation and taking
• Writing basics and types; Vocabulary and spelling
• Digital resources; math, science & technology
• Learner-centric games and exercises
• Curricular and teaching strategies

These categories of resources offer strategies, options and alternatives.
No one guide suits everyone, so explore to find the preference that fits your learning style, strengths and/or personality.
Your feedback and suggestions are always welcome!

Complete sub-menus
Translations |
Time management & problem solving | Learning, learning with others, and online learning |
Thinking, studying and classroom participation | Reading and research |
Project management, test preparation and taking | Writing basics and types; Vocabulary and spelling |
Digital resources; math; science & technology | Learner-centric games and exercises

• Time management:
  Scheduling and setting goals | Creating a to-do list | Prioritizing tasks | Avoiding procrastination | Developing self-discipline
  

• Problem solving
  Adaptive decision making | Managing by exception | Managing stress | Motivating yourself | Problem based learning | Using analogies for creative problem solving
  

• Learning to learn
  Succeeding in continuing education | Visual learner | Learning as a student-athlete or student-performer | Learning as an adult | Learning with ADHD | Action learning | Active learning
  

• Collaborative/cooperative learning
  Studying in groups | Active Listening | Conflict resolution | Peer mediation | Tutoring guidelines | Using feedback and working with tutors
  

• Online learning/ communicating
  Webtruth: Evaluating website content | Netiquette, E-guides on social interaction | Developing your website | Basics of webdesign and accessibility | Making your website popular | Web design bibliography (outside links)
  

• Thinking critically
  Thinking creatively | Concentrating | Memorizing | Thinking like a genius | Radical thinking | Concept or mind mapping

| Thinking aloud/private speech


• Effective study habits/ Assessing your study skills
  A.S.P.I.R.E. - a study system | Index - a study system | Action learning | Create, & study with, flashcards | Studying with multiple sources
   

• Preparing for your classroom
  Paying attention | Classroom discussions | Taking notes in lectures | Influencing teachers | Guided notes

| Interviewing for class projects (Consent form)


• Reading critically
  Prereading strategies | SQ3R reading method | KWL reading method

| Marking & underlining | Taking notes from a text book | Reading difficult material | Interpretive reading | Reading essays | Reading fiction | Fiction: narrator & character types | Speed & comprehension


• Writing research papers
  Researching on the Internet | Organizing research with computers/avoiding plagiarism | Organizing research/ Creating note cards | Citing websites
  

• Project management
  Completing a class assignment | Organizing projects

| Presenting projects/speeches | Presenting your positive image/brand | Public speaking | Developing case studies | Spreadsheets and budgets | Setting your (school) budget


• General test preparation
  Anticipating test content | Review tools for tests | Overcoming test anxiety | Organizing for test taking | Cramming | Emergency test preparation | Testing bibliography
  

• Ten tips for terrific test taking
  Taking online tests | True/false tests | Multiple choice tests | Short answer tests | Open book exams | Oral exams | Essay Exams
  
  

• Seven stages of writing assignments
  Writing under deadline | Writing for the "Web" | The five-paragraph essay | Essays for a literature class | Expository essays | Persuasive essays | Position papers | Writing Strategies Learned | Print bibliography for writing | Internet bibliography for writing
  
  

• American vocabulary/spelling
  Transitional words & phrases | Spelling strategies | Spelling rules & exercises | Common misspelled words | Essay terms/directives | Modifiers & commas | Prefixes and root words | Using analogies for creative problem solving | Picturing vocabulary | American alphabet recited
  
  
• Math
  Math tests | Solving linear equations | Solving math word problems | Evaluating algebraic expressions/Order of operations/ P.E.M.D.A.S. | Math bibliography/web sites with on-line help
  
  
• Science and Technology
  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
  
  

• Resources (outside links)
  Exploring your own learning style | "Study" print bibliography | Study skills web sites | Free digitized texts, books, services | Cross language resources including digital translators | Translations

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