Welcome to the Study Skills Help page created by Dr. Carolyn Hopper, Learning Strategies Coordinator for the University Seminar at Middle Tennessee State University and author of Practicing College Learning Strategies,6th ed.,Wadsworth/CengageLearning, 2013. If you have questions or comments about the learning strategies course or the help page, please e-mail her: chopper@mtsu.edu

            

Link to Course Evaluation Instruction Link to FOCUS worksheet Spring Syllabus Summer 2012 Syllabus Fall 2012 Syllabus College Activities Explanation and List MTSU Freshman Connect Newsletter Extra credit Possibilities

MTSU homepage MTMAIL Click here to add your phone number for texts and/or voice alerts! PipelineMT Library Homepage WebExchange

On line section for Univ 1010 KD Section (Note: although listed as a HYBRID Course, the course is online with one(1) mandatory orientation meeting and five(5) tests given on campus with flexible times for those.) There is a mandatory orientation for this course. Fall COE 244 Friday August 31 from 3-4 pm Link to On-line Course Request for POD Links to Handout PDF (Word) link to course: elearn.mtsu.edu Orientation PPT

Essential Email Etiquette Advice from the PC Guy--10 tips for using Google Internet for beginners Setting Your Email Preferences Need to Know Who Your Academic Advisor Is? Free Tutoring on Campus

The Learning Strategies Course:
• University 1010 K sections
• Goals and Learning Outcomes
• Course Requirements
  Absence Policy
  How Your Grade Is Determined
  Required Textbooks and Materials
• Blank Assignment Log(Word doc)
• Blank Assignment Log (PDF)
• Exploring College Life Activities List
• Activities Log(Word doc)
• Computers in KOM 161
• Technology Used in the Course
• Advice From Former Students

What Your Mother Never Told You About College

Virtual Field Trips/Internet Assignments

Virtual Field Trips for 6th edition

Summary Word Downloads for each chapter ,5th edition

Summary Word Downloads for each chapter,6th edition

Instructions for Activating MTSU Computer Account and Setting Password

Scavenger Hunt for Study Skills Help Page

LASSI Score Sheet(pdf)  LASSI retake form (pdf)

PDF Print for Library Assignments

Library Assignments

Power Point Presentations for Topics in 5th edition

Power Point Presentations for 6 edition

Microsoft Word Downloads for Chapter Summaries

Course Evaluation--Bring to Exam Pdf format of course evaluation

• Unit Test Review Sheets
• Unit Test I Review
• Unit Test II Review Memory Principles
• Unit Test III Information Processing Label in the Margin Learning Syles
• Unit Test V Test Taking Strategies
• Unit Test IV College Resources/Library
• Review for Final Exam

• Practice Tests, Games, and Videos
• Link to practice tests and other activities for Practicing College Learning Strategies
• Brain Rules Video Link
• Stuck on Escalator Youtube
• Audio for Lecture on page 118
• Chart How You Use Your Time
• Bloom's Taxonomy Flashcards/Concentration
• Practice Unit I
• Activities for Memory Principles
• Stroop Effect--Colors
• Color Test
• Practice Unit III
• Unit III Jeopardy
• Brain Difference in Gender
• Brain Games
• More Brain Games (Vision)
• Common Cents
• Dalmation
• Optical Illusions
• Left Brain Right Brain Dancer
• Practice Audio Lecture
• Facts About MTSU Library
• Which Library Database?
• Flashcards for Quick Reference Sources
• Direction Words for Essay Tests
• Test Taking Strategies:Student-Made Practice Tests
• More Student-Made Practice Tests for Test Taking Strategies (interactive)
• Practice with Direction Words for Final Exam
• Who Wants to Pass the Final?

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Strategies for Success

• Ten Tips You Need to Survive College
• Getting the Most from Taking Notes
• Study Tips for Students
• Getting the Most from Reading Your Textbook
• How Successful Students Prepare for Tests
• Strategies for Taking Any Tests
• Checklist for Discussion or Essay Tests
• Reasons to Examine a Returned Test
• Memory Principles
  • Romanian translation Belorussian translation
• Time Management Power Point
• Time Management Power Points; Scheduling 
• Time Management Virtual Field Trip
  • Blank Master Schedule Worksheet
• Setting Goals
• Learning StylesHemispheric Dominance
  • Answers and brief explanation of inventory
• Learning Styles Sensory Modes
• Vark (Sensory Modes Questionaire)
• Math Study Skills Inventory
• Jensen's Equation for Optimal Learning
• Stress Recess  University of Texas Counseling Center
• Foolproof Memory Improvement





Links To Other Useful Sites

• Study Skills for Students -Education Corner
• Time Management Success
• Cornell Note-taking Lined Paper PDF Generator
• Study Tips Online Schools--good for on campus as well
• Education Atlas
• All School Guide
• Fluent Time Management
• Listening and Note-taking
• Go Financial Aid
• Brain Track Scholarship Search
• We College Health Guide for Women
• U Tube Lyrics to Drive Incubus
• Test Preparation Center
• Study Guides and Strategies/Joe Landsberger
• How to Study.Org/Lucy McDonald
• EducationAtlas Study Skills Guide
• Study Skills Blog
• College Tips.com
• Study Guide Zone
• Good Study Habits
• 88 Surefire Tips for Succeeding in College
• Test Taking Central
• The Classroom: A One stop education resourse to enhance your skills
• LSU Center for Academic Success
• Animated Tutorials: Neurobiology/Biopsychology
• My Brain
• The Brain Connection
• Real World University
• Clayton College Center for Learning Enhancement
• Study Tips.org
• 12 Step Program for Academic Success
• Ten Traps to Studying(pdf) NC State
• Brain Basics Dr. Eric Chudler
• How to Study.com: A Study Skills Resource Site
• A Research Guide For Students
• Dr. Freedman's Math Help
• Virginia Tech Study Skills - Self Help Information
• College Confidential
• University of Chicago Student CounselingVirtual Pamphlet Collection
• Critical Thinking Resources
• Getting Ready for Distance Education
• Study Skills Online
• Getting Ready for Distance Education Aptitude and Readiness Scale/Bob Kitlik
• College Confidential
• Time Management
• Memory Stewards.com/Chris Pudney
• Mind Tools
• Guide for Taking Nursing Exam
• Alta Vista Translator-Babelfish
• Go Financial Aid
• Financial Aid Information Page
• Career Profiles
• Brain Track Career Resources
• College Life
• Merriam-Webster On-line Language Center
• Student Prayer
• Learning Styles PDF Conference Handout
• Learning English
• 10 Tips You Need to Survive College(Translated into Romanian)
• ESL help
• Math Unit Conversion

   

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