Study Skills Help Page MTSU

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Learning Strategies for Success

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,5th ed.,Wadsworth/CengageLearning, 2010. 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

Syllabus for Spring 2010

College Activities Explanation and ListWord Download PDF HTML

Extra credit Possibilities

Textbook Student Companion Site

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 on Wednesday, January 20 from 3-4 o'clock in KOM 161.

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

Setting Your Email Preferences

Need to Know Who Your Academic Advisor Is?

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 ActivitiesList (PDF)print 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

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

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 and Games

Link to practice tests and other activities for Practicing College Learning Strategies

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

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

Links To Other Useful Sites

Cornell Note-taking Lined Paper PDF Generator

Education Atlas

University of Cincinnati Academic Coaching

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

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

College Life

Merriam-Webster On-line Language Center

Student Prayer

Learning Styles PDF Conference Handout

5 Minute English(ESL Resources)

Additional Tips For High School Students

High School Index

If you are interested in using this text in your classroom, click here for text information.

ISBN#: 0538794305 for text with free access code to premium web site or

1439083185 for text with $10 access code to premium web site with multimedia eBook

Register for Companion web site

Link to Student Companion

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