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Preparing

• Learning to learn
• Scheduling and setting goals
  - Interactive day & weekly planner
• Managing time
• Managing stress
• Avoiding procrastination
• Thinking critically [Steivang]
• Thinking like a genius
• Motivating yourself [Pamp]
• Adaptive decision-making
• Making decisions/solving problems

Learning

• As student-athlete
  or student-performer
• Visual learner
• Mapping information for learning [Shea]
• Adult learner
• Distance education & learning
• Thinking aloud/private speech
• Problem based learning
• With ADHD
• Exploring your own learning style
  - outside links

Studying

• Effective study habits
• Concentrating [Dorian]
• Memorizing
• M.U.R.D.E.R. - a study system
• Index  - a study system [Dorian]
• Studying with multiple sources
• Vocabulary building exercise [Atendido/Lui/Jessica]
• "Study" bibliography
• Additional study skills web sites
  - outside links

Classroom participation

• Preparing for the classroom
• Influencing teachers
• Taking notes in lectures [Shea]
• Guided notes
• Paying attention
• Classroom discussions

Learning with others

• Collaborative/cooperative learning
• Active Listening
• Studying in groups
• Tutoring guidelines
• Conflict resolution [Steivang]
• Peer mediation

Project management

• Developing case studies [Burch]
• Organizing projects
• Developing spreadsheets
  Creating/developing budgets
• Presenting projects/speeches [Burch]
• Public speaking [Burch]
• Interviewing for class projects
  • Consent form

Reading skills

• Reading critically [Pamp]
• Prereading strategies
• Taking notes from a text book
• Reading/understanding essays
• Reading difficult material
• Speed & comprehension [Steivang]
• Marking & underlining
• SQ3R reading method

Preparing for Tests

• General test preparation
• Anticipating test content
• Review tools for tests
• Overcoming test anxiety
• Organizing for test taking
• Cramming [Yang]
• Emergency test preparation [Yang]
• 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/directives

Writing Basics

• Basics of  writing assignments
• Prewriting and drafts
• Revising
• Proofreading
• Transitional words & phrases
• Modifiers & commas
• Spelling - American
• Print bibliography for writing
• Internet bibliography for writing

Writing Types

• Writing under deadline
• Writing for the "Web"
• The five-paragraph essay [Burson]
• Essays for a literature class
• Expository essays
• Persuasive essays
• Position papers
• Writing Strategies Learned
  by Stephen Wilbers

Research

• Writing research papers
• Researching on the Internet
• Organizing research with computers
  & avoiding plagiarism
• Organizing research [Noble]
  with note cards
• Citing websites

Math

• Solving linear equations
• Solving math word problems
• Evaluating algebraic expressions
  Order of operations/ P.E.M.D.A.S.
  - with exercise
• Math tests
• Math bibliography
  - web sites with on-line help

Science and Technology

• Writing lab reports and scientific papers
• Writing white papers
• Following the scientific method [Noble]
• Lab safety
  - outside links
• Sudoku 数独
  - links: having fun thinking logically

Webtruth

• Evaluating website content [Shea]
• Netiquette
• Developing websites
• Accessible website design [Rydell]
• Making your website "popular"
• Web design bibliography
  - outside links

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