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Preparing

• Learning to learn
• Scheduling and setting goals
  Exercise requires Flash
• Managing time
• Managing stress
• Avoiding procrastination
• Thinking critically
• Thinking like a genius
• Developing self-discipline
• Motivating yourself
• Adaptive decision-making
• Making decisions/solving problems

Learning

• As student-athlete
  or student-performer
• Visual learner
• Mapping information for learning
• 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
• Memorizing
  Exercises require Flash
• M.U.R.D.E.R. - a study system
• Index  - a study system
• Studying with multiple sources
• Vocabulary building exercise
• "Study" bibliography
• Additional study skills web sites
  - outside links

Classroom participation

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

Learning with others

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

Project management

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

Reading skills

• Reading critically
• Prereading strategies
• Taking notes from a text book
• Reading/understanding essays
• Reading difficult material
• Reading fiction
• Speed & comprehension
• 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
• 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/directives

Writing Basics

• Developing & analyzing
  writing assignment topics
• Basics of  writing assignments
  & research (step 1)
• Prewriting and drafts (2)
  Exercise requires Flash
• Drafting (3)
• Revising (4)
• Proofreading (5)
• 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
• Position papers
• Writing Strategies Learned
  by Stephen Wilbers
• Print bibliography for writing
• Internet bibliography for writing

Research

• Writing research papers
• Researching on the Internet
• Organizing research with computers
  & avoiding plagiarism
• Organizing research
  with note cards
• Citing websites
  Exercise requires Flash

Math

• Math tests
• Solving linear equations
  Exercise requires Flash
• Solving math word problems
• Evaluating algebraic expressions
  Order of operations/ P.E.M.D.A.S.
  Exercise requires Flash
• Solving derivatives
  Exercise requires Flash
• 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
  - links: having fun thinking logically
  Exercise requires Flash

Webtruth

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

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