Learning Strategies Links
All links on this page external to the JSCC web site.
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly.
Specialization is for insects.
-- Lazarus Long
Academic Resource Core Links from Southwest Tennessee Community College
Dictionaries
Dictionary for you from Merriam Webster.
Learning Styles
Take an inventory to see your personal learning style by Catherine Jester, Learning Disability Specialist and Suzanne Miller, Instructor, Math and Multimedia
Four Dimensions Find out if you are an extrovert or introvert, feeler or thinker, judger or perceiver, or sensate or intuitive taking the Paragon Learning Styles Inventory
A Multiple Intelligences Approach to Learning Styles
Study Skills
Weekly Learning Skills Newsletter. Subscription is free.
Study Skills at Chemeketa Community College. "Studying for that big test? Wish you had more time? Wish you could remember what you had read? This site is for you. Here you will find information on how to manage your time, how to improve your reading, thinking, listening, notetaking skills. There are strategies for taking tests and for handling test anxiety."
Study Skills Handouts from The University of Central Florida, including topics on concentrating, memory, how to read textbooks, time management, test prep, goal setting and more.
Links to a Better Education
A full list of college study and survival techniques from listening to taking notes to taking tests.
Best Study Skills Websites
Favorite Study Skills Websites from the City College of San Francisco's Learning Assistance Center
College Survival
10 Tips You Need to Survive College from Middle Tennessee State University
Jerome R. Breitenbach's How to Be a Student from California Polytechnical State University
Why Do I Have to Take... Answers the frequently asked question by undergraduates of why general education classes are necessary.
Study Skills Self Inventory and Suggestions on Improvement from Virginia Tech
Effective Study Skills by Dr. Bob Kizlik
Studying with Intensity Studying intensely is critical to making the best use of study time.
Stress Management
How Stressed Are You? Stress Quiz
Tips and Tools for Coping with Stress Coping options, managing stress, taking control of stresses
Coping with Stress Signs of stress, short-term and long-term ways to handle stress
Note-taking
Note-taking and In-class Skills from Virginia Tech
Tips for Better Note-taking from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
Time Management
The 168 Hour Exercise--How Do I Use My Time Now? from Ohio University. Understanding how you use your time now can help you decide if you need to make changes. This site allows you to compute your academic hours and your hours spent in working, commuting, sleeping, and other personal activites.
Time Management Tips from George Mason University
Reasons and Excuses for Procrastination from Ohio State
The Procrastinators' Support Center at Ohio State
Time Management from Illinois State. Handouts include "Just Wasting Time", "Preventing Procrastination," Get Your Life in Order this Semester" and many others.
Memory
Using Memory Effectively Techniques and esercises to help you remember
Ten Principles of Memory from University of Maine
Concentration and Memory Worksheets which provide specific strategies fo rstaying motivated and improving your memory.
Remembering How to improve the two kinds of memory work college students are confronted with.
Improving Your Memory Poor memory is a myth.
Principles of Memory Memory principles, when to follow them, and why they are important
Amanda's Mnemonics Page A collection of mnemonics on topics such as arithmetic, chemistry, history, spelling, and medicine,
Concentration
How to Avoid Barriers to Concentration
Concentration and Distraction It is possible to minimize external distractions and to begin to work on internal ones.
Control the Study Environment How to strengthen your ability to concentrate on your homework.
Concentration: Some Basic Guildelines
Goal Setting
A Goal-Setting Model for Academic Success How to set effective goals in college, developing motivation.
Setting SMART Goals Setting goals which are specific, measurable, attainalbe, realistic, and timely.
Listening
How to Be an Effective Listener What good listeners do and don't do.
Listening Skills for Lectures from Utah State University
Listening Skills from the University of Minnesota
Organizational Skills
Dispelling Myths About Getting Organized The top 7 myths about getting and staying organized by Maria Gracia.
What Your Mother Never Told Your About College Excerpts from The Tennessean
Getting Organized In acadcemic work, as in life, it's good to have a plan. Info from Brigham Young University.
Ten Tips You Need to Survive College Your First-Aid Kit from MTSU
Organizing and Integrating Information Handouts available on Organization Practice using Concept Mapping, Tables, Sequential Diagrams, and more.
Test Taking Strategies
Avoid Goofing Up Tests by Ron Kurtus
Be Good at Taking Tests by Ron Kurtus
Dr. Ah Clem's Links to Exam Taking Skills
Taking Objective Tests Techniques for helping when you are unsure of the answer
Test Anxiety
Overcoming Test Anxiety Special strategies on what to do if you find yourself tensing and getting anxious during the test.
Dealing with Test Anxiety Anxiety becomes a problem when it begins to interfere with your ability to think logically or remember facts.
Text Anxiety What causes test anxiety, the effects of test anxiety, and how to reduce test anxiety
Online Courses
Study strategies for online courses by Robin Geery, Learning Center Coordinator, Schenectady County Community College
English as a Second Language
Editing for an International Audience
Learning a Foreign Language
Foreign Language Learning Homepage
Web Sites for Persons with Disabilities
Maxi-Aids.com Products for independent living
High School Students with LD or AD/HD Considering College
Advocacy Consortium for College Students with Disabilities
For Teachers
Helping Students Learn Critical Thinking Skills: A Resource for Teachers from East Tennessee State University
Tips for Ending a Class Effectively
Tips for Grading Group Work from Kathleen McKinney, Professor of Sociology at Illinois State University
Effective Strategies for Cooperative Learning from Richard Felder and Rebecca Brent of North Carolina State University
Teaching Tips from The University of Virginia. Includes Cooperative learning/Groups, Classroom assessment techniques, Critical thinking, Discussion, Engaging students, Lecturing, and much more
Cooperative Learning Techniques from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Navagating the Bumpy Road to Student-Centered Instruction by Richard Felder and Rebecca Brent
Seven Practices for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education by Arthur Chickering and Zelda Gameson
Weekly Learning Skills Newsletter. Subscription is free.