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Learning Skills Handouts

For more information on learning skills, look at the resources in the Learning Skills Library in PH 115 or make an appointment with a learning skills advisor in SARC by calling 407-823-5130.

Concentration 10 Tips to Improve Concentration Creating a Concentration Environment Making Concentration a Habit	Memory 9 Types of Mnemonics Why We Forget Memory Skills: Links, Stories, Journies, and Rooms Memorizing vs. Understanding Mental Manipulation: The Key to Remembering Mind Mapping Practicing Mnemonics	Textbooks 5 Keys to Unlocking Textbooks Identifying Problems that Lead to Slow Reading Multiple Choice Test Tips Textbook Reading Skills OK5R SQ3R SQ3R at a Glance Why SQ3R Works Super Square How to survey a chapter
Time Management 16 Traits of Effective Time Management 8-Hour Time Schedule Beating Procrastination List Your Way to Success Time Analyzer and Time Controller Balancing Act Exercise Combating Procrastination	Test Prep 10 Test Preparation Hints OK5R Study System Post Test Survey 5 Types of Studying What Does STUDY Mean? When You Are Not Getting A's Test Taking Skills Diagnostic	Goal Setting and Attitudes 16 Ways to Lower Your Grades Academic Underestimator Balancing Act Exercise Self-Defeating Behaviors in College When Motivation is a Problem Why It is Great to be Able to Make Mistakes 12 Diseases in Learning 12 Cognitive Distortions in Academics How Attitudes Affect Grades Indespensible Importance of Setting and Achieving Goals in College 12 Myths About Studying in College Recipe for Success in College What Are Your Chances of Success in College? How Learning Skills Raise Grades
Test Taking Answering Essay Questions Made Easy Common Test Taking Errors Essay Clues Overcoming Test Taking Anxiety Test Taking Hints Test Taking Strategies for Multiple Choice Tests Understanding Essay Exam Questions Multiple Choice Test Tips	Notetaking How to Spot Main Ideas in Texts and Lectures Ideal Notecards Notetaking from Textbooks Notetaking in Lectures Notetaking Timesavers Speed Writing Patterns: Aids to Notetaking Reading and Listening Clues A Chemistry Notecard Model Cornel Format Do Your Notes Speed or Impede Your Learning? 6 Steps to Faster Learning Refining Outlining Skills	Self-Testing A's Through Self-Testing Math Notecard Question and Answer Technique Notecard Question and Answer Technique Notecard Questions and Answer Technique at a Glance
Study Skills and Diagnostics STUDY SKILLS ONLINE DIAGNOSTIC Study Skills Inventory Inventory of College Level Study Skills ADD Symptoms Checklist Learning Style Inventory Measure Your Test Anxiety Radial of Learning Calculate GPA	Vocabulary Understanding Roots Understanding Prefixes Understanding Suffixes Why Develop Vocabulary in College Latin and Greek prefixes and Suffixes	Miscellaneous Study Skills For Nursing Students MCLCW Handouts Top 10 Things to do During the First Week of Classes Top 7 Things to do Prior to the Start of Classes E-mail Netiquette - How to Communicate with College Professors Fall Goal Setting Worksheet How to Calculate Your GPA Learn How to Calculate Your GPA - Fall Goal Setting Worksheet Tools Needed for Effective Academic Organization How to Read a SASS Degree Audit

Any handouts that are not available for download on this web site are available in hard copy at SARC.

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Last Updated: December 20, 2007 by Michael Brown