The Study Skills Help Page
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,4th ed.,Houghton Mifflin, 2007. If you have questions or comments about the learning strategies course or the help page, please e-mail her: chopper@mtsu.edu

            

Syllabus for Fall 2008 Extra credit Possibilities College Activities List Print

MTSU homepage WebMail Direct PipelineMT Library Homepage

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, January21, and five(5) tests given on campus with flexible times for those.) Spring 2008 Link to On-line Course Agreement for Spring 2009   Request for POD **You are required to attend the orientation session for this course.January 21  3:00 -4:00 pm KOM 161 Links to Handout (pdf) link to course: elearn.mtsu.edu Orientation PPT

Essential Email Etiquette Advice from the PC Guy--10 tips for using Google

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 Activities List
• 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 Discussed in Class

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 Styles
• 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
• 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
• 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
• University of Cincinnati Academic Coaching
• 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
• The Classroom: A One stop education resourse to enhance your skills
• LSU Center for Academic Success
• Animated Tutorials: Neurobiology/Biopsychology
• 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
• Alta Vista Translator-Babelfish
• Financial Aid Information Page
• College Life
• Merriam-Webster On-line Language Center
• Student Prayer
• Learning Styles PDF Conference Handout
• Click on title if you are interested in using this text in your classroom. Practicing College Learning Strategies  Houghton Mifflin, 2007 by Carolyn Hopper ISBN-13: 978-0-618-64378-3

   For additional interactive exercises to accompany Practicing College Learning Strategies click text image.

  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.

  
    4th edition of .Practicing College Learning Strategies Instructor Resource

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