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Study Skills

 

General Study Skills  

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Time Management 

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Test-taking strategies 

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Note-taking strategies

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Research and Writing (including MLA guidelines)  

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Dictionaries

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Oral Presentations      

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  Learning Styles

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To ask for help in Bryn Mawr's Resource Center, please email Ms Schaffner. If you are a middle school student, email Mrs. Rubin. Download handouts from our Resource Center, such as Test Preparation and Exam Timeline

 

General Study Skills

Study Guides and Strategies  extensive site covers such topics as "preparing to learn, studying, classroom participation, learning with others, project skills, reading skills, writing skills, test preparation and test taking skills"

   Example:   "Try to 'use' stress.  If you can't fight what's bothering you and you can't flee from it, flow with it and try to use it in a productive way."

Study Skills  topics covered here include "how to listen better, taking notes in class, keeping track of assignments, and reading skills"

Study Skills: Self-Help Information

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Time Management 

Academic Skills Center - Time Management Schedules discusses creating intermediate, short-term, and long-term schedules

Examples: 
 --  "Complete sample exercises from the text or as provided by your instructor.  Practicing the application of ideas will maximize your understanding.  If the test includes essay questions, practice answering questions you think might be on the test."

 -- "Special tips for different kinds of questions" In other words, how to best answer questions, depending on their type, such as true/false, multiple choice, short answer, essay, and problem solving.

Study Skills Test Taking tips for before and during the test

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Note-taking strategies

Note taking skills

Taking Notes

The Cornell Notetaking System shows one way of taking notes

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Research and Writing

Also see Grammar Usage and Practice for Middle School, and Writing and Rhetoric, on our website

Guide to Grammar and Style extensive site covers word and sentence level, paragraph level, essay and research paper level and more

 

MLA guidelines

    Classroom Connect Community - Connected Teacher  citing electronic sources

Citation Guide: Citing Electronic Resources Columbia Guide to Online Style.considered one of the authorities on the subject

A Guide For Writing Term Papers

MLA Citation Style

 

 

Dictionaries

Merriam-Webster OnLine

YourDictionary.com includes foreign dictionaries

 

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Oral Presentations

Oral presentations

Tips for Oral Presentations

Presentation Tips for Public Speaking

 

Learning Styles

DVC Learning Style Survey for College after answering questions, it will reveal your learning style, and how to make the most of it

Learning to Learn: Modules: Learning Styles extensive site also tests learning style and offers suggestions for using that style to learn more effectively  (Look for the Multiple Intelligence Inventory to test your learning style.)

The Four Learning Styles in the DVC Survey describes the four styles

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Handouts from our Resource Center

Test-taking Strategies from Bryn Mawr students and teachers

Examples: 
    -- "For true or false, if you can find one exception to the statement, then it is false."
    -- "Double-check your work." 
    -- "When taking the test, imagine that you're writing for someone who is not in the class and who is a little slow.  Don't let the  reader make assumptions - write them out!"
    -- "Read the question carefully and only address the question - don't just spit out everything you know."

 

Test Preparation from the University of St. Thomas

Examples:
    -- "Generate a list of possible questions you would ask if you were making the exam, then see if you can answer the questions. "
    -- "Review previous tests."

 

Test Preparation 2 Sam Houston State University. Additional study skills can be found on this site Study Skills.

 

Examples:
    -- "Avoid 'Stress-Carriers.' Politely avoid classmates who produce anxiety and affect your disposition to the test.  Do not let them scare, stress, or upset you."
    -- "Eliminate negative self-talk.  Avoid thinking of yourself in a negative way.  Avoid getting entangled in negative aspects related with studying.  Focus on what needs to be done and do it."

 

Timeline for Preparing for Exams from the Upper School Resource Center

A Guide to Getting Extra Help in the Upper School

Attitude is Everything!  How looking at the material in the right frame of mind can help

   Includes memorization tips, such as mnemonic devices, mental visualization, recitation, and association.

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April, 2009