LISTENING & NOTES TAKING

Listening, Note-Taking, and Using Visual Organizers
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• Preview text and list questions to help focus your listening during lectures.
• Use Cornell notes or mapping for class notes depending on the style in which information is presented.
• Annotate - make margin notes in text to label information; circle important terms and concepts, underline important details; summarize, and note questions you have about the material.
• Use graphic organizers to show relationships between concepts (i.e., Venn diagram, fishbone diagram, feature analysis, etc.).
• Map your ideas to organize writing for papers and tests.
• Web sites on listening, note-taking, and using visual organizers.

Learning Style Assessments and Information

Variation of Myers-Briggs Type Indicator www.muskingum.edu/~cal/database/general/inventory.html Index of learning styles (assessment) and other information on learning styles www4.ncsu.edu/unity/lockers/users/f/felder/public/ILSpage.html Study Distraction Analysis www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/studydis.html Study Skill Checklist www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/checklis.html Learning styles and study strategies www4.ncsu.edu/unity/lockers/users/f/felder/public/ILSdir/styles.htm Various assessment tools www.d.umn.edu/student/loon/acad/strat

Information on Learning Disabilities

A general introduction to learning disabilities www.ldonline.org Information on dyslexia and related learning disabilities. Includes strategies for the visual spatial learner. www.dyslexia.com/library.htm

Time Management/Environment Control

Goal-setting for academic success www.siue.edu/SPIN/activity.html Techniques to manage procrastination. counseling.uoregon.edu/dnn/SelfhelpLibraryResources/ProcrastinationTimeManagement/tabid/204/Default.aspx Hints for planning study time. www.coun.uvic.ca/learning/motivation/planning-study-time.html Mindtools for getting the most out of your time - index of articles www.mindtools.com/page5.html How to master stress www.mindtools.com/pages/main/newMN_TCS.htm cmhc.utexas.edu/stress.html   Control of the environment www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/control.html

Reading

Myths about reading www.dartmouth.edu/~acskills/docs/6_reading_myths.doc Learning from textbooks www.lib.uoguelph.ca/assistance/learning_services/fastfacts/learning_from_texts.cfm Applying metacognition to reading www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/students/learning/lr1metn.htm SQ3R www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/sq3r.html Strategic reading www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/students/learning/lr1metin.htm How to read a difficult book www.stthomas.edu/academicsupport/HowtoReadDifficultMaterial.pdf Suggestions for improving reading speed www.ucc.vt.edu/studyskills/SSARSpeedResults.htm How to read essays www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/essays.html Evaluating website content www.studygs.net/evaluate.htm

Listening and Note-taking

Note-taking strategies sas.calpoly.edu/asc/ssl/notetakingtips.html www.coun.uvic.ca/learning/note-taking/ Improving note-taking with mind maps: www.mindtools.com/mindmaps.html Organizing and integrating information - examples and practice intro: www.coun.uvic.ca/learning/note-taking/organizing-information.html concept mapping: www.coun.uvic.ca/learning/critical-thinking/concept-mapping.html practice in mapping: www.coun.uvic.ca/learning/note-taking/class1.html sequential diagram: www.coun.uvic.ca/learning/note-taking/class3.html hierarchical outline www.coun.uvic.ca/learning/note-taking/class4.html tables: www.coun.uvic.ca/learning/note-taking/class5.html

Writing Essays and Research Papers

All aspects of writing process leo.stcloudstate.edu/catalogue.html Steps of the research process www.library.cornell.edu/okuref/research/skill1.htm Writing essays and reports and grading criteria www.coun.uvic.ca/learning/essays/ Basic writing tips from Virginia Tech: writing papers:www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/writpap.html writing research papers: www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/termpapr.html proofreading: www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/proofing.html Time management and overcoming writer�s block leo.stcloudstate.edu/acadwrite/block.html Strategies for editing and proofreading (with on-line references) leo.stcloudstate.edu/acadwrite/genproofed.html leo.stcloudstate.edu/acadwrite/editing.html grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/composition/editing.htm

Memory and Memory Aids

Basic principles of review www.dartmouth.edu/~acskills/docs/review_principles.doc Memory and Remembering www.coun.uvic.ca/learning/memory/ Mnemonics memory aids www.mindtools.com/memory.html

Test Taking

General strategies for taking tests www.coun.uvic.ca/learning/exams/ Techniques for problem solving and math and science tests http://mathcs.slu.edu/undergrad-math/success-in-mathematics/?searchterm=Techniques%20for%20problem%20solving%20and%20math%20and%20science%20tests#section-5 How to respond to essay questions and strategies for multiple choice exams www.coun.uvic.ca/learning/exams/essay-questions.html www.coun.uvic.ca/learning/exams/multiple-choice.html

Additional Resources

www.ucc.vt.edu/stdyhlp.html www.utexas.edu/student/utlc/learning_resources/ www.stthomas.edu/academicsupport/helpful_study_skills_links.htm