STUDY SKILLS/STUDENT SUCCESS
Websites
Course Hero - Course Hero offers millions of crowdsourced notes, study guides, practice tests, and more - tagged to specific courses at schools around the world. GCFLearnFree.org - This site offers numerous free tutorials on digital literacy skills needed to live and work in the 21st Century. Digital Learn.org - Video tutorials featuring classes in using technology and attaining digital literacy skills. Finance A Look Into College Student’s Financial Journeys - College Financial Planning Center from BestColleges.com Advice and Guide to Student Credit Cards - information to help you make more confident decisions on Credit Cards from MoneyGeek. Better Money Habits - Build your financial know-how with free tools and information to help you make more confident decisions. Big Future: College Board - Guide to preparing for, selecting, and paying for higher education. CashCourse - Our online personal finance tools help you build real-life-ready financial skills. College on a Budget at College Affordability Guide - CollegeAffordabilityGuide.org was launched in 2013 by Degree Prospects Credit Card Insider: Student Credit Cards - Credit Card Insider was created as a resource for consumers, by consumers EveryDollar - EveryDollar is free budget software accessible from your computer and iPhone. Feed The Pig - Here, you’ll find helpful tools, articles, tons of tips and other resources to help you on your path to financial stability. Fool Proof - This site assists students in making decisions. How to Make College More Affordable - Blog post from BestColleges.com Managing Time and Money - Hosted by Dartmouth College this site offers printable calendars, schedules and planners for students. MoneySmarts @ Indiana University - Site established as part of an overall program to assist students to make informed financial management decisions and decrease overall student debt. My Money - This website is a product of the Congressionally chartered Federal Financial Literacy and Education Commission. Practical Money Skills - To help consumers and students of all ages learn the essentials of personal finance, Visa has partnered with leading consumer advocates, educators, and financial institutions. Stress & Time-Management Managing Your Time - Site provides handouts, planners, videos, and links to help students learn how to better manage their time. Mind Tools - Learn hundreds of career skills, including time management, stress management, communications skills, learning skills and decision making skills. Student Success Workshop Outlines - This site offers outlines and handouts on how to handle specific topics that college students face or deal with such as stress, time management, decision making and home sickness. Unabridged Student Counseling Pamphlets - The site offers a collection of pamphlets on day-today issues faced by students. Note-Taking & Study Skills Active Reading - This site is hosted by Dartmouth College and offers tutoring forums and learning strategies. College Student Study Skills Guide - This comprehensive guide explores the best methods for taking notes and preparing for exams and provides concrete strategies for dealing with test anxiety. College Study Skills Guide - This site offers general study tips and tips on time management, memory techniques, test taking preparation, reading and writing as well as numerous subject specific study skills. How to Improve Your Memory - This site offers brain boosting and improving memory tips as well as numerous topics to assist the college student adjust to a new environment. How to Study - This site offers tips from getting ready to study , managing time, stress and how to write and study by subject. Learning Styles Questionaire - Hosted by North Carolina State University this site offers a series of questions that are designed to provide the student with the best way to study and retain information based on the answers provided. Multiple Intelligences - This link provides information on multiple intelligence types. Offering links for various personality tests. SQ3R Reading/Study System - Hosted by Virginia Tech this site offers tips on how to focus on and comprehend what is being read. Study Stack - Study Stack is a fun link for students to use in preparation of weekly quizzes or final exams. Students can login through a Facebook account or set up a free account. The site offers basic areas of study as well as foreign language and standardized test guides. Flash cards and quizzes and games can be created by students and reviewed at any time on any device. VARK Questionnaire - This site offers various types of questions for the student to answer about preferences and then uses the answers to provide learning and study strategies. |
Databases
Films on Demand (Study Skills) - Streaming videos: Career Exploration, Career Fields, Job Search Skills, Job Success Skills PrepSTEP - PrepSTEP for Community Colleges is packed with tutorials, practice tests, articles, e-books and high-stakes test preparation for self-guided skill building, career preparation and workforce readiness. Test Prep
Accuplacer.org - College Board's official website for Accuplacer. ACT.org - Free ACT Test Prep resources Test-Guide - Free ACT practice tests Test Prep Review - This site offers aids in preparing for all standardized tests. Each test is divided into study guides, flash cards and practice tests. |