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Assessments:

• Learning Styles:
• Keirsey Character Sort
• How To Learn
• The Vark
• Learning Style Survey for College
• The Rogers Indicator of Multiple Intelligences
• BGFL Multiple Intelligences
• Hemispheric Dominance
• Kingdomality
• Study Behaviors
• Where’s the best place for you to study?  Study Environment Analysis
• When are you most alert? Lark or Owl
• What are your study skills strengths and weaknesses? Study Skills Checklist
• Do you have math anxiety? Mathpower
• Where do you fit on the Locus of Control Spectrum? Locus of Control
• Procrastination
• Procrastination Quotient
• Perfectionist Quiz
• Test Anxiety
• Do You have Test Stress?
• Stress Vulnerability Questionnaire
• Listening
• Listening Habits Assessment

Study Aids

• Break up large assignments. Assignment Calculator
• Create flashcards online and study or play games with them. Flashcard Exchange
• Create flashcards or quizzes online and download them to your cell phone. Study Cell
• Create interactive flashcards online and share them with others. Flashcard Machine
• Make online flashcards, personalized practice quizzes, and get reminders about when (and what) to study next. StudyBlue
  and study on your phone with free mobile apps.
  

Study Strategies Sites

• Study Guides and Strategies: A comprehensive site that covers many aspects of learning.
• Time Management
• Useful tips from Dartmouth
• Tips with links to handouts from the University of Victoria
• Links to tips and articles, timesaving tools, and time saving phone apps from Guide to Online Schools.
• Remembering
• Memory Tips from St. Joseph's University
• 10 Principles of Memory
• Memory Principles from Middle Tennessee University
• Memory Techniques from Mindtools
• Playing  Games with Memory
• Note-taking
• 5 systems for Note-taking from CalPoly
• Cornell Notes from Virginia Tech
• Test-taking
• Writing Examinations from the University of Victoria
• Test-taking Suggestions from the University of California, Berkeley
• Help for test anxiety from the University of Buffalo
• Relaxation techniques from the University of St. Joseph
• Speech Anxiety
• Tips from The University of Hawaii Maui Community College
• Coping with Speech Anxiety
• Studying Math
• Success in Mathematics from St. Louis University
• How to Study Mathematics from Ohio State University
• Reading Tips
• Reading and Understanding Texts (University of Victoria)
• Reading Comprehension (Muskingum College)
• Reading Your Textbooks Effectively and Efficiently (Dartmouth)
• Speed Reading Self-Pacing Techniques
• Vocabulary
• The Longman Vocabulary Website
• Word Safari (Expand your word knowledge while surfing the web)
• Free Rice (For each word you get right, 20 grains of rice are donated to the United Nations World Food Program.)
• Evaluating Internet Sources
• Evaluation Criteria (University of New Mexico Library)
• Evaluating Web Pages (UC Berkeley)