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Concept Maps:
http://www.utc.edu/Teaching-Resource-Center/concepts.html


Mnemonics:

http://www.iss.stthomas.edu/studyguides/memory.htm


Relationship Mapping:

http://www.iss.stthomas.edu/studyguides/mapping.htm


Time Management:

http://www.iss.stthomas.edu/studyguides/timman.htm


Metacognition:

http://www.psyc.memphis.edu/trg/meta.htm

  • For the Douglas J. Hacker article entitled Hacker, Douglas J. "Metacognition: Definitions and Empirical Foundations."


Scaffolding for Student Learning

http://confreg.uoregon.edu/necc2001/NECC_CD/presents/norris/present.htm "Scaffolding" is a teaching strategy that "provides the support and structure necessary for students to learn new information or complete assigned tasks successfully." This presentation for the 2001 NECC conference, developed by Greenville (SC) Schools instructional coach Toni Norris, has a middle grades focus.

Improving Study Skills: Dealing With Homework Hysteria
By Bob Small
http://www.cdl.org/resources/reading_room/getting_a_grip.html
Dealing with homework without hysteria - kid's hysteria, parent's hysteria, and teacher's hysteria - really requires the use of some good study skills. Bob outlines strategies for students, parents and teachers that reduce homework hysteria.

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