From this page you will find specific information about courses that I currently teach :

• General Statistics, Fall 2001, Louisiana State University

as well as a series of links that will be helpful in developing study skills, time management skills, and writing skills that transcend my courses.

(Note: I have not had time to review all of the sites listed, if you find that any of the links don't work or are not helpful, please let me know. Also notify me if you know of any sites you think would be helpful to your fellow students.)

Study Skills:

• The CalREN Project, University of California, Berkeley, has a series of tips and exercises to help develop better study strategies and habits. Berkeley also offers general Test Taking Tips
• Kent State's Doc Whiz tells you how to flunk out of college and alot of other things directed at new college students
• The PsycWeb pages at Georgia Southern offer a way to avoid "The Six Hour D" (studying for six hours for a quiz and still getting a D). In addition, they offer suggestions for time management.
• Ron Blue at Indiana University East offers suggestions about How to Study.
• Georgia College & State University's Office of Counseling Serviceshas made available some means of effective study on their web site.
• Students who suffer from test anxiety (or who just want links to a ton of study skills) can check out a plethora of "virtual pamphlets" at the University of Chicago's list of Study Skills.
• How to Be a Successful Student
• Mind Tools: Goal Setting
• General Purpose Learning Strategies
• Study Distraction Analysis
• STUDY SKILL CHECK LIST (linked to help resources)
• Memory Principles
• Mind Tools: Memory Techniques
• Mind Tools: Working With Concept Maps (Information Organization Skills)
• Reasons to Review Tests
• TEST TAKING SKILLS: EFFECTIVE STUDY TECHNIQUES FOR ESSAY TESTS
• TEST-TAKING STRATEGIES
• REHEARSING TO LEARN and STUDENT ACADEMIC SUCCESS INVENTORY
• Other Study Skill Guides from CSBSJU
• Test Anxiety
• First Year Focus Allyn & Bacon's site devoted to surviving your first year of college
• Ten Tips You Need to Survive College
• Doc Whiz's College Survival Topics
• Dartmouth College Academic Skills Center -- Tips on concentration, note taking, test anxiety, reading, and more
• CollegeSkills.com - Make the most of college!
• Study Skills Help Page MTSU
• Reasoning, and What It Is To Be Rational

Time Management:

• Time Management Page (comprehensive site)
• Mind Tools: Time Management Skills (comprehensive site)
• 10 Tips For Better Time Management
• Time Management Tips
• Making a Time Management Schedule What do you do with your 168 hours/week???
• Time Management Evaluation
• Time Management Self-Evaluation
• Study Schedule

Writing Skills:

• Wasieleski's Article Summary Tips - From article selection to proof reading. An easy to read, step-by-step, description of how to select a journal article and summarize it.
• Pollack's Ten Commandments - A short, and witty, version of how to write an acceptable paper.
• Cabe's Taxonomy of Plagiarism - There are more ways to be guilty of plagiarism than your ever dreamt. Cabe has analyzed those ways, given them labels, and described them.
• Assessing Authorship - A set of exercises designed to help you learn how to avoid plagiarism.

APA Style:

• http://www.psychwww.com/resource/apacrib.htm - Here are some links to APA style guides and help sheets on the internet. I used to list several, but this site has all you need.