Monroe County Community College: Student Services

LAL: Online Study Skill Resources

Quick Tips for Learning Strategies

Know your personal learning style
Engage your mind
Be actively involved: write it down, say it aloud, visualize it
Organize your information
Use basic memory principles
Apply your learning
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Check these sites for more Learning Strategy Tips

Learning Strategies

Center for Advancement of Learning: Learning Strategies Database

http://www.muskingum.edu/~cal/database/general/

An Overview of Memory Principles

http://www.mtsu.edu/~studskl/mem.html

Three learning styles are identified: Auditory Visual, and Tactile/Kinesthetic.

http://www.how-to-study.com/LearningStyles.htm

A quick reference guide for brain compatible learning principles

http://www.mtsu.edu/~studskl/mem.html

Tips for Improving Your Memory

http://www.scs.tamu.edu/selfhelp/elibrary/memory.asp

Overview of strategies including Monitoring Comprehension; Generating Examples; Thinking in Pictures, Colors, and Shapes; Using Mnemonics; and Repetition.

http://www.sdc.uwo.ca/learning/memory.html

A quiz below to evaluate your Memory Skills

http://www.oakton.edu/resource/iss/memsvy.htm

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