Where can I find information if  I . . .  
    am an international student who wants help with studying?
    want to be able to study smarter?
    have trouble memorizing?
    just don't feel motivated any more?
    have trouble taking notes?
    have trouble reading and understanding my textbooks?
    have test anxiety?
    want to do better on tests?
    have trouble managing my time?
    want to find a free site for flash cards?   
    want to improve my vocabulary
   
Flashcards
There are two Web sites that will give create your own flash cards or use sets that have already been created.Check out Quizlet and Flashcard Exchange to see which one will meet your needs.
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International Student Resources
International Student Resource for English From this link you can access interactive English language exercises, online dictionaries and reference books, and even the TOEFL official Web site.
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International Students Resource for Study Skills This Web site has links that allow you to read the study skills material in a large number of different languages.
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Dictionary/Vocabulary
Merriam-Webster Dictionary  At this Web site your can not only learn the definition of a work, but you can also listen to how the word is pronounced.  There is also a special section for ESL and TOEFL students.
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Free Rice helps you to not only improve your vocabulary but it also helps you donate rice to other countries.  The vocabulary can be in math, chemistry, English, Spanish, Italian, or German.  It is a fun way to bush up on your vocabulary while helping others.  There is no cost and you don't even have to create a user name or password. See Snopes for additional information.
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Learning Styles
Index of Learning Styles Questionnaire  If you know what your primary learning style is, this site will give you suggestions on study methods that compliment that style.
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Learning Styles Questionnaire  If you do not know your learning style, this questionnaire will help you.  You answer 40 questions and the site will show you your scores and explain their significance.
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Learning and Personality Types Based on Don Lowey's book True Colors and Dr. David Keirsey's Please Understand Me, the site deals more with personality types, but it can also help you understand what type of student you are.
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Memory
Memory Guidelines  Research has shown that the 17 guidelines for memory improvement that are given on this Website are the most important to help you improve your memory.
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Games with Memory Can you spot the real penny from among 15 other fake pennies?  This fun challenge helps to point out that memory requires much more than just looking at or being familiar with something.  The lumonsity Web site provides games which are "scientifically designed to improve your memory and attention."
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Motivation
Motivation  Located at Virginia Tech, this site gives not only guidelines for motivation, but also has a check list that you can use to target your motivation problems.  The counseling center here at UF can help you work though these issues.
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Note Taking
Note Taking Styles and Formats  This is an excellent overview of five different methods of note taking.  They include the Cornell method, the outline method, the mapping method, the charting methods, and the sentence method.  Because students are different and so are the professors who lecture, it is good to realize that one method is not necessarily appropriate for all classes.
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Note Taking Tips This site covers everything from preparing to take notes to how to deal with problem lectures.
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Note Taking Cornell Method From cornell University, the birthplace of the Cornell method of note taking,this is an excellent overview of this method of learning how to take and to study your notes.
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Reading Strategies
Reading Strategies   There is much more to reading than just having your eyes pass over the words.  The above link provides two very effective reading strategies.  The SQ3R is used when your reading material is difficult and the PRR or P2R is used for easier reading material.  By taking the time to use these strategies, you will actually spend less time reading and learning the material.
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Study Smarter
A Dozen Ways to Study Smarter in Less Time provides you with a quick read on twelve of the best suggestions for being successful in college.  Come to the Academic Support Center for additional information or help with these suggestions.  Call 419-434-4697 for an appointment.
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How to Study Smarter, Not Harder  "Studenthacks.org" provides several suggestions on how to improve your learning in college.  It also provides your with an RSS feed and a twitter link.
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Test Anxiety
 On this site you will be able to take a short assessment of the issues that surround test anxiety. The site will also give you several suggestions on how to reduce test anxiety. 
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Test Taking
Test Taking This is a well-organized site from Penn state that covers test preparation, test taking tips, and test anxiety.
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Textbooks
Reading Difficult Material  This site provides a variety of suggestions on strategies for reading more efficiently and effectively.  Among the links are reading essays, fiction, and science, taking notes from reading, marking and underlining, and others.
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Time Management
Where Does Time Go? Virginia Tech provides an interactive chart to help you determine how you spend your time each day.
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Downloadable Time Chart is divided into half hour segments for an entire week.  You also can download a "Summary of activities for the Time-Use Chart."
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Procrastination is a problem we all must deal with at one time or another.  CalPoly discusses the characteristics, causes, and resolution to this problem.
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Research Paper Navigator  To help you stay organized, this interactive Web site provides you a way to calculate a research paper assignment schedule.  Enter when you will begin the assignment and when it is due, and the site will give you each step in the process, what is involved in that step, and when you should complete that step. Be sure to open the links in the left hand column for additional information. Never turn in an assignment late again.
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