Study+Skills

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Resources for helping students with study skills.

STUDY SMART GUIDE Booklet developed by Iva Filipovska with guidance and help from David Greeshaw, for Year 11 and 12 students. Please email me if you wish to get the non PDF format.

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PowePoint presentation I developed to talk about exam stress and how to manage it.
 * YEAR 12 AND EXAM STRESS POWERPOINT PRESENTATION**



USEFUL WEBSITES

Study Guides and Strategies (http://www.studygs.net/)
This website has useful strategies and online modules to help you in the areas of: learning to learn, learning with others, effective study habits, classroom learning, online learning, motivating yourself, general test preparation, concentration, memorisation, reading strategically, time management, project management, problem solving, seven stages of writing assignments, writing process, deadlines, writing research papers, taking math tests, following the scientific method. Highly recommended.

Learning Fundamentals (http://learningfundamentals.com.au)
Learning Fundamentals is an organisation that assists students with learning techniques in an enjoyable and interactive manner. They have been delivering workshops since 2004 and have worked with thousands of students across Western Australia.

NSW High School Certificate Online (http://hsc.csu.edu.au/study/)
The website focuses on skills and techniques for supporting students that are preparing for their WACE exams (NB: this is a NSW website and some of the terminology or processes may not apply to WA students).

Time Management (http://www.timemanagementadvantage.com/)
This website contains articles about how to best manage your time when studying for exams and planning work on your assignments.

How to Study (http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/howtostudy.html)
This website is put together by the Departments of Computer Science & Engineering, Philosophy and Centre for Cognitive Science from State University of New York (Buffalo). It has specific tips and hints on how to manage your time, take notes, read texts actively, prepare for exams and write essays.

Harvard Guide to Happiness (http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/harvard.html)
Insightful article about ways to enhance your learning and achieve happiness in your school life.

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