Success over
the Internet
Chapter 5, Improving Memory and Reading
Consult the Help Guide for improving memory.
Topics include an explanation of how the memory works, brain exercises,
guidelines to improve memory, mnemonic devices, healthy habits to improve
memory, and memory and aging.
http://www.helpguide.org/life/improving_memory.htm
Use Study Stack to create your own
flashcards online:
http://www.studystack.com/java-studysta/frames.jsp
For more information on memory techniques,
visit Mind Tools at:
http://www.mindtools.com/memory.html
For more information on using mnemonics:
http://www.mindtools.com/mnemeffc.html
The Virginia Tech site has strategies for
improving memory and concentration:
http://www.ucc.vt.edu/lynch/ImprovConcentration.htm
Read about the Top 10 Memory Improvement
Tips:
http://psychology.about.com/od/cognitivepsychology/tp/memory_tips.htm
Reading Improvement
See the Dartmouth College site for Reading
Your Textbook Effectively and Efficiently:
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~acskills/success/reading.html
The Virginia Tech website provides a good
review of SQ3R and how to make an action plan for reading your college
textbooks.
http://www.ucc.vt.edu/lynch/TextbookReading.htm
Study Skills Self-Help is available at Virginia Tech University,
including topics on memory and reading:
http://www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/stdyhlp.html
Positive Thinking
Read about the Power of Positive Thinking:
http://www.successconsciousness.com/index_000009.htm
For famous quotes about positive thinking:
http://thinkexist.com/quotations/positive_thinking/