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Take control of your study habits by implementing these strategies!

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23Xqu0jXlfs

Here is some helpful information, advice, and encouragement for students who struggle with dyslexia from the Yale Center for Dyslexia and Creativity:href=http://dyslexia.yale.edu/DYS_Student2Student.html

Studying is a "brain" activity that involves sensory memory (short-lived 'impressions'), short-term memory (the 'Etch-a-Sketch' of the brain), and the hoped for destination for the amazing concepts you are learning, LONG-TERM MEMORY! Reading, connecting new information with things you already know, rehearsing information, making practical applications, organizing information, and critically evaluating it are all high-level brain activities that help you master the material. Check out this brochure for a some study strategies to make the information highway journey into long-term memory!

 

Discover what behaviors you use to promote learning and which ones you may not use enough.

http://sarc.sdes.ucf.edu/form-studyskills

This site focuses on word choice and how you can get what you need out of lecture or texts.

 

http://sarc.sdes.ucf.edu/docs/learning_skills/notetaking/reading_and_listening_clues.pdf