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A

• A guide to punctuation

• A tutor’s analysis of the role of prediction in reading

• A tutor’s questions for reading assignments

• A tutor’s reading strategy for textbooks

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C

• Checklist to improve concentration and memory

• Classroom Clues for Listening

• Commas, The Six Rules

• Connections and Transitions

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D

• Develop vocabulary while reading

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E

• Effective study habits

• Eight ways to improve your memory

• Eleven point test-taking method

• Examples of abbreviation

• Examples of sentences with transitions

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F

• Fifteen tricks for improving your test-taking quotient

• Find word meanings in sentences

• Five point test-taking method

• Forming a Thesis Sentence for a Term Paper

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G

• Guide to punctuation, A

• Guide to writing introductions

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H

• Heuristics—A tool to help writers generate ideas

• How to analyze poetry

• How to document sources and avoid plagiarism

• How to Link Ideas

• How to love a book

• How to preview your textbook

• How to read a textbook

• How to read a textbook chapter

• How to read narrative (stories)

• How to Take Essay Tests

• How to Write a Book Report/Review

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K

• Key Directive Words Used in Essay Questions

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L

• Learning process, The

• Lecture note-taking

• Listening Skills

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M

• Making and taking practice tests

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O

• Overview of tutor training seminar

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P

• Possessive Pronouns and Contractions

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Q

• Questioning techniques for tutors

• Questions to ask when reading paragraphs

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R

• Rate your concentration potential

• Rate your test-taking skill

• Reading across the curriculum

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S

• Schedule your time well

• Showing vs. Telling

• Six Steps in the Writing Process

• Stress management techniques

• Stress reduction exercises

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T

• Techniques to improve your concentration

• Textbook note-taking

• Textbook reading inventory

• The 3RT test preparation method

• The learning process

• The review and visualize test preparation method

• Thesis Statement Checklist

• Tips for saving time

• Topic sentence definitions and examples

• Tutoring as empowerment

• Tutor’s analysis of the role of prediction in reading

• Tutor’s questions for reading assignments

• Tutor’s reading strategy for textbooks

• Twelve point test preparation method

• Twelve Steps for Taking an Essay Test

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U

• Use the SQ3R method for textbooks

• Use your six senses to improve your memory

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W

• What tutors do and don’t do

• Why English is so hard-A poetry handout

• Why we forget and how to improve your memory

• Writing a Cause/Effect Essay

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