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Understanding your learning style

  • Learning Modality Preference Inventory, fill out the questionnaire to determine your preferred leaning style.
  • Learning Modalities, this handout describes the recommended study tips and classroom behaviors that will help you absorb the material.
  • This inventory quiz helps you discover your learning preferences within seven different categories. This online quiz is free, you may have to provide your email, but you can opt out of receiving solicitations
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Reading Strategies

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Writing Guidelines

Writing Strategies


Getting Started
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Elements of an Effective Paper - The big picture
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Revision Strategies
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Elements of an Effective Paper - The smaller (but essential) picture
Grammar and Syntax
Punctuation (common errors)
Citation Rules
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Approaching Different Types of Writing Assignments

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English Language Learners

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Books we recommend for help with writing

  • They say I say: The moves that matter in academic writing by Gerald Graff & Cathy Birkenstein.
    New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. 2006
  • Writing with style by John Trimble. Des Moines, IA: Prentice-Hall. 2000
  • The craft of research by Wayne Booth. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 2003
  • The new well-tempered sentence by Karen Gordon. New York: Houghton Mifflin. 2003
  • The deluxe transitive vampire by Karen Gordon. New York: Houghton Mifflin. 1993
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Writing Exercises for extra practice


Students can log in and create a password, or they can simply hit 'cancel' to start working through the following exercises
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Favorite web resources - search our favorite writing centers for more

You can search the following sites for less commonly covered phrases and issues. They offer a detailed look at style, diction, word formation, and scientific forms
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Online Dictionaries and Thesauruses

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