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Miami Dade College CPT Prep Site- Reading
Get help with reading skills - each lesson includes powerpoint and review activities. |
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New
York Times Website Read the New York Times online for free. |
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Putting
It Together Click on Interactive quizzes and resources for improving reading. |
| CNN
San Francisco Read current news articles and get practice in reading comprehension, idea sequencing, listening, vocabulary, and more! Wonderful audio/visuals! |
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Reading
for Thinking - Fact and Opinion |
| Critical Reading as a Learning Strategy Tutorial (sophia.org) |
Reading
Practice Quizzes Great Skills Quizzes! |
| Essential Reading Skills (REA 0001) Skills summaries and quizzes. |
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| Efficient and Flexible Reading (REA 0002) Skills summaries and quizzes. |
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| Five
Ways to Improve Reading Speed |
Click here for how to log in for the first time. |
| Finding
Main Ideas |
Transition Words and Phrases and Stages of Writing |
| Gallaudet's Online Reading Center Click on side links for vocabulary, grammar and more! |
More Transitions |
| How
to Read Essays You Must Analyze |
Topic, Main Ideas, Supporting Details |
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YouTube Videos on Reading |
| Internet
Public Library - Book Recommender The Internet Public Library began online in 1995, making it a pioneer in Web terms. It lists online texts of many books for FREE. |
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 Interactive Grammar Exercises |
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| Grammar Bytes A very cool grammar site! Learn about comma splices, irregular verbs, grammar terms and rules, and more! |
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| Prepositions |
YouTube - Writing Videos |
| *Exercises from Valencia Community College Lab | |
 Grammar and Writing Links |
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| A+ Research and Writing Links Learn more about research papers, persuasive, argumentative, narrative essays, and more. Step by step instruction. |
Guide to Grammar and Writing - Interactive Quizzes SkillsTutor |
| Dartmoth Writing Program Tips for developing and writing all types of academic papers. |
How to Use Apostrophes Cartoon |
| E-Writing Designed by M-DC faculty. Full lessons with Powerpoints for every grammar concept. AWESOME. Divided by Level 1-6. |
Purdue University Online Writing Lab This site combines grammar and writing tutorial pages with examples and printable handouts. It is a wonderful one stop shopping site for free grammar handouts. |
| English Language Center Study Zone Great grammar website on the internet. |
Real Writing Exercise Central A dignostic quiz is offered. Also, there are multiple choice exercises and example paragraphs of different patterns of organization. Also, very useful planning forms on the writing essays of different patterns and giving oral reports. Great site. |
| Furman University Online Writing Across the Curriculum. There is some information here about narrowing a topic, writing a thesis, grammar and punctuation, etc. |
Roane State Online Writing Lab Types of essays, how to begin a writing assignment, argumentative essays, cause and effect essays, etc. Also, good grammar links. |
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Sentence Essentials Website |
| MDC's Writing Lab - General Grammar and Composition Handouts |
Worksheet Library is home to over 5,000 printable worksheets for students and teachers. Many of their worksheets are available at no charge.
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| Grammar Bytes A very cool grammar site! Learn about comma splices, irregular verbs, grammar terms and rules, and more! |
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College Prep Blog - North Campus - MDC |
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Longman Vocabulary Website Practice vocabulary |
| Dictionary.com Type in a word at the top of the screen and find dictionary meanings. You can also click on a thesaurus for any word. |
Vocabulary University Lots of cool quizzes and games |
| Fun with Words Website |
Visual Thesaurus |
| Freerice.com Play a vocabulary game, and for each word you get right, 20 grains of rice is donated to the United Nations World Food Program - Learn Vocabulary and be altruistic at the same time! |
Visuwords Awesome site that gives visual map of words definitions and lots more - a visual dictionary and thesaurus. |
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Word Safari Practice your Vocabulary Skills |
 Study Skills Links |
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| Keirsey
Tests Students (and instructors) can complete this questionnaire (the Keirsey Temperament Sorter II) on line and have it scored immediately. Bar graph scores indicate whether they are more attentive or expressive, introspective or observant, tender or tough, and probing or scheduled. |
Study
Tips & Test -Taking Strategies Information on taking all types of tests in various disciplines. |
| Applying
the Keirsey Test Data |
Study Skills Website - Virginia Tech |
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Taking Strategies |
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| How
to Reduce Test Anxiety |
Test
Taking Strategies Provides Test Taking Checklist |
| Learning
Strategies |
Writing a Research Paper - Step by Step Guide |
| Links
to a Better Education Huge site on Study Skills |
Test
Taking Strategies Includes Math Specific Test Taking Skills |
| Relieving
Test Anxiety |
University
of North Dakota Study Skills Downloadable Handouts |
| Study
Guides and Strategies |
Vark
Guide to Learning Styles How do I learn best? |
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This site gives students a wide range of helpful free information presented in different forms such as newsletters, articles, digital books (e-books) and study tools/software. |
What Your Mother Never Told You About College Helpful Hints |
 Virtual Field Trips |
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Virtual
Field Trip on Bloom's Taxonomy - How well do I understand
what I am learning? |
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 ESL/EAP Links |
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| English
Page.com Free online English lessons |
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ESL
Blues Great Grammar site! |
| Dave's
ESL Cafe Grammar quizzes! Hints! Phrasal verbs! more, more, more! |
Randal's
ESL Cyber Listening Lab Great ESL listening practice! Quizzes and exercises! |
| ELEaston.com American English Pronunciation SkillsTutor.com Excellent online grammar, reading, and writing tutorial and practice. |
Takako's
Great Adventure Really fun English listening website. |
 Math Links |
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| MAT
0020 Course Competencies |
More
Math Vocabulary Definitions with examples. |
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Math
Words and Some Other Words of Interest |
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Problem
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Reading
Maya Hieroglyphs Website on ancient Maya civilization - Read about their culture and use math to figure out their hieroglyphs. |
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Translate
Words into Algebraic Equations |
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Translating Word Problems |
 Plagiarism Links |
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| Plagiarism Defined |
Research and Plagiarism |
| Great site on Plagiarism |
Several Useful Sites on Avoiding Plagiarism How to cite an internet source. |
| 10 Examples of Plagiarism |
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Updated Sept 4, 2012. Have a comment about the webpage or want to add a good site? 
sgarman@mdc.edu