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Langan: Reading and Study Skills
Reading and Study Skills, 7/e
John Langan

Time Control and Concentration

Internet Exercises

For this assignment, explore the websites below. As an alternative, you may do a search for other relevant websites that address these topics. Be sure to note which websites you used.

(See http://www.mhhe.com/socscience/english/langan/cws/stu_olc/m0_using.htm

Using the Internet for some tips on how to judge the quality or reliability of information on any website.)

 

http://www.yorku.ca/cdc/lsp/tm/time.htm

Time Management for University Students

This website, from the Counseling and Development Centre at York University in Toronto offers tips for time management.

 

http://www.gmu.edu/gmu/personal/time.html

Time Management Tips

This website, from the Self-Development Center at the Counseling and Student Development Center of George Mason University, offers more time management tips and a survey of how students spend their time.

 

http://www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/concentr.html

Concentration: Some Basic Guidelines

This website is part of a larger resource on study skills from Virginia Polytechnic University and State University.

 

http://www.adm.uwaterloo.ca/infocs/Study/concentration.html

Concentration and Distraction

Most students report dissatisfaction with their ability to concentrate: they may have trouble getting down to work in the first place or feel that they never work as efficiently as they would like. While it is impossible to concentrate 100% of the time, it is possible to minimize external distractions and to begin to work on internal ones. This website from The University of Waterloo offers tips on improving concentration.

 

Option:

As an alternative, you may do a search for other relevant websites that address these topics. If you choose this option, be sure to note which websites you used by answering the following questions:

1. What is the URL or address for this site?

2. Who created the site? (This may be an individual, an organization, or an institution. For some websites, it's difficult to determine who is responsible for the content. If that is the case for the website you looked at, indicate that here.)

Describe the website.

3. What do you think is the main purpose of this site?

4. Is this site effective, in your opinion?

5. If so, what elements does it have that make it a good site? If not, what elements would you recommend to make it better?

 

React to the content of the website.

6. Why did you choose this site to explore?

7. Did you obtain the information you expected to find?

8. What questions do you have about any aspect of the site?

9. What is the most valuable part of this website?

10. How will this information affect your life?

11. How does this information support the readings in your textbook?

12. Add any other comments you would like to share. For example, would you recommend this site to your classmates or friends? Did you experience frustration with any aspect of this assignment?