Links:Improving Memory and Reading


Memory Improvement

The Mempowered site has detailed information about improving your memory, memory problems, and how the memory works:
www.memory-key.com

This interactive site from Virginia Tech helps students to understand how to concentrate and improve memory:
www.ucc.vt.edu/academic_support_students/online_study_skills_workshops/improving_concentration_memory/index.html

Use Study Stack to create your own flashcards online:
http://www.studystack.com/java-studysta/frames.jsp

For more information on memory techniques, visit Mind Tools at:
http://www.mindtools.com/memory.html

The College Atlas contains information on general study skills, reading and writing, test taking and preparation, time management, memory techniques and study skills for specific subjects:
http://www.collegeatlas.org/college-study-guides.html

Read about the Top 10 Memory Improvement Tips:
http://psychology.about.com/od/cognitivepsychology/tp/memory_tips.htm

Reading Improvement

The Virginia Tech site has many resources on reading including reading difficult material, interpretive reading, reading essays, 
reading fiction, reading speed and comprehension, reading critically, pre-reading strategies, marking and underlining and taking 
notes from a textbook.  
http://www.studygs.net/index.htm 
 

See the Dartmouth College site for Reading Your Textbook Effectively and Efficiently:
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~acskills/success/reading.html

Positive Thinking

Read about the Power of Positive Thinking:
http://www.successconsciousness.com/index_000009.htm