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