- Village School
- Cindy Pavlic, Special Education Teacher
- Useful Documents and Links
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Tips for Studying Effectively
Studying can be a daunting task especially when you do not know how to begin and what it entails. Here is a list of a few tips that will help you to begin.
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Understanding Plagiarism
The attached PDF is a presentation I found that explains what plagiarism is and how to avoid it that I really liked. It teaches about plagiarism through the lens of Dr. Seuss, which makes it all the more better!
Azman and Fox. (2013). Understanding plagiarism....with some help from Dr. Seuss. Retrieved from https://maui.hawaii.edu/pd/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2017/08/AzmanFox-Understanding-Plagiarism-9-2014.pdf
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Essay Organization
The attached document provides a flow chart of how to best organize an essay, which is helpful for those who struggle with getting started and assembling ideas.
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Test Taking Strategies
This presentation offers strategies for taking tests in formats that include: multiple choice and essay portions.
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Combating Test Anxiety
Test anxiety is a feeling of agitation or distress, that may be a physical or mental response you experience, such as feeling “butterflies in your stomach,” an instant headache, or sweaty palms before or during an exam. It is normal to feel some anxiety before a test, but too much anxiety may be harmful to your exam performance.
Anxiety may cause you to have a physiological (rapid heartbeat, headache, tension, profuse perspiration), behavioral ("going blank" and indecisiveness), or even a psychological effect (nervousness). Test anxiety, most commonly, is caused by a lack of test preparation. It can also be caused by worrying about past performance, concern how others are dong on a test, and worrying about the consequences of not doing well.
This presentation offers some strategies to help those that struggle with test anxiety, alleviate some of that burden and perform at their best during an exam.