3.   Improving Memory and Reading
Success Over the Internet

Consult the Help Guide for improving memory.  Topics include an explanation of how the memory works, brain exercises, guidelines to improve memory, mnemonic devices, healthy habits to improve memory, and memory and aging.
http://www.helpguide.org/life/improving_memory.htm

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

For more information on using mnemonics:
http://www.mindtools.com/mnemeffc.html 

The Virginia Tech site has strategies for improving memory and concentration:
http://www.ucc.vt.edu/lynch/ImprovConcentration.htm

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

Reading Improvement

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

The Virginia Tech website provides a good review of SQ3R and how to make an action plan for reading your college textbooks.
http://www.ucc.vt.edu/lynch/TextbookReading.htm

Study Skills Self-Help is available at Virginia Tech University, including topics on memory and reading:
http://www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/stdyhlp.html

Positive Thinking

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

For famous quotes about positive thinking:
http://thinkexist.com/quotations/positive_thinking/

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