Study Tips

Test-Taking Skills

• Test Anxiety Inventory

Note-Taking Skills

• Note-Taking and Lectures
• Cornell Notes

Time Management

• RAC Worksheet

Study Skills

• Weekly Time Grid
• How to Study
• Study Blue - Online Flash Cards
• Quizlet - Study Sets
• Study Skills Assessments

Writing

For assistance with all phases of the writing process, visit Excelsior Online Writing Lab. This online resource offers information on different types of writing, plagiarism and grammar as well as many other areas in writing papers.

Grammarly

Get assistance with spell check, grammar check and citations. Grammarly provides context and correction suggestions about grammar, spelling, vocabulary usage and plagiarism. Use your TXWES email to create your free account.

• https://www.grammarly.com/edu/signin

MLA Style

• https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/

APA Style

• https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/

Turabian Style

• https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/717/01/

Grammar, Spelling and Punctuation

• Active vs. Passive Voice
• Avoiding Comma Goofs
• Correct Word Usage Tips
• Essay Structuring Patterns
• Quick Guide to Apostrophes
• Quick Guide to Run-Ons
• Subject and Verb Agreement

Tips for Writing Papers

• Dr. Campbell's Golden Nuggets
• Essay Format: Five-Part Style
• Citation Basics
• The Basic Paper Outline
• The Basic Paper Outline (blank)

ASC Video Resources

• Semicolons: What are they?
• How to write a basic essay?
• Common Comma Mistakes
• 4 Steps to MLA Formatting

• Virtual Math Lab
• Algebra Lessons
• A C Method
• Divisibility Rules
• Mindset for College Math
• Quick Guide to Fractions
• Quick Guide to Operations and Exponents
• Quick Guide to Order of Operations
• Quick Guide to Percentages and Decimals
• The Difference/Sum of Cubes
• Khan Academy Math Lessons

Online education has become a popular way to complete course credit. Students should take an honest evaluation of their strengths and weaknesses before enrolling in an online course. If a student possesses the right skill-set for an online course, there are many resources for assistance on the ASC website.

• Distance Learning Self-Assessment Quiz
• Ten Tips for Online Success
• Communication with Professors
• Hoonuit Module: Being an Effective Online Student
• Distance Learning Resource Guide

• A Cultural Introduction
• Communication with Professors
• Writing Tips
• Plagiarism
• Combining Sentences
• Prepositions
• Pronouns
• Paraphrasing and Summary
• Punctuation

Disability Services at Texas Wesleyan University

• Questions about Disability Services at Texas Wesleyan
• Student Testing Accommodations

Learning Differences and Disabilities

• Living with Learning Differences: Own It
• Signs and Symptoms of Learning and Attention Issues
• National Center for Learning Disabilities
• Adults and Children with Learning and Developmental Disabilities, Inc
• Transition Planning for Young Adulthood
• Steps for Transitioning from High School to College

Physical/Sensory Disabilities

• Texas Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services
• Resource Guide on Higher Education for People with Disabilities
• Lighthouse for the Blind of Fort Worth
• Texas Speech-Language Hearing Association

Information on Students with Disabilities

• Texas Wesleyan Disability Services
• Types of Disabilities
• Resource Guide on Higher Education for People with Disabilities

Transitioning from High School to College

• Research on the First Year Experience

Working with Transfer Students

• Transfer Students and Transfer-Friendliness