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Online Academic Resources

Practice COMPASS Reading Links

Three paragraph essay with four questions
Three paragraph essay with four questions
Three paragraph essay with four questions
Practice Reading Section set up like the "real" reading test
Practical Reading Section has 1 essay / 2 questions
Begins with an explanation of the reading test followed by three essays and questions
Begins with an explanation of the reading test followed by three reading passages and questions
10 long reading passages dealing with main idea / 1 question each
9 reading passages dealing with reading comprehension followed by questions
6 long reading passages dealing with advanced reading comprehension followed by questions
Gives an essay followed by three questions
Three practice reading tests

Practice Regents' Reading Links

Practice Regents' Reading Exam
Cool Vocabulary Building Site

Improving Your Reading Skills

http://www.cla.purdue.edu/students/asc/documents/reading_efficiency.pdf
http://www2.yk.psu.edu/learncenter/students/studyreadskills.shtml

Tips on How to Read Textbooks

http://gwired.gwu.edu/counsel/asc/index.gw/Site_ID/46/Page_ID/14536/
http://ccc.byu.edu/learning/txt-mkg.php

Improving Your Time-Management Skills

http://success.oregonstate.edu/time.html
http://gwired.gwu.edu/counsel/asc/Youvedecidedtoimproveyourstudyhabits/
Organizeyourtimeandyourlife

Improving Your Note-taking skills

http://www.dartmouth.edu/~acskills/success/notes.html
http://lsc.sas.cornell.edu/LSC_Resources/cornellsystem.pdf

Improving Your Exam Prep and Test-Taking Skills

http://www.swccd.edu/~asc/lrnglinks/tests_obj.html
http://www.cla.purdue.edu/students/asc/documents/inventory_tt_skills.pdf
http://www.cla.purdue.edu/students/asc/documents/tt_skills.pdf