Academic Advising Center
SKILLS ENHANCEMENT
Listed
below are different computer based programs to help you in your college
career. Click
on the program you are interested in learning more about: - SKILLS
BANK
Review, refresh
and revive core basic skills while increasing test performance. - LASSI
(Learning and Study Strategies Inventory) - Designed to gather information
about learning and study practices and attitudes. - DISCOVER®
provides
information and a process to help people make important career and educational
decisions. - Email,
call (474-6396) or stop by the Academic
Advising Center to sign up to use these helpful programs!
Skills Bank
- offers help in many different subject areas including: Reading
Series
Brush
up on key reading fundamentals with self-paced instruction covering
vocabulary, Latin roots, compound words, word usage, and reading comprehension. Writing Series
Boost your writing
ability and improve language mechanics. Instruction covers parts of
speech, sentence structure, and paragraph organization. Lessons include
comprehension skills, effective letter writing and communication strategies
throughout the program. Language
Arts Series
Learn and review
all fundamental language skills including capitalization, punctuation,
parts of speech and verbs. Students will develop and reinforce grammar,
spelling and language skills. Basic
and Intermediate Mathematics Series
Build a strong
foundation in mathematics concepts with step-by-step tutorials, practice
lessons and helpful visual aids in topics like proportion and percents,
geometry, statistics and probability. Correlated to the NCTM standards. Science I and II Series
Reinforce key
concepts in life science, physical science, earth science, biology,
chemistry and physics. Complements the Algebra I series. Algebra
I Series
Develop an algebraic
understanding in equations, inequalities, polynomials, factoring,
rational expressions, functions, graphing and systems of equations.
Complements the Basic and Intermediate Mathematics series. Information
Skills Series
You gain an understanding
of where and how to access information. Includes real-world examples,
visual aids such as charts and maps, and covers reference materials
and consumer information. ©
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The
Learning and Study Strategies Inventory (LASSI) is designed
to help you develop or expand your awareness about how you study and
learn. The LASSI helps you to assess your strengths and weaknesses
in ten different areas related to being a strategic and successful
learner in college. Research has shown that each of these areas is
important for succeeding in higher education. The
greatest benefit from completing the LASSI is that it will help you
to identify areas of your knowledge, skills, motivation and attitudes
you may need to improve. Using this information can help you to target
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The
Discover Program is available through the Academic Advising
Center. Stop by (509 Gruening) to get your sign in code. Then from
any computer with internet access you will be able to use all the
program has to offer. - Research-based
assessments of career-relevant interests, abilities, and job values
help individuals consider career options that are a good match
for them.
- DISCOVER's
guidance process provides a way for individuals to make good decisions
in choosing a career and creating a plan to make it happen.
- The system
offers complete, current databases of occupations, college majors,
schools and training institutions, financial aid/scholarships,
and military options.
- Users can
also learn how to develop effective resumes, cover letters, job
applications, and interviewing skills.
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