The links below have been selected by Learning Support Services staff as resources to support student learning. Let us know if you find a web link you think belongs here, and please let us know if you find a link that is broken.
Links last updated/verified on February 28, 2012.
American Sign Language
ESL Assistance
- Self-Study Quizzes for ESL Students Non-threatening way to gauge your progress.
- ESL Magazine for ESL Professionals.
- ESL Net Real time chat rooms, lessons based on popular culture and links to helpful resources.
- English for Internet Free English lessons on the Net.
- Activities for ESL Students Play games, take quizzes, read grammar, and practice vocabulary
- Dave’s ESL Cafe Easy to use, lots of activities, including games, quizzes, pronunciation practice, and stories
- EnglishCLUB.net All levels can play games, take quizzes, and read stories and jokes
- English Page For all skills, lots of activities, exchange messages with other students, and ask questions
- Interactive Quizzes: English Grammar A very comprehensive guide to writing and grammar for students for whom English is a Second Language.
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Learning Disabilities
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Math Support Links
- Algebra Tutorial from S.O.S. Mathematics (Free Tutorial on Commercial Site. Excellent.)
- Trig and Calculus (Free Tutorial on Commercial Site. Excellent.)
- Professor Freedman's Math Help Tips on reducing math anxiety, test anxiety, and study skills.
- Math.com From basic math to Calculus, this website offers many valuable resources and links that include homework help, tutoring, calculators & tools, and games to improve your math skills.
- http://mathforum.org/library/ Drexel University’s Online Math Education Community Center sponsors the Math Forum Internet Mathematics Library webpage that provides links for a comprehensive list of math topics and resources/materials for all education levels
- Math Anxiety Platonic Realms webpage with math support links and information on how to cope with math anxiety
- Word Problems Helps students to translate and understand math word problems
- Using TI-83/84 Calculators John Carroll University’s "How To" Information for TI-83/84 Calculators
- Mathway Great website with a whiteboard where you can enter a math problem (select any math topic from basic math to calculus), and it displays the math format as well as the answer to the problem. Math links include example problems, worksheets, and tutorials.
- Wolfram Math World: The Web's Most Extensive Mathematics Resource
Great math website that cover these subjects and more: Algebra, Applied Mathematics, Calculus and Analysis, Discrete Mathematics, Foundations of Mathematics, Geometry, History and Terminology, Number Theory, Probability and Statistics, Recreational Mathematics, Topology
- Wolfram Demonstrations Project: Interactive Visualizations
An expanding collection of freely available, interactive demonstrations in math, science, and many other areas at all levels from elementary education to the frontiers of research. Examples: 3D Waves, Inside the Rhombic Hexecontahedron, Surface Morphing, Tangent Lines to a Parabola, and many more…
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Reading Skills Links
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Science Support — Anatomy & Physiology
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Science Support — Chemistry
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Science Support — Physics
- Chemistry Fundamentals University of North Carolina Chemistry Department website provides links - information and discussion on these topics: Chemical Nomenclature, Atomic Structure, Stoichiometry, Acid Base Chemistry, Gas Laws, Thermodynamics, Kinetics, Equilibria, Redox Chemistry
- Fundamental Physical Constants From the National Institute for Standards and Technology.
- The Physics Laws List by Erik Max Francis.
- Unit Conversion Calculator Convert temperature, length weight, or volume.
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Science Support — Inorganic Compounds
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Speech/Public Speaking Links
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Stress Management Links
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Study Skills Links
- Online Education - Learning Strategies for Success
- Study Skills Library from CalPoly at San Luis Opisbo
- University of Saint Thomas’s webpage for students that may need help with time management, test taking, reading, note taking, citations, writing research papers, ESL and many more study skills support links
- University of Texas at Austin’s Learning Center: Handouts, Worksheets and other Self Study Materials on life skills, time management, stress/anxiety management, note taking, writing, test taking, math, speed reading, and much more!
- The University of Memphis
- Center for Research on Learning and Teaching (CRLT)
- Linn-Benton Community College - College Learning and Study Skills
- University of Illinois Springfield - Center for Teaching and Learning
- Ultimate Guide to Becoming a Better Student
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Test Anxiety & Test Taking
- Dr. Sobaskie's Strategies and Suggestions for Test-Taking Success (From the University of Wisconsin)
- Test Preparation Resources: This website provides not only links to prep for math tests, but also offers free online practice for standardized tests, includes ACT, Catholic High School Entrance Exam, GED, PSAT, SAT, Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS), GMAT, GRE, LSAT, CLEP.
- SAT Prep Website: This site has free downloadable SAT practice questions. It also has study tips for many of the test sections.
- Test preview: This website offers wonderful free online practice tests.
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Time Management
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Writing and Language Skills Links
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