Learning Styles

http://www4.ncsu.edu/unity/lockers/users/f/felder/public/ILSdir/styles.htm 
Insightful information on different learning styles.

http://www.vark-learn.com/english/index.asp
Use the VARK assessment to discover more about your dominant learning styles and how that affects how you tutor.

Study Skills Resources

http://www.howtostudy.org/resources.php
A fantastic resource for tips related to study skills and studying in general.  This information is beneficial for working with your tutees and for your own benefit!

http://www.muskingum.edu/~cal/database/
General and content-specific learning styles and strategies to help get the most out of your tutoring time.  It provides general study skills strategies to help tutors work with students who need special assistance in these areas.

http://www.studygs.net/index.htm
Excellent information on how to study and other tutoring resources.

http://www.ucc.vt.edu/academic_support_students/online_study_skills_workshops/time_management_strategies/index.html
An online time management quiz.  This can be helpful for you or for your tutees' to take to see how well you manage your time.

Biology Tutoring Information

http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=533116
A great site that gives information on learning styles/modalities in general and specific information for tutoring Biology.

http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BioBookTOC.html
http://www.biology-online.org
These sites provide different ways of explaining and examining basic biological processes for introductory classes.

http://www.biology.arizona.edu/
The Biology Project website that provides a wealth of information on biology topics.

Chemistry Tutoring Information

http://www.sparknotes.com
A helpful chemistry resource with summaries about reactions, stoichiometry, and ions.

http://www.pinkmonkey.com
A lot of prudent chemistry information that is more detailed and has study guides.

http://www.gcsechemistry.com/index1.htm
Interactive periodic table and other great basic information for non-science majors.

http://chemistry.about.com/library/blproblems.htm?PM=ss14_chemistry
This site provides an index of different mathematically based chemistry problems with examples for your reference.  It also has links to other chemistry sites.

Economics Tutoring Resources

http://www.pinkmonkey.com/studyguides/subjects/eco/contents.asp
An excellent site for reviewing and studying macroeconomic concepts.

http://economics.about.com/
Links to lots of good general economics information.

Foreign Languages Tutoring Resources

http://www.wordreference.com/
A fantastic online dictionary for French, Spanish, German, and other languages.

http://www.lexilogos.com/francais_langue_dictionnaires.htm
A French-to-French dictionary site.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/
A fantastic website for information, blogs, and links related to French, German, and Spanish.

http://www.lemonde.fr/
A link to the French newspaper, Le Monde.

http://www.french-art.com/index.asp
A site devoted to French art.

http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/SLC/index.php
A great site for Spanish grammar information and exercises as well as cultural information.

http://www.studyspanish.com/
A lot of excellent general information, quizzes, and activities for Spanish.

Mathematics Tutoring Resources

http://www.educ.uidaho.edu/bestpractices/peer_train_math.html
An excellent site with tips for tutoring mathematics.

http://www.mathwords.com
A link to an online dictionary of mathematical terms.

http://www.math.utah.edu/~pa/math/polya.html
Information on solving mathematical problems.

http://www.homeschoolmath.net/online/math_help_tutoring.php
Math help, homework help, and online tutoring resources

Political Science Tutoring Resources

http://www.un.org/english/
A link to the United Nation's homepage that gives excellent information for international and comparative politics.  It has a lot of statistics and current news.

http://www.house.gov/ and http://www.senate.gov/
Links to information on the US Senate and the House of Representatives that contains current information on issues.

Psychology Tutoring Resources

http://psych.athabascau.ca/html/aupr/students.shtml
A huge site that provides a wealth of information about psychology in general and resources for tutoring and teaching psychology.

Sociology Tutoring Resources

http://www.sociosite.net/topics/sociologists.php
Excellent general information about famous sociologists and sociological subject matter.

http://www.asanet.org/index.cfm
Link to the American Sociological Association with links to journals and valuable information about sociology in general.

Beginning and Ending a Tutoring Session
Click here to access the PowerPoint Presentation on how to effectively begin and end a tutoring session.

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