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Study Skills

Writing, Grammar, and Spelling Skills Videos

Reading and Vocabulary Skills Videos

Math Skills Videos

The Academic Support Lab has dozens of videos on everything from memory skills to test taking, and math to English language skills. The lab features easy to operate TV/VCRs.

Study Skills Videos

The Art of Learning: The College Classroom 20 minutes
Study Skills: How to Listen Effectively 15 minutes
Effective Study Skills 25 minutes
How to Manage Your Time * 15 minutes
Overcoming Procrastination * 12 minutes
Academic Success Skills/Time Mgmt. (Purdue Series—Module #2) * 18 minutes
Memory Skills: Power Learning 25 minutes
Memory Skills 29 minutes
You’ve Got A Great Memory 30 minutes
Increasing Reading Efficiency: Rate and Comprehension (Purdue—Module #3) * 29 minutes
How Can I Organize My Textbook Reading? (Purdue—Module #4) * 36 minutes
How to Read a Textbook 18 minutes
Lecture Note Taking (Purdue-Module #1) * 29 minutes
Taking Notes Without Falling Asleep: Critical Thinking Skills  
Academic Success: Note Taking  
How Do I Show What I Know? (Purdue—Module #7) * 29 minutes
This is a Test, it is only a Test * 30 minutes
Effective Test Taking  
Guidelines: Taking Multiple Choice Exams (Purdue—Module #6) * 35 minutes
How Do I Know What to Study? (Purdue—Module #5) * 27 minutes
Thinking in Skillful Ways: Making Decisions and Solving Problems * 20 minutes
Why Didn’t I Think of That?: Creative Problem Solving 28 minutes
The Unbiased Mind: Obstacles to Clear Thinking *  
Gathering Information 30 minutes
Standard Deviants Internet Basics 60 minutes
Taming the Math Monster: Expelling Anxiety  
Learning To Learn: Math Anxiety & Test Taking 14 & 17 min.
This Way to an A: Wise Study Habits 30 minutes
Getting Things Done  
How To Ace Tests  

Writing, Grammar, and Spelling Skills Videos

Standard Deviants English Composition 60 minutes
Writing as Process: A Step-By-Step Guide 45 minutes
Beginning the Composition  
Understanding the Main Idea and Making Inferences 32 minutes
The Formal Essay: Drafting & Editing 30 minutes
Editing the Paper: Looking for Grammatical and Mechanical Errors  
Perfect Paragraph * 25 minutes
The Paragraph  
The Sentence  
Standard Deviants English Grammar 1 & 2 * 60 min. each
Grammar: Solving Common Sentence Problems  
Standard Deviants English Punctuation 1 & 2 * 60 min. each
Punctuation Power  
Parts of Speech  
How to Appreciate Poetry  

Reading and Vocabulary Skills Videos

Increasing Reading Efficiency: Rate and Comprehension (Purdue—Module #3) 29 minutes
College Success Skills  
The Reading process *  
How To Take Quantum Leaps in Your Reading Speed: Cut Study Time in Half and Improve Comprehension * 28 minutes
Speed Eez 30 minutes
Bill Cosby Teaches Reading & Vocabulary 30 minutes

Math Skills Videos

Math 3: Fundamentals of Mathematics (set of 10)  
Math 23: Intro to Algebra (set of 18)  
Math 27: College Algebra (set of 12)  
ACASK 75 (formerly LRNSK 218): Follows Text Book  
Improving Mathematics Studying and Test-Taking Skills  
Standard Deviants Basic Math  
Word Problems in Algebra: Basic Operations and Formula Problems  
Learning To Learn: Math Anxiety; Math Test Taking 14 minutes & 17 minutes
Taming the Math Monster  

Closed Captioning

* Cuesta College is in the process of adding closed captions to the Academic Support videos. Titles marked with an asterisk (*) have closed captions. If you are deaf or hard of hearing, and want to view one of the tapes which does not have captions, please let us know.

The TV/VCR units in the Academic Support Lab are capable of displaying closed captions. Please ask the Instructional Lab Assistant for assistance displaying captions.

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