CPD150

"Welcome to Career & Employment Services at Glendale Community College. We provide extensive career & employment resources, as well as, personalized, quality service to our prospective students, current students, faculty, staff and employer partners. "

"Confidence Building Exercises How to handle setbacks with confidence How we deal with setbacks has a massive impact on our confidence levels. Two-step worksheet

"What do you want to do for a living?" Interactive O-Net database

"The Curve of Forgetting describes how we retain or get rid of information that we take in. It's based on a one-hour lecture. "

Good resource--I use this all the time. In fact, I tried to post this on diigo yesterday but for some odd reason it didn't post. (??) I probably forgot to hit the post button like I did when I intially tried to send this comment.

"Editor's note: Today's guest blogger is Thom Markham, a psychologist, educator, and president of Global Redesigns, an international consulting organization focused on project-based learning, social-emotional learning, youth development, and 21st-century school design. He formerly directed the Buck Institute for Education's national training program in PBL and is the primary author of BIE's Handbook on Project Based Learning. College readiness, always a hot topic, is getting hotter." (Posted 2/7/11)

"Want to know your learning style? Take the quiz. There are 24 questions, and it will take less than five minutes to complete. Try not to think too hard -- just go with your first thought when describing your daily activities and interests. At the end, you'll find out more about how you learn." Nice inventory based on Gardner's MI. Provides follow-up info to learn more about each type and tips for learning.

"Positive Affirmations work. This page explains how and why positive affirmations can be used to manifest your needs and bring positive and permanent change to your life. You will also learn how to Create and supercharge your own affirmations. "

PowerPoint slide show (34 slides)

15 question survey

Thanks -- great links

How to analyze the logic of an article, essay, and author

Glossary of critical thinking terms

18 ways ideas for becoming a master student.

Articles, newsletters, resources; Brain training games

Link suggested/recommended by Marjane

A great resource for all students that includes writing tips, MLA and APA style guides, avoiding plagiarism, grammar and mechanics resources for ESL students, resume and business letter writing and much more--over 200 resources. Anyone (not just Purdue students) may email a brief writing question to a tutor.

An assignment that asks students to choose one of four online locus of control inventories followed by reflective questions and an action plan.

An online, 13-question inventory to help students determine if they have an internal versus external locus of control. It relates to our course topic of self-responsibility.

Learning Disabilities Association of America - This page has symptoms and strategies for Dyscalculia but also provides links to other resources for parents, teachers and professionals

Susan, Looks like a great resource. I noticed a typo in the word Dyscalculia in your title.