This page includes links to useful web sites in the following categories.  Click on a category to jump down.

BECOMING A MORE EFFECTIVE STUDENT

DON'T LET MATH ANXIETY DRAG YOU DOWN

THE CUNY ASSESSMENT TEST (COMPASS TEST)

MATH LINKS

SCIENCE LINKS

ONLINE RESOURCES FOR SPECIFIC JOHN JAY MATH COURSES

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BECOMING A MORE EFFECTIVE STUDENT

How is College Different from High School?  (Southern Methodist University)

Study Guides & Strategies (Check out their time management tools!)

Where Does Time Go? (Interactive time management analysis from Virginia Tech)

Managing Your Time (Dartmouth University)

The VARK Learning Styles Inventory (Complete a short questionnaire to discover your learning style and study strategies to help you make the most of it!)

Howtostudy.org (Need we say more?)

Successful Math & Science Study Skills (Pima Community College)

10 Steps to Improving Your Study Skills (Cuesta College)

Online Study Skills Workshops (Virginia Tech.  Also check out their study skills checklist on the same page, recommended by the John Jay Dept of Sciences!)

 

DON'T LET MATH ANXIETY DRAG YOU DOWN

MathPower.com (The name says it all!)

Help for Math Anxiety (Middle Tennessee State University.  Check out their Math Study Skills Checklist!)

Overcoming Test Anxiety (Pima Community College)

Math Anxiety (Texas State University.  Check out their list of common math myths!)

 

THE CUNY ASSESSMENT TEST (COMPASS TEST)

Sample test problems  (ACT)

CUNY Hostos Community College Compass Prep Site (Highly recommended!  Take a practice test and go for the high score of the day!)

Please note that the MSRC does not provide tutoring for the Compass exam.  If you need tutoring for Compass, please contact the Math Prep Center

 

MATH LINKS

Forgot your calculator?  Use one online! 

Need some graph paper?  Print some from the web!

The National Library of Virtual Manipulatives (If you're a kinesthetic learner, you'll love these interactive math tools!)

Math.com (Speaks for itself, doesn't it?)

 

SCIENCE LINKS

BEN (BioSciEdNet: Digital library for teaching and learning in the biological sciences)

Interactive Simulations (Science simulations from the University of Colorado at Boulder.  Check out the physics simulations!)

Chem Practice (Queens College.  Features online videos.)

Mnemonics for Math & Science (Memory aids to help you remember important concepts)

 

ONLINE RESOURCES FOR SPECIFIC JOHN JAY MATH COURSES

 

MAT 103/104

Textbook home page

My Math Lab (Course Compass) (for homework and online tutorials):

 

MAT 105/192

Textbook homepage

To purchase a textbook, ebook, or WebAssign code

WebAssign (for homework and online tutorials)

 

MAT 108

Textbook homepage

Wiley Plus (for homework and online tutorials)

 

MAT 141

Textbook homepage (if your instructor uses the Stewart book)

To purchase a textbook, ebook, or WebAssign code

WebAssign (for homework and online tutorials)

 

Textbook homepage (if your instructor uses the Larson book)

 

MAT 241/242

Textbook homepage

To purchase a textbook, ebook, or WebAssign code

WebAssign (for homework and online tutorials)

 

MAT 301 (Web Assign)

Textbook home page

To purchase a textbook, ebook, or WebAssign code

WebAssign

 

Last updated 6/3/09