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Title
When we are unable to find
tranquility within ourselves,
it is useless to seek it elsewhere.
tranquility within ourselves,
it is useless to seek it elsewhere.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld,
1613 - 1680, French author
1613 - 1680, French author
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Welcome!
For the past seventeen years I have researched, authored, maintained and supported the Study Guides Web site as an independent educational public service. We have enjoyed collaborative projects across institutional, cultural and national boundaries. I resist registration and distracting graphics or features that may interfere with maximizing learner access and success. I hope you find the resource helpful. Contact e-mail: info@studygs.net
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"Compared with internet averages the site's audience tends to be aged under 25 and 55-65; they are also disproportionately low-income, moderately educated, childless women browsing from school and home."
Educational projects 2012
February 3: Revised Czech translation of
Efektivní Návyky k Efektivnímu Učení
and added its Flash exercise.
January 8: Added six new French translations in learning and studying
2011 Annual report summary
2012 Traffic summary/Website metrics (Webalizer v 2.01)
2011 Traffic summary/Website metrics
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| January: | 1,006,189 | +26.5% | 2,762,284 | 27.4 |
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Traffic summary since 1995
| Page views | Increase |
visitors, million |
hits, million |
files, million |
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| Vol. 2011 | 21,709,708 | 21.3% | 10.4 | 249.4 | 62.4 |
| Vol. 2010 | 17,637,519 | 6.7% | 8.6 | 163.2 | 27.1 |
| Vol . 2009 | 16,536,110 | 7.1% | 7.9 | 196.4 | 20.3 |
| Vol. 2008 | 15,435,695 | 20.0% | 6.3 | 130.6 | 60.1 |
| Vol. 2007 | 12,796,495 | 8.0% | 5.1 | 82.3 | 36.6 |
| Vol. 2006 | 11,849,732 | 41.7% | 3.9 | 69.5 | 53.2 |
| Vol. 2005 | 8,300,907 | 35.4% | 3.6 | 53.9 | 40.6 |
| Vol. 2004 | 6,128,170 | 22.9% | 1.5 | 42.4 | 31.0 |
| Vol. 2003 | 4,984,983 | 72.8% | |||
| Vol. 2002 | 2,884,739 | 48.5% | |||
| Vol. 2001 | 1,942,479 | 58.6% | |||
| Vol. 2000 | 1,224,433 | 136.1% | |||
| Vol. 1999 | 518,550 | 172.8% | |||
| Vol. 1998 | 190,050 | 77.4% | |||
| Vol. 1997 | 107,114 | ||||
| Vol. 1995-96 n/a | |||||
Copyright
Permission is granted to freely copy, adapt, and distribute individual Study Guides in print format in non-commercial educational settings that benefit learners. No request to link to the Web site is necessary. Please be aware that the Guides welcome, and are under, continuous review and revision. For that reason, digital reproduction of all content, especially on the Internet, can only be with permission through a licensed agreement.
Policy on linking:
All linking pages must have
appropriate content related to the Study Guides.
I link only to Web sites that are
research-based, non-commercial, and suitable for a broad range of
learners. All sites must be freely
accessible and not require registration
Licensing:
Reproduction of individual Guides on the Internet as well as Intranets is permitted under license for one-year terms. The right to reproduce is non-exclusive, and must reference the source site. Contact Joe for more information
Translations
Why the translations?
The goal of the Guides is to help
learners. With the international traffic they have been attracting, it
is better to reach students of all ages in their native language.
However, the goal is also to be sensitive to customs in the cultures
where the language is spoken. All translations are volunteered and
every attempt is made to independently verify them.
Please see the page of
credits!
History
June 1993: A preliminary resource database of learning guides was created by Bob Nelson, et al, Learning Resource Centers, Livingston Campus, Rutgers University in June 1993. At the College Reading and Learning Association Conference in April 1995, Joe attended a presentation by Bob on his resource, and they quickly agreed that the FileMaker Pro database should be converted to HTML and a web-based format. Rutgers University agreed to provide the Guides free-of-charge and to Joe to reformat into HTML, and host them on a Web site. This agreement continues to this day, and the Guides are collaboratively developed across institutional and national boundaries. Since that initial effort, all the content has been revised or replaced in its entirely, over 85 additional topics have been added, as well as all the translations.
February 1996: Database conversion to HTML by Joe Landsberger with the assistance of Peter Turi, Budapest, Hungary.
September 1997: conversion to, and further development with, Microsoft's FrontPage.
February 1999: Dublin Core Metadata added.
March 2001: Visual Learner Project with Inspiration Software "Mapping the Guides"
Summer 2002: Each of the 525 pages/Guides in the web site are totally re-formatted! to the new look
Summer 2003: Development of the first interactive Guides
January 2004: New domain/URL adopted
Who develops these Guides?
I (Joe Landsberger) researched and edited the guides, as well as developed and support their Website. My main interest is providing, and digesting, educational research into an understandable and accessible form to help learners help themselves.
How are the Guides developed?
The Guides are developed directly from educational research. Often they are collated digests of existing web pages reformatted with permission to the Study Guides' Web site's style. In some cases they are copies of information found elsewhere, copied with permission. In other cases they are combinations of research projects and papers. All contributions have been voluntary, and used with permission as much as possible. Translations are voluntary.
What is the philosophy of the design?
The process for developing new Guides is simple: research is compiled and "dumped" into a common text. This text is then reviewed. Key words and concepts are highlighted, and then all the extraneous text deleted. The Guide is then written out of these key words and concepts into a web-friendly format. c.f. Writing for the Web
The Guides are intended to be straight-forward prescriptions on selected topics. The vocabulary and concepts have a middle school level as a foundation. Learner-developed interactive exercises have been added inconjunction with Dr. Brad Hokanson's Interactive Design course at the University of Minnesota.
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Website overview: Since 1996 the Study Guides and Strategies Website has been researched, authored, maintained and supported by Joe Landsberger as an international, learner-centric, educational public service.
Permission is granted to freely copy, adapt, and distribute individual Study Guides in print format in non-commercial educational settings that benefit learners.
Please be aware that the Guides welcome, and are under, continuous review and revision.
For that reason, digitization and reproduction of all content on the Internet can only be with permission through a licensed agreement. Linking to the Guides is encouraged!