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May peace prevail on earth

Okukozesa obulungi obudde bwo

Problem solving/
Decision-making

• Okulwanyisamu obukowu n'okwetamwa

• Problem solving
• Adaptive decision making
• Managing by exception
• Managing stress
• Motivating yourself

Okwetegekera okuyiga

• Okweyigiriza okuyiga
• Okulowooza mungeri ey'ekikugu
• Okwewala obugayaavu'ndikikola luli'

• Thinking critically
• Developing self-discipline
• Motivating yourself
• Adaptive decision-making
• Managing by exception
• Making decisions/solving problems

Learning with others

• Okusomera awamu

• Collaborative/cooperative learning
• Active Listening
• Conflict resolution
• Peer mediation
• Tutoring guidelines
• Using feedback
  and working with tutors

Online learning/ communicating

• Online learning
• Webtruth:
  Evaluating website content
• Netiquette
  E-guides on social interaction
• Developing your website
• Basics of webdesign and accessbility
• Making your website popular
• Web design bibliography
  - outside links

Okulowooza

• Okulowooza mungeri ey'ekikugu
• Okwejjukanya

• Concentrating
• Thinking critically
• Thinking creatively
• Radical thinking
• Concept or mind mapping
• Thinking aloud/private speech

Okuyiga

• Engeri ennungi oy'okuyiga
• Okwefananyiriza kukuyiga

• Index - a study system
• Action learning
• Create, & study with, flashcards
• Studying with multiple sources

Okwenyigira mu by'ekibiina (Kalaasi)

• Preparing for the classroom
• Paying attention
• Classroom discussions
• Taking notes in lectures
• Influencing teachers
• Guided notes
• Interviewing for class projects
  • Consent form

Okuguka mu kusoma ebiwandiiko

• Okulowoza mungeri ey'amagezi

• Prereading strategies
• SQ3R reading method
• KWL reading method
• Marking & underlining
• Taking notes from a text book
 

Okuguka mu kusoma ebiwandiiko

Research

• Writing research papers
• Researching on the Internet
• Organizing research with computers
  & avoiding plagiarism
• Organizing research
  Creating note cards
• Citing websites

Project management

• Completing a class assignment
• Organizing projects
• Presenting projects/speeches
• Presenting your positive image/brand
• Public speaking
• Developing case studies
• Spreadsheets and budgets
• Setting your (school) budget

Preparing for Tests

• General test preparation
• Anticipating test content
• Review tools for tests
• Overcoming test anxiety
• Organizing for test taking
• Cramming
• Emergency test preparation
• Testing bibliography

Taking
Tests

• Ten tips for terrific test taking
• True/false tests
• Multiple choice tests
• Short answer tests
• Open book exams
• Oral exams
• Essay Exams
• Essay exam terms/directives

Writing Basics

• Seven stages of writing assignments

• Develop your topic (1)

• Identify your audience (2)

• Research (3)

• Organize and prewrite (4)

• Draft/write (5)

• Revise (6)

• Proofread (7)

• Transitional words & phrases
• Modifiers & commas
• Spelling - American

Writing Types

• Writing under deadline
• Writing for the "Web"
• The five-paragraph essay
• Essays for a literature class
• Expository essays
• Persuasive essays
• Position papers
• Writing Strategies Learned
  by Stephen Wilbers
• Print bibliography for writing
• Internet bibliography for writing

Vocabulary/spelling
(American)

• Transitional words & phrases
• Spelling strategies
• Spelling rules & exercises
• Common misspelled words
• Essay terms/directives
• Modifiers & commas
• Prefixes and root words
• Using analogies for creative problem solving
• Picturing vocabulary
• American alphabet recited

Math

• Math tests
• Solving linear equations
• Solving math word problems
• Evaluating algebraic expressions
  Order of operations/ P.E.M.D.A.S.
• Math bibliography
  - web sites with on-line help

Science,
and Technology

• Following the scientific method
• Studying text books in science
• Writing lab reports and scientific papers
• Writing white papers
• Lab safety - outside links
• Sudoku 数独
  - links: having fun thinking logically

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