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Trouble
in homework land? Get the help you need with these
savvy study sites.
Your
Days of Homework Panic Are Numbered
By Dawn Papandrea
Additional reporting by Krista Michelle Arrigo
May/June 2003
The
CollegeBound Network NewsClick -- Way back when,
if a student (like me) had to write a paper, answer
a particularly complex history essay question,
or find an obscure fact for an in-class presentation,
it required a trip to the library.
One
click of a mouse, and search engine savviness
will give you the answer to nearly any question
your prof throws your way. Still, with a vast
array of info at your disposal, a little guidance
wouldn't hurt (where would I have been without
the librarians, after all?). Here goes...
All-Around Assistance
HomeworkHelp.com -- If ever a site had
a fitting name, this is it. And, you won't just
get general homework help here. You can sign up
for free weekly lessons in any subject or topic,
and the results are complete with diagrams and
loads of helpful tips. I tried it out for a quick
brush up on Punnett Squares, and I'm practically
a pro now. Other cool perks include free study
skill lesson downloads like note-taking, and "Cram
Zone" clicks in math, chem, bio, physics,
and English, where you can quiz yourself on pre-midterm
and final exam nights.
Digit
Dynamics
Math.com -- If only this site existed before
calculus crushed my GPA! Number-phobes of the
world can unite here for lessons on every dirty
digit topic, from pre-algebra to calc. Even cooler,
the "Ask the Expert" feature allows
you to browse through past questions and answers
between real students and teachers, or you can
send along one of your own.
Lit
Paper Pressure?
GradeSaver.com -- 'Fess up -- how many
times have you gotten 50 pages into a novel and
given up despite your best efforts? You know,
you have to read the same line 20 times before
it sinks in, until finally you're bugging your
friends to find out what happened in case you
get called on. Next time, get a heads up on Hemingway
or any of your least fave scribes at the ClassicNotes
section of this site. You'll get the main points
on plot summary, character development, even chapter-by-chapter
analysis. Of course, you should still try to read
up -- 'A' students cannot live on Web sites alone!
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