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20 Reasons to Come to the Reading and Writing Resource Center

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Learn how to read in a way that keeps you concentrating, involved, and interested.

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Learn how to increase your understanding of the text.

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Learn how to take notes that improve your understanding.

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Learn how to decide what information is important.

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Learn how to remember what you need to know.

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Learn how to prepare for tests.

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Learn how to prepare for the Praxis and other standardized tests.

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Learn how to read and study more efficiently.

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Receive assistance tailored to your individual learning needs.

10.

Receive instruction from an experienced reading specialist.

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Learn how to respond to assignments across the curriculum.

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Learn how to gather information needed for a paper or project.

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Learn how to develop and expand your ideas.

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Learn how to organize and structure your paper or project.

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Learn how to edit your writing.

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Learn how to prepare for Praxis and STEP.

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Learn how to prepare application essays and letters.

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Learn how to use APA, MLA, Turabian, and other research formats.

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Receive assistance tailored to your individual needs.

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Receive instructions from experienced writing specialists.