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Study Skills Workbook & Teacher's Guide
(In English And Spanish)

Developed by university students as, "Advice to my younger brothers and sisters," alias, "what I wish I had known when I got here," the Study Skills Workbook and its companion Teacher's Guide provide students with a curriculum that engages them in learning.

Available in English and Spanish, this newly revised set of study skills materials was tested in elementary through high school classroom settings. Students and teachers loved it!

Effective Communication
defines communication and prepares students to learn notetaking through the process of:
  • Focusing and Listening
  • Summarizing
  • Paraphrasing
  • Giving Feedback
How To Take Notes
outlines the note-taking process; an excellent guide for beginners.
  • Guidelines for Taking Notes
  • Note-Taking Practice
  • Use of Abbreviations and Symbols
  • Evaluation and Analysis of Student
  • Organization
  • Your Personal Note-Taking System
Using The Library
presents an overview of library systems; builds on note-taking skills.
  • Dewey Decimal System and the Library of Congress System
  • Catalog System
  • Reference Books
  • Call Numbers
  • Library Scavenger Hunt
How To Study
provides students with keys to studying "smarter," not "harder."
  • Evaluation and Analysis of Student Personal Note-Taking System
  • How Can I Study More Effectively?
  • Why Do I Study?
  • When is the Best Time to Review?
  • Where Will I Study?
  • How Can I Best Use My Time?
How To Take Tests
provides students with keys to successfully take tests.
  • Preparing for an Exam
  • Reducing Test Anxiety
  • Objective Tests
  • Essay Tests
  • Other Question Formats

Focus: Grades 6 through 10, Study Skills Across the Curriculum. Adaptable for Grades 4-14.

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40  Workbooks - 60 Pages
Teacher's Guide - 76 Pages
Study Skills Teacher's Guide (English)
Study Skills Teacher's
Guide (English)
Study Skills Teacher's Guide (Spanish)
Study Skills Teacher's
Guide (Spanish)
Study Skills Workbook (English)
Study Skills
Workbook  (English)
Study Skills Workbook (Spanish)
Study Skills
Workbook (Spanish)

 

Smarter, Not Harder!

"A smart person is someone who knows what they're good at and knows what they're not good at. They capitalize on their strengths, and they compensate for their weaknesses."

--Peter Jennings News Special
 

Smarter, Not Harder
Smarter, Not Harder

Smarter, Not Harder! is the latest addition to the SCORE study skills collection. It is designed to help students assume personal responsibility for their learning by understanding their intuitive approach to learning as it relates to their teacher's intuitive approach to teaching. Students can then "Give the teacher what he/she needs" in order to get better grades.

Personalities; Have Your Students:
  • Take the Teen Personality Profile to identify their own personality type
  • Read the section for their personality type
  • Begin putting the principles into practice
At School And At Home, Smarter, Not Harder! Will Help Your Students:
  • Improve their study skills
  • Get along better with their teachers
  • Communicate with their parents
  • Relate better with their friends

By Understanding your personality and the personality of others, your students will have an edge. Their life will be Smarter, Not Harder!, and your teaching will be much easier!

Focus: Grades 7-12, Strategies to use Across the Curriculum. Adaptable for Grades 4-14.

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40  Booklets

 

Study Skills for Student Success

Third Edition!
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This practical and comprehensive collection of techniques, research fi ndings, materials, strategies, and teaching tools helps teachers teach students how to learn, especially language minority students and those at risk of failure. Begin your study here, and it will direct you to the other books in the SCORE Study Skills collection.

This resource book contains ten chapters divided into two sections:

1) information about teaching and
2) reproduction pages for use with students to enhance and/or enrich learning (236 text pages; 33 reproduction masters).

Study Skills For Student Success
Study Skills for Student Success
   

Chapters of this book are:

Indroduction
contains the study skills research base and philosophical foundations.
Communication
deals with the elements of communication and utilizing learning groups.
Taking Notes
examines several notetaking formats, empowering students with a variety of strategies.
Personalities and Learning
examines the role personality plays in classroom learning and provides guidelines for need-based teaching.
Research Strategies
assists students as they negotiate the library and the internet to gain access to timely reference materials.
How to Study
offers students strategies for improving memory, building vocabulary, and managing time more wisely.
Reading Comprehension
presents whole brain strategies for improving reading comprehension.
Taking Tests
  provides information and strategies for reducing test anxiety and developing test-taking skills.
Learning Principles
  focuses on pedagogical information necessary in order to teach a study skills class or infuse study skills into a content area.
Resources
covers materials, networking sites, and strategies to reinforce and facilitate learning in the classroom.

Focus: Teachers K-12

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