The focus of this manual is on the step-by-step development of certain study skills related to the mastery of content-area reading materials. An introduction includes discussion of goals, advice for organizing learning stations, guidelines for a general pretest of skills, a teacher checklist for evaluation of study-skill competencies, and suggestions for motivating students and for conducting a study-skills workshop. The major portion of the manual is devoted to the identification of objectives and activities for the following study skills: locating information, selecting information, organizing information, using graphic aids, following directions, and developing flexibility in reading. An appendix for each skill lists additional classroom activities. A list of commercial materials, a cross-reference list of reading skills and workbook pages, and a bibliography complete the volume. (KS)