Offers a method for teachers in the content areas to teach study skills, specifically, strategies for allocating study time, reading, note taking, and learning for tests. (SRT)

This article discusses the four elements to learning successful test taking: time strategies, error avoidance strategies, guessing strategies, and deductive reasoning strategies. Test tricks and gimmicks are described and a list of Web sites is provided that includes resources for identifying learning strategies and for accessing study guides. (CR)

Suggests ways of diagnosing problems in students' study habits and offers strategies for improving study skills and test taking strategies. (SRT)

This experimental study was conducted to: (1) provide further information on the susceptibility to special preparation of three Graduate Record Examination analytical item types; (2) determine the efficacy of self-study test familiarization materials for these types; and (3) ascertain the effects of several different components of special…

Describes the uses of and reactions to, various preparation resources, and a large national sample of SAT candidates. Data suggest that students have a variety of attitudes about preparing for the SAT, but most believe in the efficacy of some method of preparation, and use more than one method. (RC)

Reviews several currently available test preparation options and discusses some recent studies on the effects of these methods of preparing for the Scholastic Aptitude Test. While special test preparation may not dramatically affect scores, some methods can improve students' confidence and familiarity with procedures. (JAC)