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Coffman, Sara Jane – 1988
The guide to success in college is designed to help college-bound students and college freshmen develop effective study habits, develop positive attitudes toward learning, and improve specific study skills. It is divided into five units. The first emphasizes positive study habits and attitudes, looking at how to avoid poor performance, outlining…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, College Environment, College Freshmen, Educational Attitudes
Frierson, Henry T., Jr.; Munro, Molly – 1988
This manual covers study behavior and attitudes and specific study techniques for health profession students, including scheduling, comprehension, memory, and test-taking techniques. Much of the approach emphasizes self-discipline and honesty. Focus is on how students in a health professions program can make their study time more productive and…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, College Students, Comprehension, Higher Education
Holladay, Joanne; McGinty, Denise – 1978
In response to the expressed needs of students for preparation materials and classes relevant to graduate entrance examinations, a course designed to provide a review of math topics was created as part of a reading and study skills laboratory. Reading specialists are able to interface math teaching with their varied training in diagnosis,…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Diagnostic Teaching, Higher Education, Learning Laboratories
Cicchetti, George – 1990
These two manuals, one designed for students and the other for instructors, offer information on the development of reading, listening, and study strategies. The student manual begins with information on the instructional approach that will be used and the characteristics of active readers, writers, planners, listeners, and students. The…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Community Colleges, Learning Modules, Learning Strategies
Gall, M. D.; And Others – 1990
This book makes the case for providing study skills instruction at the elementary and secondary school levels and identifies important study skills and how to teach them. Chapters include: (1) "The Case for Study Skills Instruction"; (2) "Theory and Research"; (3) "Planning for Study Skills Instruction"; (4)…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Educational Research, Educational Theories, Elementary School Curriculum

Manalo, Emmanuel; And Others – Higher Education Research and Development, 1996
A University of Auckland (Australia) program of developmental studies for students on academic probation provides four days of intensive instruction in time management, study habits, test preparation, test-taking, memory, concentration, and writing skills. Data show students taking the course improved significantly in their academic achievement…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Probation, Achievement Gains, College Students
Carter, Erik W.; Wehby, Joseph; Hughes, Carolyn; Johnson, Stephen M.; Plank, Don R.; Barton-Arwood, Sally M.; Lunsford, Lauren B. – Preventing School Failure, 2005
Recent policy initiatives promoting high-stakes testing for graduation present a significant challenge to practitioners charged with educating students with high-incidence disabilities. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of test-taking strategy instruction on the test performance of secondary students with high-incidence…
Descriptors: Adolescents, High Stakes Tests, Learning Disabilities, Educational Strategies
Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. – 1980
This individualized inservice packet focuses on reading and study skills and their uses. It is one of a nine-part series of booklets--Teaching Teen Reading--in self-instructional format intended as a practical resource for teachers desiring condensed, readily usable answers to questions regarding reading instruction. Following a section on…
Descriptors: Educational Media, Independent Study, Inservice Teacher Education, Intermediate Grades
Smith, Gayle; Smith, Don – 1989
This practitioner's guide is designed to provide an overview of a schoolwide study skills program that accommodates individual student learning styles of at-risk students who may be potential dropouts at the secondary education level. The schoolwide skills model described here is appropriate for all grade levels especially secondary levels as it…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Content Area Reading, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention
Wilson, Carol; Krasnow, Gary – 1983
This program includes 14 activity-oriented units which integrate instruction in science study skills with hands-on learning about energy and appropriate technology. The program is suitable for use in a wide range of science curricula in grades 7 to 10. Units focus on such topics as the meaning of the word "appropriate," what makes…
Descriptors: Alternative Energy Sources, Energy, Greenhouses, Life Cycle Costing
Bulman, Lesley – 1985
Advice and guidance for developing students' language and study skills are offered for science teachers in this book. The suggestions are intended for practicing secondary science teachers to use in helping their students to become autonomous learners. Most of the 10 chapters in this book consist of an introduction, a listing and discussion of…
Descriptors: Instructional Improvement, Language Skills, Learning Strategies, Reading Skills
Ogle, Patrick – 1984
This student guide is one of a series of self-contained materials for students enrolled in an emergency medical services (EMS) training program. Discussed in the individual sections of the guide are the following topics: the purpose and history of EMS professionals; EMS training, certification and examinations (national and state certification and…
Descriptors: Accidents, Allied Health Occupations Education, Emergency Medical Technicians, Emergency Squad Personnel
Cohen, Andrew D.; Aphek, Edna – 1978
A study was conducted to investigate some basic learning activities in order to identify strategies that make learning more effortless. Study topics focus on acquisition of new second-language vocabulary, students' organization of their notebooks, studying for tests, observation of classroom communication, and test-taking strategies. Nineteen…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, College Students, Hebrew, Higher Education
Parmer, Lorraine – 1975
This paper describes several learning laboratory program approaches to teaching students how to prepare for professional school admission exams. That these exams are true aptitude tests is a myth repeatedly deflated when students study for the tests and manage to score significantly higher on a second testing. Factors in addition to intelligence…
Descriptors: Admission (School), Anxiety, Business Administration, Developmental Programs
Suffet, Eileen – 1988
During 1987-88, Manor Junior College, in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, developed a semester-long freshman seminar designed to help students understand the college system, to strengthen students' identification with their vocational program and career choice, and to improve students' academic competencies and confidence in their ability to achieve…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Career Exploration, College Freshmen, Community Colleges