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Bursuk, Laura – 1976
Success in secondary school depends largely upon students' competency in study skills. The English teacher emerges as the plausible agent for the development of the following skills: following directions, locating information, evaluating and selecting information, assembling and organizing data, retaining and recalling information, varying rates…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, English Curriculum, English Instruction, Information Sources
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Arroyo, Sara G. – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 1981
Chicano college students who participated in a study skills program based on self-monitoring and self-reinforcement, supplemented with instruction and reinforcement from the program director, reported that time spent studying and performance on tests improved as a function of training and that the improvement was maintained. (CM)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Class Activities, College Students, Higher Education
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Hoover, John J.; Rabideau, Debra K. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 1995
Principles for ensuring effective use of semantic webbing in meeting study skill needs of students with learning problems are noted. Important study skills are listed, along with suggested semantic web topics for which subordinate ideas may be developed. Two semantic webs are presented, illustrating the study skills of multiple choice test-taking…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Educational Principles, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Problems
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Norton, Linda S.; Crowley, Catherine M. – Higher Education, 1995
Results of a British program of eight learning strategy workshops for university freshmen are discussed. The workshops focused on essay writing and test-taking skills. Regular attendees had significantly more sophisticated conceptions of learning than irregular attendees and had higher essay and examination scores. However, differences in overall…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Freshmen, Essays, Higher Education
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Peters, Calvin B. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1990
This author proposes supplemental instruction as a valid practice in any course, for any students, because each course has its idiosyncracies that are best addressed by the instructor. Particular skills to focus supplemental instruction sessions on include text-reading, note-taking, studying, and examination-taking skills. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: College Instruction, Course Descriptions, Educational Change, Higher Education
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Fountain, Ruth Lee – 1992
A practicum developed a program of study skills to improve grades of ninth and tenth grade students in English and mathematics courses. The project contained three basic components: teacher inservices on study skills techniques in time management, reading textbooks, taking class notes, and preparing for and taking tests; student lessons for…
Descriptors: English Instruction, Grade 10, Grade 9, High Schools
King, Debra Ann; Glynn, Shawn M. – 1986
Because analogical reasoning plays a major role in content area reading comprehension, teachers should learn to teach analogy-solving skills and to identify the kinds of difficulties some elementary students will have in solving them. Analogies are statements of relationships wherein one term is similar to another term. Relationships in analogy…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Analogy, Content Area Reading, Elementary Education
Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC. – 1987
This leaflet describes simple techniques for developing children's ability to do well on tests, as derived from research done through the Office of Educational Research and Improvement. Suggestions for parents are divided into five sections: (1) Why Test?; (2) Ask the School; (3) Avoid Test Anxiety; (4) Do's and Don'ts; and (5) After the Test.…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Strategies, Parent Materials, Parent Teacher Cooperation
Staples, Katherine; And Others – 1985
This series of one-page study guides offers helpful hints and tips to students on the art of successful studying. The guides in this collection include: (1) Improving Your Test-Taking Skills, which covers preparing for tests, reducing test anxiety, and things to do upon receiving a test and before turning in a test; (2) Strategies for Test…
Descriptors: Business Correspondence, Community Colleges, Information Sources, Library Skills
Guedry-Hymel, Linda; Hymel, Glenn M. – 1984
This paper develops a conceptual model involving curricular, instructional/guidance, and assessment perspectives on the promotion of study skills and test-taking techniques among secondary school students. From the curricular standpoint, consideration is given to a recommended range of topical coverage and a diversified array of printed/mediated…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Evaluation, Integrated Curriculum, Intentional Learning
Brummel, Clete – 1987
These six learning modules were developed for Lake Michigan College's Basic Science Training Program, a workshop to develop good study skills while reviewing basic science. The first module, which was designed to provide students with the necessary skills to study efficiently, covers the following topics: time management; an overview of a study…
Descriptors: Anatomy, Biology, College Science, Community Colleges
Hurwitz, David A. – 1978
Guidelines are presented to help college students prepare for taking tests, with particular instructions for objective, essay, and quantitative tests. A check list suggests the types of information which should be known before starting to study for a test--such as type of questions and probable content. Techniques for studying include outlining…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, College Mathematics, Essay Tests, Higher Education
Montferrante, Esther Reese – 1979
This study investigated the effects of instruction and practice in test-taking techniques upon the standardized reading scores of 7 remedial, 19 developmental, and 9 advanced reading students in the sixth grade. "The Nelson Reading Test (Revised Edition), Form A" served as a pretest. Both constructed and commercial materials were used to instruct…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Grade 6, Masters Theses
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Raaheim, Arild – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 1984
Describes an experiment in which 21 first-year university students were trained in study techniques, then followed through their first examination. When their examination results were compared with those of control groups, statistically significant differences were found, indicating that elaborate study skills can be learned and may facilitate…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Essay Tests, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Georgia State Dept. of Education, Atlanta. – 1998
This paper presents a matrix that represents the scope and sequence of the written communication portion of the Georgia Quality Core Curriculum language arts component. It lists 50 key skills in written communication (such as uses dictionaries, locates information using reference sources, uses various sources for information, develops a simple…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Core Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education
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