This article describes how to improve students' notetaking skills by having them pretend they are journalists wiring in a story. Students must pare down information to the essentials and calculate telegram costs. Sample exercises and a reproducible page are provided. (JL)

Students should be taught a variety of study skills, so that these skills will develop into habits that free them to think about the information presented in their textbooks. Although the study skills are common to all content areas, their application varies with each specific subject. Perhaps the foremost skill is attacking the assignment, which…

Advice to the social studies teacher on the need for teaching reading and study skills; specific techniques are suggested. (SP)

Pinpoints three major levels of reading comprehension (literal, inferential, and evaluative) and discusses ways to develop these levels of comprehension in the subject areas through vocabulary development, the SQ3R study technique, sequencing, the cloze procedure, group prediction, modeling reading outcomes, and worksheets. Also discusses the…

A theoretical description of hypertext is presented, and three applications of hypertext are discussed: electronic studying allows linkage of electronic note cards for writing and interrelating concepts; literary exploration allows construction and interpretation of stories with provided literary elements; in qualitative research, hypertext helps…

The development of a self-instruction package on making notes from reading which was designed for new students at Newcastle Polytechnic in the United Kingdom is described. Notemaking skills involve recognition of topics and topic sentences in a written text, picking out key content words in the text, recognition of key relationships and…

From a study of the use of undergraduate dissertation writing at four United Kingdom institutions it is determined that this technique is of little value to students and requires administrative control disproportionate to the educational benefits. Issues of curriculum design, teaching styles, and timing of dissertation work are discussed. (MSE)

Written in a form that is easy to use in the classroom, this book presents a wide variety of ideas and teaching strategies adapted for content area teachers. There is a least one content area example for each strategy presented in the book; many strategies have examples gleaned from more than one subject. Chapters in the book are: (1) Reading To…

Issues pertaining to research on college reading and study skills programs are analyzed, based on a literature review. It is suggested that before educators can provide quality instruction, they need to differentiate practices that are conducive to learning. Evaluative criteria are needed to make such decisions, as well as to design and evaluate…

The objective of the Master Tutors Network Study Skill Competency Program is to equip students with study skills that will improve the quality of their academic work. The program can be tailored to fit the needs of primary through postsecondary level students. The core of the program is eight study skills which are presented to the learner in a…

The academic skills that students of English as a second language (ESL) require to survive in American educational institutions are identified, and ways of incorporating the skills into ESL classes or programs are suggested. The following academic skills are important to ESL students: (1) ability to take notes of lectures and textual materials;…

This guide is designed to provide teachers of English for academic purposes (EAP) with background information and tools to design and conduct courses for students who are either native speakers or non-native speakers of English. Chapter topics include: definition and scope of EAP and related study skills; assessment of student needs, by case study…