Description: Teaching Study Skills to Students is becoming one of the top mandates of educators at all levels. This book is written by the best-selling author team of Teaching Study Strategies to Students with Learning Disabilities. Skills and strategies include remembering information, reading and taking notes from textbooks, taking notes in class, using the library's print and electronic resources, using reference sources in both print and electronic forms, interppreting visual aids, writing a research paper, taking tests of various types, using time effectively, and organizing study space.

This book provides opportunities for active learning and student practice in the key areas most important for success in high school. And with its focus on helping students become independent learners in an increasingly technology-based learning environment, it serves to prepare them for continuous learning in future work as well as school settings. This is the first book on this topic that discusses and provides practice in using electronic as well as print reference skills, including Internet and CD-ROM database resources. It also includes a companion computerized assessment program plus end-of-chapter mastery exercises. It includes a variety of over 140 reproducible activities with complete, specific directions for using them. It covers the all-important areas of map reading and interpretation, as well as understanding charts, graphs, tables, flow charts, and other visual information.

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