Study Skills

Memory Tips for Students

(2009)

This article presents eight helpful memory tips for students.

Memory Strategies for Students: The Value of Strategies

(2008)

Strategies are an important part of our learning experience. This is because our brains are selective and tend to remember information that forms a memorable pattern. Strategies encourage purposeful learning and help us organize information into a pattern.

Making It Stick: Memorable Strategies to Enhance Learning

(2008)

We all use strategies throughout our day to remember the variety of facts and ideas we need to retain. It is valuable for teachers, therapists, and parents to understand the memory process in order to become better equipped to help our students understand and use strategies.

Helping Children with Executive Functioning Problems Turn In Their Homework

(2008)

How can you help the child who does his homework, but then forgets to turn it in? Learn to help children with executive functioning problems plan and organize by reading these strategies.

Organizational Skills for Students with Learning Disabilities: The Master Filing System for Paper

(2008)

Help your students manage their materials and be organized. The master filing system enables students to keep all of their class work and homework in one place that provides easy, logical access. They can concentrate on learning and feel in control.

Organizational Skills for Students with Learning Disabilities: The Digital Master Filing System

(2008)

Summer is a great time to get organized! Students who have learning disabilities frequently struggle to keep track of their school work — especially digital files. When the information is lost in their computer, they waste valuable time looking for it, sometimes have to redo it, and then can't hand it in! Read this article by the Landmark School Outreach Program for a strategy that works.

Teaching Time Management to Students with Learning Disabilities

(2008)

Teach your students how to improve their time management. Learn to teach task analysis, enabling your students to divide academic projects into smaller tasks, figure out how long each task will take, and produce their work when it needs to be done.

The Writing Road: Reinvigorate Your Students' Enthusiasm for Writing

(2008)

Teach your students to avoid the avoidance of writing. Learn how to lead them down the path of enthusiasm and self-confidence about writing through research-proven strategies.

Using Mnemonic Instruction To Teach Math

(2006)

Help your students remember their math facts. Mnemonic instruction is particularly helpful for students with short term memory problems. Learn how to use three important strategies, key words, pegwords,and letters.

Adapting Language Arts, Social Studies, and Science Materials for the Inclusive Classroom

(2004)

When instructional materials present a barrier to student learning, teachers often adapt the materials to allow students greater access to the information to be taught. These adaptations may involve changing the content of the materials (the nature or amount of information to be learned) or changing the format of the materials (the way information is presented to the learner).

Opening the Doors to Learning: Technology Research for Students with Learning Disabilities (Notetaking Skills)

(2003)

Framing Main Ideas and Essential Details to Promote Comprehension (PDF)

(2002)

Enhancing the Note-Taking Skills of Students with Mild Disabilities

(2001)

Strategies That Work for Students Grade 9 to 12 with Dyslexia

(2001)

Tips for Developing Organizational Skills in Children

(1999)

The Coordinated Campaign for Learning Disabilities has compiled a list of strategies that parents can use to help their child develop good organizational skills.

Helping Your Child with Organization and Study Skills

(1999)

Just as a carpenter needs the right tools (such as a saw and hammer) and basic skills (such as how to measure and cut wood) to frame a house, students need the right tools (such as notebooks and assignment pads) and basic study skills (such as reading and note-taking skills) to be successful in school.

Muskingum College's Learning Strategies Database

(1998)

Study Skills - A Handout for Parents

(1998)

Many capable children at all grade levels experience frustration and failure in school, not because they lack ability, but because they do not have adequate study skills. Good study habits are important for success in school, to foster feelings of competence, to develop positive attitudes, and to help children realize they can control how well they do in school and in life. Good study habits lay the groundwork for successful work habits as an adult.

Enhancing School Success with Mnemonic Strategies

(1998)

Many students with disabilities and those at risk for educational failure exhibit problems with remembering information covered in school. Suggestions for helping these students improve memory for school content are described in this article. In particular, mnemonic instruction is described and examples are provided of how it can be used to increase school learning and memory of students with learning difficulties.