Product Description
Study Skills: Boost Learning Skills and Improve Grades in Less Time
Instructor: Bonnie Terry, M. Ed., BCET
Course Description
This course is designed for everyone involved with learning. The study skills course is a perfect fit for:
- General educators
- AT-Risk educators
- Special educators and RTI
- Middle School and High School students
- Teachers and Tutors wanting to teach Study Skills after School.
- Parents of middle school and high school students
- ADHD & Autism
However, anyone who feels that they could improve their learning and study abilities will benefit from this course.
- You will:
- Learn how you learn and how to learn more effectively
- Learn to be organized
- Learn to listen effectively
- Improve memory skills and boost confidence
- Learn to manage time wisely and learn more easily
- Improve overall learning skills
- Improve note-taking skills and how to use notes effectively
- Learn how to effectively prepare to take tests
Study Skills are critical to the growth of students and their ability to succeed not only in school, but in life. The ability to plan and organize your time is critical to both the ability to study effectively and the ability to take useful notes.
Study skills are the ‘soft skills,’ and research studies show that study skills have a critical impact on school performance. Without the soft skills, the study skills, your students haven’t learned the key skills that can make them successful, organized, efficient, and effective learners. When students learn study skills, they perform better on all tests, including standardized tests because they know HOW to learn. As a result they retain more content in less time.
There is a 45% increased likelihood that “struggling” high school students would not drop out of high school if they took a study skills class. Instead, they would go on to college and even graduate with a degree.
There is more than 300% increased likelihood that “average” high school students would be more successful, and more would graduate from college if they took a study skills class!
Imagine the impact study skills such as time management, planning, improving memory skills, note taking, and studying would have on students if they could be learned in middle school and reinforced in high school. Imagine what these soft skills, these study skills, will do for students both in college and after college?
One key example: you know as well as I do that most students struggle at one time or another with note taking. They may be overwhelmed by the content covered in class or be ‘clueless’ as to how to take notes. They don’t know where to start. They don’t know what to write down, because they don’t know the content well enough to identify main ideas and key points. Inefficient note taking or total lack of taking notes leads to difficulty in remembering what you’ve learned, which further contributes to difficulty in doing well in school.
This DLT Study Skills course will teach you how to improve study skills in just minutes a day. This is critical because research proves that study skills that include growth mindset improves motivation by a factor of 3x! This data comes from Carol Dweck, Ph.D, author of the landmark book, Mindset. With these skills, students take more ownership over their learning. Confident students challenge themselves!
Reference materials include a list of resources for both teachers and parents who would like more help or information with study skills.
A wealth of experience, research and knowledge has gone into developing this Study Skills Course, designed to provide you with skills, training and strategies that can be used at home, in the classroom, or in the field.
Session Topics
- 1. Getting Started Studying
- 2. Strategic Planning and Organization for Success
- 3. The Brain and How We Learn
- 4. Using Multiple Intelligences with Learning Styles
- 5. Creating a Success Mindset
- 6. Mnemonics
- 7. The Power of Color-coding
- 8. Memory Exercises
- 9. Improve Your Focus
- 10. Time Management
- 11. How to Plan Breaks and What to Do During Them
- 12. The Power of Graphic Organizers
- 13. Taking Notes While Listening to Lectures or Reading Part 1
- 14. Taking Notes While Listening to Lectures or Reading Part 2
- 15. Working With Your Notes
- 16. Test Taking Strategies
Outline of Course
Lesson One – Getting Started Studying
- To understand the importance of study skills
- To learn how you can fit study skills into your day
Lesson Two: Strategic Planning and Organization for Success
- Understand the critical skills of strategic planning
- How to Implement of strategic planning
Lesson 3: The Brain and How We Learn
- To gain an understanding of how we learn (auditory, visual, tactile/kinesthetic)
- To understand the Cone of Learning
- To find out your best strategy for learning
Lesson 4: Using Multiple Intelligences with Learning Styles
- To understand what multiple intelligences are
- To learn how to use multiple intelligences with learning styles to make learning easier for you
Lesson 5: Creating a Success Mindset
- To discover how to create a success mindset
- To understand the power of belief
- To implement the simple steps of Thorndike’s Laws of Learning
- To use DEEP learning strategies to create effective studying
Lesson 6: Mnemonics
- To gain an understanding of mnemonics
- To learn and implement the three fundamental principles of mnemonics
Lesson 7: The Power of Color-Coding
- To understand the power of color coding
- To see ways of implementing color-coding to improve retention of material
Lesson 8: Memory Exercises
- To understand what classical conditioning is and how to use it to improve study skills
- To go through a simulation of classical conditioning (learning with associations) so you see how to implement it yourself
Lesson 9: Improve Your Focus
Lesson 10: Time Management
- To understand how to implement time management
- To learn successful note taking strategies
Lesson 11: How to Plan Breaks & What to Do During Them
- To understand the importance of breaks
- To learn what to do during your breaks to enhance learning
Lesson 12: The Power of Graphic Organizers
- To gain an understanding of the importance of graphic organizers and learning
- To learn the benefits of using graphic organizers at home and at school
Lesson 13: Taking Notes While Listening to Lectures or Reading: Part 1
- To learn how to implement color-coding with note taking for better retention
- To learn how to take notes from lectures or from reading a selection
Lesson 14: Taking Notes While Listening to Lectures or Reading: Part 2
- To understand and implement note taking from lectures or from reading a selection
- To learn how to take notes from a text book
Lesson 15: Working With Your Notes
- To gain an understanding of how to apply your note taking skills into study skills using your notes
- To learn how to mind-map with your notes
Lesson 16: Test Preparation
- To learn how to study for tests
- To learn what to do on test day to lower your stress and improve your performance
Lesson 17: Test Taking Skills
- To learn advanced study tips
- To learn 11 tips and strategies for improving your test performance
Lesson 18: Study Skills in a Nutshell
- To quickly review the course before taking the final quiz
