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Starting Early with Study Skills: A Week By Week Guide for Elementary Students » (1st Edition)

Book cover image of Starting Early with Study Skills: A Week By Week Guide for Elementary Students by Judith L. Irvin

Authors: Judith L. Irvin, Elaine O. Rose
ISBN-13: 9780205139439, ISBN-10: 0205139434
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon, Inc.
Date Published: June 1994
Edition: 1st Edition

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Author Biography: Judith L. Irvin

Book Synopsis

A unique, research-based plan for teaching study skills to elementary school students, this new book is filled with suggested classroom activities and over 90 reproducible student activity sheets. The book offers strategies teachers can use to develop key study skills in their students with reinforcements through practice activities in both group and individual settings. It is the only book available to provide a systematic treatment of study skills development in the early grades. Each chapter begins by presenting the educational issues, research, and theory associated with the topic under development. This is followed by an illustrative vignette and a week by week plan of classroom activities that can be used as presented or adapted to the needs of specific classrooms and students. Ninety student activities and worksheets that can be used as homework or for in-class work are included. Elementary School Teachers. A Longwood Professional Book.

Table of Contents

Goals of Suggested Classroom Activities
List of Student Activities
Preface
About the Authors
Ch. 1Defining the Study Skills1
Ch. 2Learning and Remembering10
Ch. 3Fostering Student Independence23
Ch. 4Preparing Students to Read51
Ch. 5Promoting Active Reading72
Ch. 6Promoting Active Listening96
Ch. 7Taking Useful Notes125
Ch. 8Making and Using Maps147
Ch. 9Answering Essay Questions and Writing Summaries and Reports173
Ch. 10Taking Tests204
References242
Index247

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