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| Who Needs Study Skills? | |
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| Learning Styles | |
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| Focus on Learning Styles | |
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| Learning Styles & You | |
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| Left/Right Brain Self-Assessment | |
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| Left/Right Brain Dominance Characteristics | |
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| Suggested Aids for Left/Right Brain Learners | |
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| Learning Modalities | |
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| Self-Assessment of Modality Strengths | |
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| Characteristics of Learning Styles | |
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| Suggested Aids for Learning Modalities | |
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| Elements for Better Learning | |
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| Some Facts on Learning Styles | |
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| Time Management & Organization Skills | |
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| Focus on Time Management & Organization | |
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| Time Management | |
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| How Well Do You Study? | |
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| Study Habits Inventory | |
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| Eliminating Excuses | |
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| Organize Your Materials! | |
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| Hints for Getting Organized | |
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| Handy Supply Checklist | |
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| The Wonders of Color Coding | |
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| Use a Daily Assignment Sheet | |
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| Attacking an Assignment | |
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| Assignment Sheet | |
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| What To Do If You Missed an Assignment | |
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| Take Control: Use a "To Do" List | |
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| Use a Monthly Calendar | |
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| Sample: Monthly Calendar | |
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| Use a Monthly Assignment Calendar in Your Binder | |
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| Monthly Assignment Calendar | |
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| Study Time | |
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| Scheduling Your Study Time | |
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| Sample: Daily Schedule | |
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| Rules for Study Time: the Backbone of Success | |
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| Appropriate Study Time Activities | |
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| Study Time Warmup | |
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| Study Smart Vocabulary | |
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| Study Smart Vocabulary Form | |
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| Weekly Review | |
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| Weekly Review (All Courses) | |
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| Before-You-Leave-School Checklist | |
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| Causes of Poor Concentration | |
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| Good Habits for Better Concentration | |
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| I'm Done--Now What? | |
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| Target the Problems & Prescribe the Solutions | |
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| Study Prescription Worksheet | |
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| Great Study Tips | |
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| Steps to Easier Learning | |
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| Note-Taking Skills | |
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| Focus on Note-Taking Skills | |
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| Overview of Note-Taking Skills | |
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| Note-Taking Skills | |
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| Steps to Better Note Taking | |
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| Why We Don't Listen | |
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| Listening Skills | |
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| Personal Shorthand System | |
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| Sample: Personal Shorthand System | |
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| Super Note-Taking System | |
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| Instructions for Super Note Taking | |
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| Sample: Note-Taking Form | |
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| Note-Taking Form | |
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| Text Note Taking | |
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| Identify Text Note-Taking Problems | |
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| Hints for Better Text Note-Taking | |
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| Lecture Note Taking | |
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| Identify Lecture Note-Taking Problems | |
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| Hints for Better Lecture Note Taking | |
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| Teacher Inventory | |
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| The Magic of Flash Cards | |
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| How to Edit and Review Notes | |
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| Constructing Study Sheets: Dump & Pile System | |
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| Creating a Graphic Organizer | |
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| Sample: Pizza Graphic Organizer | |
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| How to Study a Graphic Organizer | |
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| Graphic Organizer "Mind Map" | |
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| Cycle | |
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| Common Characteristics | |
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| Timeline | |
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| Tree #1 | |
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| Biography | |
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| Tree Outline | |
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| Student Study Guide | |
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| Note Cards | |
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| The Divided Page | |
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| Literature Note-Taking Method | |
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| Enumerative | |
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| Sequential | |
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| Cause/Effect | |
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| Comparison/Contrast | |
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| Description | |
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| Reading Skills | |
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| Focus on Reading Skills | |
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| Reading | |
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| Determining Reading Purpose | |
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| Five Different Reading Rates | |
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| How to Skim | |
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| How to Find the Main Idea | |
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| Signal Words | |
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| Surveying the Textbook | |
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| Power Reading | |
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| Power Reading System | |
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| SQ3R | |
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| SQ3R ... with Adaptations | |
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| SQ3R Chart | |
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| Important Comprehension Skills | |
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| Reading Graphics | |
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| What Slows You Down & How to Improve | |
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| Hints for Effective Reading | |
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| When the Reading Is Hard | |
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| Memory | |
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| Focus on Memory | |
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| Your Memory | |
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| Types of Memory | |
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| Facts about Memory | |
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| Memory | |
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| Memory Traps | |
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| When You Want to Memorize | |
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| In Review | |
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| Mnemonics: Take One ... And Use It! | |
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| Mnemonics/Strategies for Improving Memory | |
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| Steps to Aid Memory | |
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| How to Study a Foreign Language | |
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| Using Your Senses | |
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| Test-Taking Skills | |
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| Focus on Test-Taking Skills | |
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| Becoming "Test-wise" | |
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| Reasons for Poor Performance on Tests | |
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| Test Anxiety ... and How to Free Yourself | |
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| Symptoms of Test Anxiety | |
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| Strategies to Stop Test Anxiety | |
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| Preparation Before the Test | |
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| Test Review Sheet | |
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| Forming a Study Group | |
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| Test-Taking Tools | |
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| List of "Qualifiers" | |
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| Intelligent Guessing Strategies | |
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| Cramming--Even Though You Shouldn't | |
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| Just Before the Test | |
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| During the Test | |
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| Multiple-Choice Tests | |
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| True and False Tests | |
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| Matching Tests | |
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| Fill-in-the-Blank Tests | |
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| Number Tests | |
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| Essay Tests | |
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| Essay Direction Words | |
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| Essay Answer Format | |
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| Open-Book Tests | |
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| Take-Home Tests | |
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| Steps to Test Taking | |
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| After the Test | |
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| Etc. | |
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| Focus on Etc. | |
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| Be an Active Learner | |
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| Improve Your Thinking Skills | |
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| Problem Solving | |
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| Steps to Problem Solving | |
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| Teacher Conferences | |
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| Critical Brain Power Skills | |
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| Thinking ... Odds and Ends | |
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| Getting a Handle on Stress | |
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| Super Spelling System | |
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| Spelling Rules | |
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| Some Tips for Parents: How to Help at Home | |
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| Help! My Child Won't Study! | |
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| Plan of Attack for Independent Study | |
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| Acknowledgments | |