Principal’s Guide to Study Skills: Remind your student of these tools when they need help
Students learn many general tools for learning in all their classes.
Help them pick from ideas below to support them when they need help to do their best work.
Throughout high school, your student needs to learn each of these tools and to know in which situations to use them.
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Page Under Construction: This page provides a library of study skills featured in our Insights weekly newsletter. The library will grow each week.
Every Student Must Plan to Grow
- SMART Goals—Planning for Growth Builds Learning Skills & Grades Every Semester
- What skills that lead to school success match things we do at home?
Lectures: Taking Notes & Building Listening Skills
- Cornell University method for note-taking. Widely regarded as the most effective strategy. Based on research on memory and grade performance.
- Cornell Notes Blank Sheet
- Focused Note-Taking: Comprehensive lesson in a variety of note-taking strategies.
- Guide to Selecting the Appropriate format for Note-Taking
- Using Sketching to take notes, remember, and understand (3-minute video)
General Study Setup & Habits
- Five things you can help your student do to grow academically this semester Watch Here
- Scientifically Proven—Nine Best Tips for Getting the Most from Study Time
- Watch short video here with your student. Plan together how to step up to this best practices.
- The Only 3 Study Hacks Everyone Should Know: Science-Proven Hacks Watch Here
- How to Take Good Notes Watch Here
- The Key to Reading for Class Watch Here
- The Best Test Prep Approach Watch Here
- We drastically underestimate the importance of brain breaks Read Here
Critical Thinking Skills
- Internet: 5 Steps to help your student learn to judge internet sources
- Make decisions & solve problems: Approaches to assessing and analyzing information (Helpful in approaching any problem or decision)
- Rigor & knowing your views: Help students learn with intellectual rigor, emotional engagement, and ethical reflection, and come to understand that their own views and choices matter
Frequently Asked Questions
How can I convince my student to use tutorial?
Time Management & Organization
How good is your time management?
The Best Weekly Routine (Originally developed for new college students, but the structure and method work well for high school as well.) Watch Here