Presented is a four-lesson unit for teaching intermediate grade pupils how to outline. (SJL)

This article reports a project designed to foster first-year music students' academic study skills and to investigate their expectations and experiences of starting at university. Data gathered through questionnaires, diaries and in-class tasks reveal the change in learning strategies and musical identity the students experience in their first…

The article analyzes the stages of study in terms of skills needed at each phase. Specific ways to modify instructional activities and to develop study procedures in learning disabled students are presented. (Author/DB)

Relates the benefits of a modified version of the SQ3R (survey, question, read, recite, and review) study technique and tells how the modified version emphasizes previewing, reading, reciting, reviewing, and checking notes. Describes a two-phase strategy for training students to use the technique and providing guidance in applying it. (GT)

Created by contributing teachers to provide Indiana teachers with new ideas for classroom reading activities, this set of cards (which can be kept in a resource file) may be used to motivate, challenge, and reinforce reading skills. The first card lists considerations for developing games, while the remaining cards describe approximately 40…

Outlines 12 learning models designed to help elementary children develop the skills for independent study. (Editor/SJL)

The practice of assigning students to present reviews for class examinations has benefits for student, teacher, and class. (LH)

Discusses the six steps of the PQ4R study method: preview, question, read, reflect, recite, and review, and argues that the support of the building administrator is a major factor affecting the transfer of the method on a large-scale basis. (FL)

Suggests lessons based on categorizing and several learning modalities to expand students' vocabulary. (MKM)

Note-making is one excellent method for helping students retain important points made by the teacher. Techniques that elementary and secondary social studies teacher can use to teach note-making skills are described. (RM)

Seven strategies are described to encourage resource room students' development of independent organizational skills. Suggestions include use of specific duty sheets, time management instruction, and teaching of proofreading and checking techniques. (CL)

As alternatives to hierarchical outlining, pictorial, topical, and critical outlining kinesthetically reinforce reading comprehension and can be useful in helping older students who are learning disabled or poor readers. Examples of each approach are given. (CL)

Suggests a method for teaching students how to mark up literary texts, as well as other texts in order to develop an intimate acquaintance with literature. (DD)

Offers exercises to assist poor readers as well as good readers in using the dictionary. (DD)

Suggests three uses of the cloze procedure in content area reading to emphasize particular features such as content, structure, or concept. Provides illustrations of each type of study guide. (TJ)