Describes the development of syllable recognition software and its implications for teaching word attack skills. (AEA)

This compact book aims to help teachers in need of new ideas in early childhood phonics. It offers a collection of word study activities for the progressive classroom using the tool of magnetic letters. Adding just enough theory to make the author/educator's point, the book shows how this simple tool can support the teaching of letters and sounds…

This guide for college students with disabilities urges students to understand their disability and to utilize the college's office of disability services. It then suggests study skills and strategies that are paraphrased from interviews with similar prospective, current, or former students with disabilities. The 24 specific strategies are…

Author believes collaboration with other students in studying law is a much more effecting learning procedure than competition. (PG)

Three week study of second graders indicated that nonsense words were more effective than meaningful words in teaching alphabetizing. (SP)

Underachieving volunteers and non-volunteers were taught effective study skills through group reinforcement counselling. Results supported reinforcement counselling with volunteering clients. (Author)

Students who wish to get bad grades should daydream, not read their textbooks or study manuals, avoid note taking, and procrastinate on assignments. This "manual" is used in an introductory psychology class to modify students' habits and change mediocre classroom behavior. (CS)

The need for instruction in study skills is discussed, and what we know about learning and studying and how it can be incorporated into history courses are examined. The article concludes with a description of how the author has successfully incorporated study skills techniques into his U.S. history course. (RM)

Concludes that (1) self-assessment is useful as an indicator of student strengths and weaknesses, (2) college freshmen perceive themselves as more competent than do high school students, and (3) female students at all levels perceive themselves as more competent than do their male counterparts. Contains a copy of the assessment instrument. (FL)

Briefly discusses the need for learners to develop such study skills as listening, following directions, note taking, improving memory, scheduling study time and location, and retaining concept knowledge. (JJD)

Describes two studies which examined the relationship of student study skill levels to student evaluation of their own and their teacher's performance and the difficulty of course examinations. Participants in both studies were students enrolled in introductory college psychology courses. The combined results of the two studies were inconclusive.…

Principles of self-management were incorporated into a reading improvement program administered to study skills students. Results indicated that the performance-contingent strategy facilitated improvement. Results indicate that persistent practice is a salient factor in reading improvement. The importance of the self-reinforcement strategy used in…