Study Skills Pacing Guide Course Description: This course will improve organizational skills and offer guidelines for becoming more motivated, active learners. Students will develop skills in listening, note taking, outlining, reading, paraphrasing, interpreting information, and using reference sources. EOC AP/IB VOCATS Teacher-made final exam Day Date SCS Objectives Essential Questions Content Tasks/Strategies 1 2 3 4 5 What do I know about myself as a learner? Dunn and Dunn information on learning styles Howard Gardner information on multiple intelligences Self-analysis Introductions Check lists, self-evaluation forms (1-3, 1-5) Check lists on learning styles and multiple intelligences time Activities from agenda planners 6 Introductory video How to Study (Gallagher) 7 8 9 10 How do effective people manage their time? Planning strategies for breaking down a task Goal setting and decision-making (1-4) Create personal study schedule Write plan for long-term assignment Video Time Management (20 minutes 3 times per week) 11 12 13 14 (the background) Brain research Diagnosing your study problems KWL chart on brain research Agree/disagree activity on research findings Article on brain researchjigsaw and teach Summarizing an article Readings on what is needed for study area 15 16 Establishing a study area Practice in analyzing study areas 17 18 Notebook organization Notebook checks (20 minutes 3 times a week) 19 20 wcpss.c&i.2003-2004 (strategies- listening) Why is it important to be a good listener? Listening skills (3-1 to 3-13) Listening skills inventory (3-1) Activities to separate types of listening Video- How to Listen Eff ly
21 22 Following directions Listening for transitions Types of listening Cooperative groups- Astronaut train activity Listening for pleasurejournal writing 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 4.01 4.01 5.01 6.01 (strategies reading) How can I be a better reader? Skimming and scanning (4.13 to 4.16) Textbook reading Reading charts and graphs (6.1 to 6.7) Building vocabulary Finding the author s purpose Skimming and scanning practice QAR s Practice in writing questions for higher order thinking Questions while you read Read and say something Definition maps Word across contexts Most important word Sequence graphic organizer Think Aloud checklist Concept mapping Anticipation guides Gist statements 31 32 Reading the newspaper Summarizing 33 Notetaking Inventory (5-1) 34 35 36 37 38 39 2.02 3.01 3.02 (strategies-notetaking) notetaking skills? Two-column notes Outlining Practice articles (5-7) Practice with videotape of current instructor giving lecture Practice (5-11) Why Take Notes lecture/sample notes/quiz Outlining practice (5-12 to 5-16) Practice on student chapters 40 41 42 43 44 3.01 3.02 3.03 (strategies-thinking skills) Critical thinking Creative thinking Problem solving Fact and Opinion statements Analogies Reflecting on the text literature Gist statements QARs from non-fiction articles Writing questions from text, using question stems Develop analogy questions Detecting bias
45 46 thinking skills? Making generalizations Using logic Making inferences Practice finding exaggeration, ambiguities, and inconsistencies 47 Analyzing levels of questions (20 minutes 5 times per week) 48 49 50 How can I handle difficult situations? How can I best handle stress? Information on causes, effects, remedies for stress Coping strategies Video Handling stress Correlation with Healthful Living text Scenarios with problem situations 51 52 53 54 Dictionary skills Using the dictionary for class assignments 55 56 57 58 Research of print sources Using the Media Center for print materials: books, magazine articles, and encyclopedias 59 60 61 62 63 64 2.02 2.04 skills in doing research? Research using internet and other non-print sources Choosing a topic Taking notes for research (5-19 to 5-24) Detecting bias Separating fact from opinion Organizing materials Creating an outline Writing the report Documentation Using the Media Center and other locations for internet and CD Rom sources Reading strategies for nonfiction articles Read and Say Something Summarizing Outlining Writing and revising Documenting print and non-print sources 65 66 ( 20 minutes 5 times a week) 67
68 69 70 Brainstorm attitudes and types of tests 71 72 Attitudes toward testing Write objective questions for passage or chapter to review. 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 How do I cope with tests and exams? Different types of tests: Quizzes Multiple choice True/false Completion Verbal analogy Standardized/Teachermade Essay tests (7-7 to 7-9) Write true/false questions. Write matching questions. Write test distracters. 12 Minute Study Discuss being prepared (7-4). Terms to know for essay questions (7-5) Video- Essay Tests Video-Taking Tests Terms to know for NC EOC tests 81 82 83 84 85 How do I pull these strategies together? Review of strategies studied and used which are best for which situations Video How to Study (Gallagher) Strategy inventory 86 87 88 89 90 REVIEW FOR SEMESTER SEMESTER EXAMS EXAMS