Book Description
This book features 169 reproducible activities which provide opportunities for active learning and student practice in the study skills and strategies most important for students with special needs. Teaching students with special needs to use study skills and strategies effectively is an important step in transforming these students into independent learners. In addition to the reproducible activities themselves, each chapter in this book contains suggestions for using the activities, mastery assessment, and an answer key. Also, a FREE trial version of a computerized assessment called 3S-SE (Study Skills and Strategies Assessment-Special Edition) is included with every copy of the book. 3S-SE assesses the skills and strategies taught in this book, and this trial version can be used to identify students' strengths and weaknesses in their use of important study skills and strategies. The trial version is in a CD-ROM format that can be used for both Windows and Macintosh. For special educators at the elementary through high school levels.
From the Back Cover
This book features 169 reproducible activities which provide opportunities for active learning and student practice in the study skills and strategies most important for students with special needs. Teaching students with special needs to use study skills and strategies effectively is an important step in transforming these students into independent learners. In addition to the reproducible activities themselves, each chapter in this book contains suggestions for using the activities, mastery assessment, and an answer key. Also, a FREE trial version of a computerized assessment called 3S-SE (Study Skills and Strategies Assessment-Special Edition) is included with every copy of the book. 3S-SE assesses the skills and strategies taught in this book, and this trial version can be used to identify students' strengths and weaknesses in their use of important study skills and strategies. The trial version is in a CD-ROM format that can be used for both Windows and Macintosh. For special educators at the elementary through high school levels.
Teaching Learning Strategies and Study Skills to Students with Learning Disabilities, Attention Deficit Disorders, or Special Needs FROM THE PUBLISHER
Teaching students with special needs to use study skills and strategies effectively is an important step in transforming these students into independent learners. This book includes more than 150 reproducible activities. These activities provide opportunities for active learning and student practice in the study skills and strategies most important for students with special needs in grades 4-12.
SYNOPSIS
Strichart (Florida International U.) and Mangrum (U. of Miami-Coral Gables) offer strategies from elementary to high school level for teaching study skills such as remembering information reading and taking notes, interpreting graphic aids such as tables and diagrams, preparing for tests, spelling new words, learning word meaning, and writing a research paper. Pages are perforated allowing for easy use of the reproducible activities found throughout the book. The enclosed CD- ROM contains a trial version of the Study Skills and Strategies Assessment program, used to help teachers identify students' strengths and weaknesses.
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FROM THE CRITICS
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A book/disk package containing some 150 reproducible activities providing opportunities for active learning and practice in study skills for use with LD, ADD, and special needs students in grades four through 12. Skills covered include note taking, using the library and the Internet, writing papers, and taking tests. Each chapter gives suggestions for using the activities, and an answer key. The disk contains a trial version of a student-assessment program which can be used to identify students' strengths and weaknesses in study skills. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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