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excursion your students ever take! What could be more important or more central to lifelong education than learning the very best ways to learn and time management for students? Every great teacher realizes that the purpose of education is to acquire the ability to learn and efficiently integrate new knowledge.
In the introductory lesson, students explore and discuss how their current learning and achievement levels are likely to affect their goals after graduation. In the next three lessons, viewing is integrated with discussion and activities related to various parts of the film. Activities and discussion center around self-evaluation of present study skills, setting goals to improve on, reflecting upon what it means to become a "self-learner," and firmly grasping the concept of why it is so important to become one. Students also begin to increase their pleasure reading and explore the role that parents may be able to play in helping them to "study smarter."
Lesson five is devoted to organizational habits. Students learn effective time management strategies and begin to use materials such as daily and weekly planners to help them streamline the work process and save time. Lesson six focuses on improving one's listening and concentration ability. In lesson seven, students learn our top ten note taking tips, practice a variety of abbreviation methods, and apply the Cornell Method of note taking. Lesson eight explores concept mapping and alternative note taking approaches. In lesson nine, students review and practice the SQ3R Method (survey, question, read, recite and review) and compare the three basic styles of learning. They also learn how to evaluate the accuracy and reliability of online information. The final lesson focuses on test taking, including the most effective methods of test-preparartion, decreasing test anxiety and improving performance.
"When Mary completed the guides and I read them," says Director/Producer Dan Sperling, "I was almost in a state of shock. They complemented the program so perfectly, so seamlessly, that it was hard to believe they were written after the video materials were produced. They also consistently took the already comprehensive material in the video one step further. They really exceeded my greatest expectations."
Mary adds, "Dan and I were clearly on the same wave-length regarding the importance of teaching these abilities--not just to improve class grades, but to improve one's ability to learn and achieve goals throughout life. I believe Dan's video program and my teacher's manual accomplish this purpose and make the teacher's job much easier. They can help their students "learn to learn" by becoming more organized, taking better notes, and using proven test-preparation techniques and methods to better retain material."
Learn more about author Mary L. Dennis.
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