Students are expected to do a lot of homework and to spend hours each week studying but many don’t know how. Middle school is a pivotal time for students to learn study skills. An article in HowToDoThings.com gives the following tips. Create an appropriate study environment. Many students have a difficult time keeping up with [...]

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We’ve all been told to take notes in class. We’ve all told our kids to take notes in class. But did you know there are different ways of taking notes? Cal Poly’s excellent Academic Skills Center site summarizes the Cornell, Outline, Mapping, Charting, and Sentence Methods of note taking. For each approach you learn the [...]

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