Study Skills I (A Sunburst Title)

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Study Skills I (A Sunburst Title)
Designed as a hands-on workshop in study skills. Emphasizing the need for personal responsibility, helps students acquire the skills that improve learning: how to get organized, manage their time, listen for meaning, take notes, and study for tests. Accompanying handouts provide practice in each skill. (Grade 6 - 8) hide <<
Grade 6 - 8 ©1997 Sunburst

Study Skills II (A Sunburst Title)
This hands-on study skills workshop follows up the first by teaching how to read a textbook, how to take notes from a book, and how to tackle a long-term project. Geared specifically to the needs of middle school students, this workshop lays the groundwork for success by showing how to develop a positive attitude, meet obligations to others when working on group projects, and plan ahead. Each of three easy-to-follow segments focuses on an important study skill. (Grade 6 - 8) hide <<
Grade 6 - 8 ©2000 Sunburst

You Can Succeed in School (A Sunburst Title)
Teaches the study skills that enable students to take responsibility for their own learning. This music-filled video workshop with its easy-to-learn tips for academic success demonstrates how to organize homework, manage time, develop their own best ways to study, and prepare for tests and quizzes. Accompanying worksheets provide well-designed opportunities for practice in each skill. (Grade 3 - 5) hide <<
Grade 3 - 5 ©1997 Sunburst

How to Video Series: How to Use Graphic Organizers to Promote Student Thinking
Help students organize their thoughts and understand concepts by providing them with useful graphic organizers. Discover various graphic organizers and the best reasons to use them:

· To help students make sense of materials and see relationships between ideas and information

· To help students review what they know about a topic

· For prewriting and brainstorming activities

· To help students organize information for research projects

· As guides for note-taking, outlining, and questioning

· Classroom scenes demonstrate basic and sophisticated graphic organizers that you can start using with students right away. Plus, you'll discover better ways for you to graphically present information on displays, bulletin boards, and lesson materials.
Educational Consultants: John Zola, Sandra Parks, Janice Szabos
Produced by the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) (Grade K - Everyone) hide <<
Grade K - Everyone ©1998 ASCD

School to Work: Essential Skills (A Sunburst Title)
Shows students how school experiences relate to work and to life. Based on a solid foundation of SCANS skills - the basic literacy and computational skills, thinking skills and personal self-management skills learned in school - develops the competencies students need for future success in the workplace. Connects SCANS skills to school and jobs through interviews with employers, employees, a school career counselor and students, makes clear that learning how to learn is key. (Grade 6 - 8) hide <<
Grade 6 - 8 ©1998 Sunburst

Seven Steps to Good Study Habits, Part One
Part One of this comprehensive “how to” study skills program teaches four critical study skills: (1) how to develop a positive attitude about schoolwork and homework, (2) how to form a cooperative "learning partnership" with teachers, (3) how to set up a special "learning place," for productive study and (4) how to make (and follow) a study schedule. Designed for students with minimal study skills, the program uses animation, humor, a breezy narration and an easy to follow, step-by-step approach to build fundamental study skills into good study habits that will last throughout a student’s academic career – and beyond. (Grade 4 - 7) hide <<
Grade 4 - 7 ©1996 United Learning

Seven Steps to Good Study Habits, Part Two
Part Two covers the last three steps in this seven-part “how to” study skills program: how to increase reading comprehension significantly by using the SQ3R method, how to listen actively to retain the maximum amount of textbook information, and how to take useful class notes. As with the first video in this series, this study skills program uses a step-by-step approach with stop points to reinforce concepts and skills to help students achieve maximum study skill proficiency. (Grade 4 - 7) hide <<
Grade 4 - 7 ©1996 United Learning

On-Line Research Techniques
In clear, non-technical language, this program shows how to find what's needed for a report, term paper, or other class project. A special feature shows how to construct a search strategy before going on-line, thereby saving both time and phone charges. Tips include using Internet directories and other off-line media, and how to find and quickly use search engines. In addition, the video warns students about viruses and tells how to prevent virus infection when downlaoding data. Other cautionary tips include how to avoid unnecessary and time-consuming "surfing," as well as never giving one's full name, address, and phone number when posting messages on a newsgroup. Students learn how to find appropriate newsgroups for their projects, and how to correspond with experts from around the world via e-mail. (Grade 6 - 8) hide <<
Grade 6 - 8 ©1998 United Learning

How to Succeed in Middle School (A Sunburst Title)
Gives students practical help in adapting to the demands of middle school. Presents strategies for managing time, meeting teachers' expectations, utilizing school resources, and handling a changing social life. Demonstrates the importance of these self-management skills to academic and personal success. (Grade 6 - 8) hide <<
Grade 6 - 8 ©1994 Sunburst

Testwise: The Smart Way to Prepare For and Take Tests

Why are some students better test-takers than others? Is it in the preparation, or are there tricks test-takers can use to push up their scores? As this program shows, it's both. Preparation, as the video explains, is a major factor. Preparation means keeping up with one's assignments and making certain the material is understood well in advance of the test. It also means having a suitable place to study, a reasonable study schedule, and a good strategy for reviewing material. Also important are knowing when the teacher is presenting test material in class, and understanding what the teacher's goals are. Knowing what kind of test the teacher is likely to give can be another helpful factor. Pneumonic devices, lists, memory joggers, flash cards, sleep schedules, and what to eat on test day are also covered, as is working effectively in study groups.

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Learning About Ethics and Values

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School used to be a place where students learned reading, writing, and arithmetic. With today's problems of drugs and violence, though, school has become a dangerous place. This program enhances Guidance, Life Skills, and Social Studies units on values and self esteem, leadership Skills, goal-setting and drop-out prevention, and citizenship. Host Tom Selleck shows how some schools are taking an active role in helping kids find different ways to deal with bad situations. School-sponsored programs such as "Law Related Education," and "The Just Community," give students the chance to govern themselves by creating and enforcing their own rules. Other programs teach students self-confidence, role playing, conflict resolution, and discipline. These programs are successfully instilling a sense of responsibility and self-respect in students at risk. Executive Producer: Arnold Shapiro. Written, Produced and Directed by Carol L. Fleisher. VHS video cassettes of this program may be purchased for private home use. Please call 1-800-367-2467 ext. 341 for pricing information.

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