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On-Your-Feet Guide: Teaching Study Skills [Grades 4-12]

By: Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, Svetlana Cvetkovic

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Grade Level: PreK-12
ISBN: 9781071806661
Published By: Corwin
Series: On-Your-Feet-Guides
Year: 2020
Page Count: 6
Publication date: July 07, 2020

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This guide provides a quick reference for encouraging students to develop strong and efficient study skills when preparing for assignments and assessments. This guide includes detailed explanations of cognitive study skill tools, including note-taking and mnemonics, as well as other types of study skills, such as metacognitive study skills, practice assessments, and affective study skills.

This On-Your-Feet Guide includes:

Links to blank study skills templates.
Explanations of various cognitive study skill tools, including note-taking, annotation, pre-reading tools, and mnemonics.
A template for analyzing practice assessments.
Tips for encouraging metacognitive study skills and affective study skills.

On-Your-Feet Guides (OYFGs) provide you with the ultimate “cheat sheet” to implement effective change in your classroom while in the moment of teaching. Designed for accessibility, and providing step-by-step guidance, the OYFGs are written by experts who take research-based practices and make them doable for the busy teacher. Each On-Your-Feet Guide is laminated, 8.5”x11” tri-fold (6 pages), and 3-hole punched.

Use the On-Your-Feet Guides:

When you know the “what” but need help with the “how”
As a quick reference to support a practice you learned in a PD workshop or book
To learn how to implement foundational practices
When you want to help your students learn a specific strategy, routine, or approach, but aren’t sure how to do it yourself

Author(s)

Douglas Fisher

Douglas Fisher, Ph.D., is professor and chair of educational leadership at San Diego State University and a leader at Health Sciences High and Middle College. Previously, Doug was an early intervention teacher and elementary school educator. He is the recipient of an International Reading Association William S. Grey citation of merit and an Exemplary Leader award from the Conference on English Leadership of NCTE. He has published numerous articles on teaching and learning as well as books such as The Teacher Clarity Playbook, PLC+, Visible Learning for Literacy, Comprehension: The Skill, Will, and Thrill of Reading, How Tutoring Works, and How Learning Works. Doug loves being an educator and hopes to share that passion with others.

Nancy Frey

Nancy Frey, Ph.D., is a Professor in Educational Leadership at San Diego State and a teacher leader at Health Sciences High and Middle College. She is a member of the International Literacy Association’s Literacy Research Panel. Her published titles include Visible Learning in Literacy, This Is Balanced Literacy, Removing Labels, and Rebound. Nancy is a credentialed special educator, reading specialist, and administrator in California and learns from teachers and students every day.

Svetlana Cvetkovic

Svetlana Cvetkovic is a credentialed Reading Specialist with a Masters in Literacy and Leadership having most of her experience in elementary and middle schools. Currently in the Joint Doctoral Program at San Diego State and Claremont Graduate universities, her research focuses on bridging the latest neuroeducational findings with classroom literacy instruction.