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Introduction

Aim

Rationale

Audience

Pre-requisites

Subject-Matter

Goals and Objectives

Instructional Plan

Materials

Assessment and Evaluation

Resources

Introduction

Aim

This curriculum is designed for freshmen students entering Kenwood Academy in the fall of 1999.  Students will participate in this program through the advisory period with the expected goals of decreased failure,  improved study skills and increased overall academic success in high school, especially during the 9th grade year.

Rationale

A high percentage of freshman students fail at least one course during their first year of high school. Overall student achievement research indicates that freshmen students need assistance with developing skills necessary to successfully complete the high school core curriculum.  CPS core curriculum guidelines include the following requirements:

• 4 years of English
• 3 years of Math (Algebra, Geometry, Algebra-Trigonometry)
• 3 years of Science (Biology/Environmental Science, Chemistry, & Physics)
• 3 years of Social Studies
• 1 year of Art
• 1 year of Music
• 4 years of Physical Education
• 5 Elective Units

Students must develop a solid plan for learning material.  Students will begin this process, through first
completing a study skills assessment and a learning styles inventory.  These assessments will enable
students to understand the best way to approach new material and begin to understand how they learn
best.

• Students will learn to organize class notes in preparation for class exams.
• Students will evaluate present note taking skills and attitudes.
• Students will learn the SQ3R reading method.
• Students will develop effective organizational skills through the use of an assignment notebook and daily planner.
• Students will develop a study schedule for use at home and after school.
• Students will identify present assumptions and misconception about studying and learning.
• Students will complete a learning style and study skills assessment as a means of effectively
• assessing individual learning styles.
• Students will develop strategies and techniques for test preparation.
• Students will demonstrate ways of preparing for objective and essay exams.
• Students will develop the necessary skills to  understand  textbook organization
• Students will learn the skills to effectively read textbooks.

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Audience

This curriculum is designed for students entering Kenwood Academy in the fall of 1999.  Students will participate in this program through the advisory period with the expected goals of decreased failure, improved study skills and increased overall academic success in high school, especially during the 9th grade year.

Pre-requisites

Subject-Matter

Students will participate in the following study skills modules:

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Instructional Plan

• Require students to keep an asssignment notebook with all relevant homework and project due dates.
• Require students to identify a study buddy.
• Require students to establish a study schedule.
• Require students to maintain a folder with all graded assignments.
• Require students to complete a learning styles assessment and analyze how to incorporate  this information  into individual study skills.
• Identify and coordinate student speakers for topics on "how to be successful in high school".
• Provide students with weekly feedback on academic progress.
• Develop activities for students to practice test taking skills.
• Identify strategies for improving individual test scores.
• Coordinate activities that will assist students with practicing skimming, scanning, and outlining skills for reading textbooks.
• Discuss strategies for effective test taking..
• Formally establish a formal study skills program that will provide strategies for ninth grade students todecrease core subject failure rates.

Materials

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Assessment and Evaluation

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Resources

         http://www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/checklis.html
       http://www.winona.msus.edu/advising/studyskills.htm
       http:/snow.utoronto.ea/learn2/lstests.htm
       http://www.hcc.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/lernstyl.htm
       http://www.elee.calpoly.edu/~jbreiten/htbas.html/
       http://www.coun.uvic.ca/learn/hndouts.html
       http://www.uni.edu/walsh/linda7.html
       http://www.usuh s.mil/che/objectvs.html>website.forobj.ftp//cuip
 
 

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