TEST-TAKING SKILLS * STUDY SKILLS * RETAINING INFORMATION

Help students learn how to be better test-takers, study successfully, & retain information with these essential life-skills lessons!

These helpful lessons provide students with the basic skills needed to attain success in school and in life! This series helps to develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to become a healthy, productive adult.

Activities feature dialogue between teens as they experience challenging school and social situations. Following each easy-reading scenario, lessons discuss the possible reactions someone might have, and what the likely outcomes would be, based on whether the reaction was positive or negative. Helpful tips, strategies and advice are included to help students learn to overcome these challenges and help them to make better choices in the future...

THOUGHT-PROVOKING & SKILL-BASED QUESTIONS:

A variety of exercises follow the reading passages and guide students along their path to self discovery, while also helping them learn to make better choices. A variety of exercises are included such as true or false, matching, fill-in-the-blanks, multiple choice, sentence completion, crossword puzzles and subjective opinion.

TOPICS INCLUDE:

• Improving Your Mental Attitude
• Emotional Conditioning
• Accepting Responsibility for Your Actions
• Test Apprehension & Anxiety
• Time Management
• Subjective Tests - Techniques (compare, contrast, describe, list)
• Objective Tests- Techniques (true/false, matching, multiple choice, ranking)
• Essay Tests- Techniques
• Reading Questions Carefully
• Following Directions Carefully
• Guessing Techniques (always, never, only, must)
• Using Test Content for Answers
• Strategies for Improving Retention
• Understanding the 'WHY' of What You're Learning
• Mnemonic Devices
• Listening Skills
• Note-Taking Skills
• Reviewing Material
• and more!

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR SUCCESS SERIES:
This series provides students with the basic skills needed to attain success in school and in life! Topics are discussed in a non-threatening conversational manner, and are designed to guide students and help them see alternatives to the various choices they might make...

TOPICS INCLUDE:
Anger Management

Peer Pressure

Communicating Effectively
Improving Self Concept
How to Handle Stress
How to Study
How to Take a Test
How to Get Good Grades
Succeeding in the Classroom
Dropping Out of School
Problem Solving
Communication Skills
Recognizing Depression
Career Choices
Choosing a College
Peer Pressure

ANSWER KEYS INCLUDED