1. Presented by Frank A. Shaffer and Phyllis Seeba
Study Skills Strategies: Meeting the Needs of Students with Disabilities
Presented by
Frank A. Shaffer and Phyllis Seeba

2. Why Study Skills?
Students learn best when they know their learning and personality style.
Students become proactive in their learning when they know how to learn.
Student confidence and self esteem increases with study skills interaction.

3. Learning difficulties will affect a student’s ability to self design and independently apply study skills strategies.

4. About Metacognition
Metacognition is used in education to describe the learning process.
Students learn how to learn!

5. Grading
Students earn points for participation, assignments, & materials.
Students earn points for following school rules and attendance.
Students earn points for independent & cooperative learning.
Students earn points for being responsible for themselves.
A = %
B = %
C = %
D = %

6. These learning difficulties affect study skills
Weak attention controls
Reduced remembering
Deficient output
Chronic misunderstanding
Delayed skills acquisition
Poor adaptation

7. Why do students with learning difficulties benefit from study skills instruction?

8. The Benefits...
Classroom strategies that minimize distractions and maximize information equal higher learning.
Study skills foster self esteem and promote social success which promotes scholastic success.

9. The Benefits...
If kids know what they are to learn, and get specific feedback, they can increase learning by 37%.
Standards have to drive instruction.

10. The Benefits...
A study skills class is valued by kids in high school and college settings alike.
Common expectations are reinforced.
Organize for multiple intelligence.

11. The Goal
The primary goal is to equip students with the tools that enable them to become independent learners.
Course objectives meet the Alaska Content Standards.

12. Students will demonstrate:
Knowledge of learning strategies and how people learn
Ability to set short term and long range goals
Techniques to build retention and comprehension

13. Students will demonstrate:
Note taking for reading and listening
Comprehend a basic vocabulary and skills
Skills in following directions

14. Students will demonstrate:
Identify information in library/media center
Communicate ideas using instructional technology
Knowledge of higher level thinking skills

15. Students will demonstrate:
Ability to speak and write for a variety of purposes
Think logically and reflectively while taking a test

16. Study Skills can be taught in a
Resource Room
Special Education class
General Education class
Collaborative Team
Self Contained class
Remedial class
Inclusion Model
Workshop
Tutorial

17. Study skills can also be taught
By parents at home
Or in a summer program

18. To ensure that students learn and apply study skills
Orientation
Activation
Maintenance
Study skills are most effective when taught as they are needed.

19. Learning Style Inventory
Students learn best when they know their learning and personality style.

20. Listening Skills
A student’s success in school depends directly on their ability to listen, as it is the main channel of classroom instruction.

21. Time Management
Show students the connection between their goals and their study efforts

22. Writing skills
The most important skill for writing papers may be the ability to form and follow a writing plan.

23. Reading for a purpose
Students need to make the transition from “learning to read” to “reading to learn”.

24. Note Taking Skills
Note taking encourages students to process information and put it in their own words.

25. Students taking charge of their education.
Self Advocacy
Students taking charge of their education.

26. Memory skills
Memory strategies are building blocks to a firm foundation to support academic goals.

27. Math skills
Improvement in one’s mathematical ability is in part due to collecting, organizing, analyzing, interpreting and formulating questions about data.

28. Test Taking
Test taking consists of two phases: preparing for the test and taking the test.

29. Library/Research
Students must be taught how to judge the importance of incoming information.

30. Organization
Helping students independently apply organization skills by explaining the rationale behind the skills.

31. Why teach study skills? I hear and I forget; I see and I remember
I do and I understand
Chinese Proverb

32. Grading/Record Keeping
Teaching students to organize their own supplies enable them to learn more complex organizational skills.

33. Multiple Intelligences
Linguistic (in words)
Logical-Mathematical (by reasoning)
Spatial (in images and pictures)
Bodily-Kinesthetic (hands-on-learning)
Musical (via rhythms and melodies)
Interpersonal (social gathering)
Intrapersonal (self-paced projects)
Naturalist (access to nature)

34. Learning Style Visual Learners (You have to see it to believe it)
Auditory Learners ( If you hear it, you remember it)
Tactual Learners (If you can touch it with your hands,
you will remember it)

35. Learning Style Evaluation
Use a document or checklist
Read each statement
Answer if it applies to you
Score it - find out about your study habits and attitudes
Apply the information in learning new material

36. Record Keeping Maintain a three-ring binder with dividers
Notebook checklist
Daily/weekly progress reports
Weekly planners
Personal evaluation checklist
Assignment completion

37. Study Skills Log Learning Style Record Keeping Organization
Time Management
Library/Research
Listening
Note Taking
Memory Skills
Test Taking
Oral Reports
Reading For A Purpose
Writing
Math
Self Advocacy

38. Presented by Frank A. Shaffer and Phyllis Seeba
Study Skills Strategies: Meeting the Needs of Students with Disabilities
Presented by
Frank A. Shaffer and Phyllis Seeba