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Joe Landsberger

Study Guides & Strategies:tips for Terrrific Test Taking

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives suggestions for taking good tests.
Handout
Amby Duncan-Carr

Amby: Test Taking Skills

For Students 9th - 10th
Are you looking to increase your test scores? Investigate the Amby site to explore a variety of resources to help you excel at test taking.
Website
Joe Landsberger

Study Guides and Strategies: Anticipating Test Content

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives information on how to find out what information is going to be on the test and how to prepare for it. Foreign language versions of this page are available from the English home site.
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Coping With Test Anxiety

For Students 9th - 10th
Created to teach students of the 21st century, SOPHIA is bringing study skills straight to your fingertips. Become the commander of your own learning experiences as you take over your test anxiety.
Lesson Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Test Taking Strategies for Three Subject Areas

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
This lesson offers test-taking strategies that develop vocabulary, reading comprehension, and language arts mechanics.
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Other

University of Western Ontario: Sound Memory Strategies

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, which is provided for by the University of Western Ontario, gives suggestions on how to use your memory to become more successful at taking tests.
Whiteboard
SMART Technologies

Smart: Runners Reading Strategy

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This file will help you teach your students the "RUNNERS" reading strategy. I am a music teacher but I developed this file to help tutor some students and increase their reading scores on the EOG. Under each shape is the reading...
Website
Joe Landsberger

Study Guides & Strategies for Speakers of Arabic.

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the Arabic language version of a study skills site also available in English and other languages as well. Different sections teach skills in reading and writing, Internet literacy, critical thinking, math, science, dealing with...
Instructional Video
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Intermediate Algebra Subsection of the Act Test

For Students 9th - 10th
At the end of this tutorial, you will understand what kinds of questions to expect when taking the intermediate algebra subsection of the ACT test.
Instructional Video
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Trigonometry Subsection of the Act Test

For Students 9th - 10th
At the end of this tutorial, you will understand what kinds of questions to expect when taking the trigonometry subsection of the ACT test.
Instructional Video
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Coordinate Geometry Subsection of the Act Test

For Students 9th - 10th
At the end of this video tutorial, you will understand what kinds of questions to expect when taking the coordinate geometry subsection of the ACT test.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Test Taking Strategies

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is for use while discussing test-taking strategies with students. There are several assessment questions to evaluate their understanding.
Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Building Reading Comprehension Through Think Alouds

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The Think-Aloud method has be shown to improve information retention. The lesson plan contained within this site models for teachers how to model this strategy. There is a rubric included for assessment.
Handout
Joe Landsberger

Study Guides and Strategies

For Students 9th - 10th
With over 100 separate pages of guides to studying and organizing work, this site gives tips on everything from learning how to learn, to managing your time, to how to prepare for essay exams. Selected site content is translated into 25...
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Other

University of Western Ontario: Structuring Information

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, which is provided for by the University of Western Ontario, gives information on how to organize what you learn to make it easier to take exams.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Following Directions: Tutorial

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this slideshow tutorial, students will review basics regarding the following of directions on an assessment and/or reading comprehension test. Strategies related to looking for particular words and phrases in a testing situation are...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Planning Your Answer

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this slide show tutorial, students will review how to approach answering short answer and extended response essay questions. Marking strategies examples are included.
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Planning Your Answer

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this slide show tutorial, students will review how to approach answering short answer and extended response essay questions. Marking strategies examples are included.
Activity
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Figure This: Beating Heart

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Do you know how long it takes your heart to beat 100 times? Test your estimation and number sense skills with this problem-solving challenge. A one-page activity taken from the NCTM Math Challenges for Families Collection. Hints and...
Unit Plan
Other

Tennessee State University: The Study Skills Help Page

For Students 9th - 10th
The Study Skills Help Page provides learning strategies for success. Explore the learning tools and tips that you can use to become a more skilled learner.
Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Lit: Study Skills and the Ap Exam: What You Should Know

For Students 9th - 10th
This unit focuses on preparing for the AP Exam for AP Literature and Composition. It offers strategies for taking multiple choice questions, essay exams, and exam day. It also provides practice for the essay test using the poem "It's a...
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Curated OER

Graphic Taken From the 'Battle of the Atlantic' Game

For Students 9th - 10th
Test your ability to keep German U-boats at bay by taking on the role of a senior escort officer tasked with leading a convoy of food and munitions safely across the North Atlantic to England.
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Other

How to Study: Study Skills Topic Pages

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Frustrated with study habits that don't work? Change your approach in a few easy steps.