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Study Tips/Study Skills
Your student must develop a study style that will meet classroom demands. To assist in this effort, discuss with your student the importance of the job of being a student during these high school years. Assist your child in furthering the development of study habits that will aid concentration, classroom performance, and reduce academic stress. Good study skills improve school performance. The better a student's school performance, the more opportunities there are from which to select after graduation. Talk with your student about attitudes toward homework, class participation, note-taking skills, and test-taking strategies. Your student needs to feel prepared in these areas and you can help by doing the following: -Identify commitments with your student (homework, sports, lessons, jobs, friends) and establish a schedule for completing all items. -Suggest that your student budget time and work on one project at a time. -Create a consistent space for homework / schoolwork to be done. Preferably, it should be clean, well-lit, quiet, and outfitted with appropriate materials. A home library of good reference books (dictionary, atlas, almanac, etc.) can be very helpful. -Create a consistent block of time to work on schoolwork. When your student does not have assigned homework or has leftover homework time, that time can be used for other activities such as reviewing work or reading ahead. -Television, telephones, headphones, etc. should be off-limits during this time period.
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