STUDY SMARTER, NOT HARDER
A four-session workshop for high school students
(to download the brochure and registration form, click on the button below, or, now you can register online!)
2012 dates listed below are tentative and subject to change.
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OCTOBER 21, 2012
Getting Organized
Organization and Time Management
In this session, students:
• Organize their backpacks, planners and binders
• Learn strategies for organizing their lockers and homework stations
• “Walk through” their average week at school to put into practice the habits of a successful student
• Set goals, create an action plan and learn self-tracking techniques in order to maintain their new
habits over the course of their school year
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OCTOBER 28, 2012
Taking Better Notes
Effective Listening, Note-Taking and Reading Strategies
Through this session, students:
• Learn reading strategies designed to help them
synthesize large amounts of information into usable and retainable formats
• Practice taking notes in multiple formats for a variety of school subjects and from different sources
• Learn how to be active classroom participants using
modern listening techniques
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NOVEMBER 4, 2012
Streamlining the Research Process
Research Strategies and Prioritizing to Improve Grades
For this session, students:
• Survey current research resources and reading
strategies used by top researchers and academics
• Learn the most efficient ways to collect information
and use multiple sources to improve their papers
• Learn how to evaluate sources to rank the quality of the information provided
• Analyze a variety of research papers to understand
the elements that result in an “A” paper
• Use reverse-planning techniques to break down long-term assignments into smaller chunks and focus on necessary tasks in a logical order, for better prioritizing
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NOVEMBER 11, 2012
Preparing for Tests
Test-Taking Skills
With this session, students:
• Learn how to prepare for tests and how to predict
teacher questions for better answers
• Self-assess what they know and what they need to
review for tests
• Learn strategies to maximize the time spent studying
• Learn to pace themselves and check over their work
• Discover the secrets of effective test taking used by SAT preparation courses
• Discover the key to writing well-organized test essays
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About Our Instructor: Saskia Nilsen is a Moses Brown Faculty member with 15+ years of teaching experience spanning the United States and Europe. In addition to classroom teaching, Saskia has worked as a curriculum consultant with a focus on study skills, assessment and best-practice teacher training. She has a specific interest in brain-based research and translating breakthroughs in this field into practical classroom and study skill applications. Saskia joins the RITES team as a private tutor and as a study skills teacher for their middle school and high school learning strategy classes.
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All four sessions for just $200 - includes materials!
(Preference given to those taking all four sessions - individual sessions are $60 each - please call for availability)
To register online, click here, or click on "Download Workshop Registration Form" below, fill it out and mail with payment to:
Rhode Island Tutorial & Educational Services
334 East Avenue
Pawtucket, RI 02860
Or, call Rhode Island Tutorial at (401) 723-4459.
A variation of this course offered for middle school students in summer! Click on "Summer Programs" in the Menu Bar to the left and select "Study Skills" for more information.
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