Effective study and organization skills lead to school success

Study and organization skills become increasingly important as children progress in school. Effective study and organization skills support school success. 

Although classroom teachers sometimes teach these skills, students are often left on their own to figure out ways to organize classroom materials and study for tests. These are a few of the study and organization strategies that we teach students at our Center:

• Get ready! Create a place for studying at home. It should be free of clutter and distractions. Make sure the student has all the materials needed at the study station, including pencils and paper.
• Get set! Before starting to read from a textbook, preview what will be read. Look at the titles, heading, vocabulary, pictures, graphs, and captions. Make some predictions about what you will learn through the reading. Previewing is important for helping students to remember and understand what is read.
• Go! Devise a mnemonic to help with memorization when studying for a test. For example, the mnemonic “ROY G. BIV” would help a student remember the colors of the rainbow: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, and Violet.

When studying a particular topic, try to explain the topic to a peer or parent. This is an excellent activity to help students acknowledge what they know while recognizing what they still need to study. 

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