Strategies for Learning

Empowering Students for Success, Grades 9-12
Karen J. Rooney - Educational Enterprises, Inc.
Strategies for Learning
November 2009 | 160 pages | Corwin
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"Having used Dr. Rooney's learning strategies for many years, I can affirm their high-yield effectiveness. Best of all, students enjoy this 'take charge' approach to their own learning."—Rebecca H. Aldred, Reading Consultant and Private Tutor
Ivy Creek School, Charlottesville, VA

"A gate barring success often needs but the right key. This book provides the keys to unlock the knowledge of how to learn for those who have always possessed the ability to learn."
—G. Emerson Dickman, Immediate Past President
The International Dyslexia Association

Give struggling students the study skills they need to achieve across the curriculum!

Knowing how to learn and study is an important part of the learning process and can make the difference between failure and success in school. This book offers specific techniques that are research-proven to result in significantly improved classroom grades for all struggling students, including those with attention problems, learning disabilities, and underachievement issues.

Strategies for Learning offers both general and special education secondary teachers a collection of field-tested learning strategies to help struggling students improve cross-curricular skills in areas that include vocabulary, reading, spelling, writing, math, word problems, grammar, foreign language, note taking, time management, and organization. Karen Rooney, Ph.D., draws on more than 25 years of practice to provide concrete, user-friendly strategies that help teachers to:

  • Engage students in the learning process
  • Teach a set of skills that are effective for all content areas
  • Improve motivation, increase comprehension, and foster confidence
  • Offer intense, explicit, and reiterative systems to help students "learn how to learn"
  • Work with whole classes or individuals

Without the need for time-intensive lesson planning, these strategies can be implemented immediately to help struggling students become independent, motivated, lifelong learners.

Contents

Preface

Preface

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments

About the Author

  • 1. Introduction
  • Before Reading This Book
  • Before Teaching the Strategies
  • General Principles, Techniques, and Important Concepts

Part I. Vocabulary and Note Taking When Reading

  • 2. Vocabulary
  • Learning Vocabulary
  • 3. Note Taking When Reading Material With Subtitles (Textbooks, Handouts, and Web Site Material)
  • Card Format
  • Paper/Column Format
  • 4. Note Taking Using Shortcut Advance Organizers
  • Shortcut Advance Organizer: Using Cards
  • Shortcut Advance Organizer: Using Paper/Columns
  • 5. Note Taking for Material Without Subtitles (Teacher Handouts, Review Sheets, or Class Notes)
  • Card Format
  • Paper/Column Format
  • 6. Visual Organizers for Note Taking
  • Wheels for Reading
  • Wheels for Literature
  • 7. Additional Reading Strategies
  • Literature Grids or Columns
  • Notation Strategy for Literature
  • Margin Notes
  • Sticky-Note Strategy
  • Page Note Taking

Part II. Note Taking When Listening

  • 8. Note Taking During Oral Instruction or Lecture
  • Streamlined Note Taking (for Lecture)
  • Two-Column Note Taking (for Use in Content-Area Subjects)
  • Reduced Note Taking
  • 9. Additional Note-Taking Strategies
  • Note Taking From Visuals (Blackboard, Projector, or PowerPoint)
  • Wheels for Note Taking
  • Note-Taking Grid Advance Organizer
  • Using Pictorials During Note Taking
  • Using Pictorials After Note Taking
  • Note Taking During Math Class
  • Reorganization of Notes After Class

Part III. Language Arts

  • 10. Decoding and Spelling
  • Decoding
  • Spelling
  • 11. English Grammar
  • Concept or Rule Cards: Option One
  • Concept or Rule Cards: Option Two
  • Personal Review Journal
  • 12. Writing
  • Sentence-Building Strategy (Syntax)
  • Wheels for Writing

Part IV. Math and Foreign Language

  • Proofing for Errors
  • Upgrade Proofing
  • Wheels for Speech Writing
  • 13. Mathematics
  • Concept, Rule, or Problem Type Cards
  • Personal Review Book or Journal
  • Word Problems
  • 14. Foreign Language
  • Vocabulary
  • Chart Cards
  • Concept, Rule, or Topic Cards
  • Personal Grammar Review Book or Journal

Part V. Test Taking

  • 15. Test Preparation and Test Taking
  • Imagery
  • Pretest Preparation
  • General Review
  • Vocabulary Review
  • Shortcut Review From Notes
  • Essay Test Review Using End-of-Chapter Questions
  • Reviewing Old Tests
  • Sudden-Death Review
  • Practice-Test Strategies (Conten-Area Subjects)
  • Practice-Test Strategy for Math, Foreign Language, and English Grammar
  • Question Strategies
  • Test-Taking Vocabulary
  • After-the-Test Strategy

Part VI. Organization, Time Management, and Solving Problems

  • 16. Organization
  • Notebook Organization: Self-Containted Notebook
  • Backpack Organization
  • Self-Monitoring Strategies
  • Self-Graphing of Grades or Performance
  • Individualized Homework Assignment Planner
  • Strategies for Following Directions
  • 17. Time Management
  • Sunday-Night Planning Overview
  • Homework, Activities, and Exam Review for a Semester
  • Time Management of Weekly Homework
  • Other Examples
  • 18. Problem Solving
  • Wheels for Problem Solving
  • Wheels for Feelings
  • 19. Conclusion

Resources

  • A. How to Help Students Choose an Appropriate Strategy
  • B. List of Well-Known Literacy Remediation Programs
  • C. List of Helpful Special Education Resources for Teachers
  • D. Glossary

Index

Index

Additional materials

Description

"Having used Dr. Rooney's learning strategies for many years, I can affirm their high-yield effectiveness. Best of all, students enjoy this 'take charge' approach to their own learning."—Rebecca H. Aldred, Reading Consultant and Private Tutor
Ivy Creek School, Charlottesville, VA

"A gate barring success often needs but the right key. This book provides the keys to unlock the knowledge of how to learn for those who have always possessed the ability to learn."
—G. Emerson Dickman, Immediate Past President
The International Dyslexia Association

Give struggling students the study skills they need to achieve across the curriculum!

Knowing how to learn and study is an important part of the learning process and can make the difference between failure and success in school. This book offers specific techniques that are research-proven to result in significantly improved classroom grades for all struggling students, including those with attention problems, learning disabilities, and underachievement issues.

Strategies for Learning offers both general and special education secondary teachers a collection of field-tested learning strategies to help struggling students improve cross-curricular skills in areas that include vocabulary, reading, spelling, writing, math, word problems, grammar, foreign language, note taking, time management, and organization. Karen Rooney, Ph.D., draws on more than 25 years of practice to provide concrete, user-friendly strategies that help teachers to:

  • Engage students in the learning process
  • Teach a set of skills that are effective for all content areas
  • Improve motivation, increase comprehension, and foster confidence
  • Offer intense, explicit, and reiterative systems to help students "learn how to learn"
  • Work with whole classes or individuals

Without the need for time-intensive lesson planning, these strategies can be implemented immediately to help struggling students become independent, motivated, lifelong learners.

Contents

Preface

Preface

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments

About the Author

  • 1. Introduction
  • Before Reading This Book
  • Before Teaching the Strategies
  • General Principles, Techniques, and Important Concepts

Part I. Vocabulary and Note Taking When Reading

  • 2. Vocabulary
  • Learning Vocabulary
  • 3. Note Taking When Reading Material With Subtitles (Textbooks, Handouts, and Web Site Material)
  • Card Format
  • Paper/Column Format
  • 4. Note Taking Using Shortcut Advance Organizers
  • Shortcut Advance Organizer: Using Cards
  • Shortcut Advance Organizer: Using Paper/Columns
  • 5. Note Taking for Material Without Subtitles (Teacher Handouts, Review Sheets, or Class Notes)
  • Card Format
  • Paper/Column Format
  • 6. Visual Organizers for Note Taking
  • Wheels for Reading
  • Wheels for Literature
  • 7. Additional Reading Strategies
  • Literature Grids or Columns
  • Notation Strategy for Literature
  • Margin Notes
  • Sticky-Note Strategy
  • Page Note Taking

Part II. Note Taking When Listening

  • 8. Note Taking During Oral Instruction or Lecture
  • Streamlined Note Taking (for Lecture)
  • Two-Column Note Taking (for Use in Content-Area Subjects)
  • Reduced Note Taking
  • 9. Additional Note-Taking Strategies
  • Note Taking From Visuals (Blackboard, Projector, or PowerPoint)
  • Wheels for Note Taking
  • Note-Taking Grid Advance Organizer
  • Using Pictorials During Note Taking
  • Using Pictorials After Note Taking
  • Note Taking During Math Class
  • Reorganization of Notes After Class

Part III. Language Arts

  • 10. Decoding and Spelling
  • Decoding
  • Spelling
  • 11. English Grammar
  • Concept or Rule Cards: Option One
  • Concept or Rule Cards: Option Two
  • Personal Review Journal
  • 12. Writing
  • Sentence-Building Strategy (Syntax)
  • Wheels for Writing

Part IV. Math and Foreign Language

  • Proofing for Errors
  • Upgrade Proofing
  • Wheels for Speech Writing
  • 13. Mathematics
  • Concept, Rule, or Problem Type Cards
  • Personal Review Book or Journal
  • Word Problems
  • 14. Foreign Language
  • Vocabulary
  • Chart Cards
  • Concept, Rule, or Topic Cards
  • Personal Grammar Review Book or Journal

Part V. Test Taking

  • 15. Test Preparation and Test Taking
  • Imagery
  • Pretest Preparation
  • General Review
  • Vocabulary Review
  • Shortcut Review From Notes
  • Essay Test Review Using End-of-Chapter Questions
  • Reviewing Old Tests
  • Sudden-Death Review
  • Practice-Test Strategies (Conten-Area Subjects)
  • Practice-Test Strategy for Math, Foreign Language, and English Grammar
  • Question Strategies
  • Test-Taking Vocabulary
  • After-the-Test Strategy

Part VI. Organization, Time Management, and Solving Problems

  • 16. Organization
  • Notebook Organization: Self-Containted Notebook
  • Backpack Organization
  • Self-Monitoring Strategies
  • Self-Graphing of Grades or Performance
  • Individualized Homework Assignment Planner
  • Strategies for Following Directions
  • 17. Time Management
  • Sunday-Night Planning Overview
  • Homework, Activities, and Exam Review for a Semester
  • Time Management of Weekly Homework
  • Other Examples
  • 18. Problem Solving
  • Wheels for Problem Solving
  • Wheels for Feelings
  • 19. Conclusion

Resources

  • A. How to Help Students Choose an Appropriate Strategy
  • B. List of Well-Known Literacy Remediation Programs
  • C. List of Helpful Special Education Resources for Teachers
  • D. Glossary

Index

Index

Additional materials

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"Having used Dr. Rooney's learning strategies for many years, I can affirm their high-yield effectiveness. Best of all, students enjoy this 'take charge' approach to their own learning."—Rebecca H. Aldred, Reading Consultant and Private Tutor
Ivy Creek School, Charlottesville, VA

"A gate barring success often needs but the right key. This book provides the keys to unlock the knowledge of how to learn for those who have always possessed the ability to learn."
—G. Emerson Dickman, Immediate Past President
The International Dyslexia Association

Give struggling students the study skills they need to achieve across the curriculum!

Knowing how to learn and study is an important part of the learning process and can make the difference between failure and success in school. This book offers specific techniques that are research-proven to result in significantly improved classroom grades for all struggling students, including those with attention problems, learning disabilities, and underachievement issues.

Strategies for Learning offers both general and special education secondary teachers a collection of field-tested learning strategies to help struggling students improve cross-curricular skills in areas that include vocabulary, reading, spelling, writing, math, word problems, grammar, foreign language, note taking, time management, and organization. Karen Rooney, Ph.D., draws on more than 25 years of practice to provide concrete, user-friendly strategies that help teachers to:

  • Engage students in the learning process
  • Teach a set of skills that are effective for all content areas
  • Improve motivation, increase comprehension, and foster confidence
  • Offer intense, explicit, and reiterative systems to help students "learn how to learn"
  • Work with whole classes or individuals

Without the need for time-intensive lesson planning, these strategies can be implemented immediately to help struggling students become independent, motivated, lifelong learners.


Table Of Contents:

  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • About the Author
  • 1. Introduction
  • Before Reading This Book
  • Before Teaching the Strategies
  • General Principles, Techniques, and Important Concepts
  • Part I. Vocabulary and Note Taking When Reading
  • 2. Vocabulary
  • Learning Vocabulary
  • 3. Note Taking When Reading Material With Subtitles (Textbooks, Handouts, and Web Site Material)
  • Card Format
  • Paper/Column Format
  • 4. Note Taking Using Shortcut Advance Organizers
  • Shortcut Advance Organizer: Using Cards
  • Shortcut Advance Organizer: Using Paper/Columns
  • 5. Note Taking for Material Without Subtitles (Teacher Handouts, Review Sheets, or Class Notes)
  • Card Format
  • Paper/Column Format
  • 6. Visual Organizers for Note Taking
  • Wheels for Reading
  • Wheels for Literature
  • 7. Additional Reading Strategies
  • Literature Grids or Columns
  • Notation Strategy for Literature
  • Margin Notes
  • Sticky-Note Strategy
  • Page Note Taking
  • Part II. Note Taking When Listening
  • 8. Note Taking During Oral Instruction or Lecture
  • Streamlined Note Taking (for Lecture)
  • Two-Column Note Taking (for Use in Content-Area Subjects)
  • Reduced Note Taking
  • 9. Additional Note-Taking Strategies
  • Note Taking From Visuals (Blackboard, Projector, or PowerPoint)
  • Wheels for Note Taking
  • Note-Taking Grid Advance Organizer
  • Using Pictorials During Note Taking
  • Using Pictorials After Note Taking
  • Note Taking During Math Class
  • Reorganization of Notes After Class
  • Part III. Language Arts
  • 10. Decoding and Spelling
  • Decoding
  • Spelling
  • 11. English Grammar
  • Concept or Rule Cards: Option One
  • Concept or Rule Cards: Option Two
  • Personal Review Journal
  • 12. Writing
  • Sentence-Building Strategy (Syntax)
  • Wheels for Writing
  • Part IV. Math and Foreign Language
  • Proofing for Errors
  • Upgrade Proofing
  • Wheels for Speech Writing
  • 13. Mathematics
  • Concept, Rule, or Problem Type Cards
  • Personal Review Book or Journal
  • Word Problems
  • 14. Foreign Language
  • Vocabulary
  • Chart Cards
  • Concept, Rule, or Topic Cards
  • Personal Grammar Review Book or Journal
  • Part V. Test Taking
  • 15. Test Preparation and Test Taking
  • Imagery
  • Pretest Preparation
  • General Review
  • Vocabulary Review
  • Shortcut Review From Notes
  • Essay Test Review Using End-of-Chapter Questions
  • Reviewing Old Tests
  • Sudden-Death Review
  • Practice-Test Strategies (Conten-Area Subjects)
  • Practice-Test Strategy for Math, Foreign Language, and English Grammar
  • Question Strategies
  • Test-Taking Vocabulary
  • After-the-Test Strategy
  • Part VI. Organization, Time Management, and Solving Problems
  • 16. Organization
  • Notebook Organization: Self-Containted Notebook
  • Backpack Organization
  • Self-Monitoring Strategies
  • Self-Graphing of Grades or Performance
  • Individualized Homework Assignment Planner
  • Strategies for Following Directions
  • 17. Time Management
  • Sunday-Night Planning Overview
  • Homework, Activities, and Exam Review for a Semester
  • Time Management of Weekly Homework
  • Other Examples
  • 18. Problem Solving
  • Wheels for Problem Solving
  • Wheels for Feelings
  • 19. Conclusion
  • Resources
  • A. How to Help Students Choose an Appropriate Strategy
  • B. List of Well-Known Literacy Remediation Programs
  • C. List of Helpful Special Education Resources for Teachers
  • D. Glossary
  • Index

Recent Product Reviews:

"A gate barring success often needs but the right key. This book provides keys to unlock the learning for those who always possessed the ability to learn. The knowledge, instinct, dedication, and passion of Karen Rooney gives a special clarity and power to her instructional recommendations. I wish my teachers had this book when I was in school."
G. Emerson Dickman, Immediate Past President, The International Dyslexia Association
"Dr. Rooney, you first put me on the road to success with the study skills you taught me. How they have paid off! Thank you."
Patrick Marshall Higgins, Lieutenant, United States Army
"Karen Rooney's study techniques had a very profound impact on my academic performance. As a ninth- and tenth-grade student at a very competitive and academically rigorous private school, I studied long and hard to keep up with my peers, only to come up with mediocre results. After two years of hard work and little to show for it, I was discouraged and frustrated. My parents made an appointment with Dr. Rooney, who did diagnostic testing. Based on these tests and an understanding of my particular style of learning, Dr. Rooney taught me the techniques that would maximize the time I was putting into my studies. The results were nothing short of miraculous. Through Dr. Rooney's techniques, I was able to tackle more complex information while significantly increasing my comprehension. My grades and test scores improved dramatically, and I gained admission to every college where I applied. Not that I didn't have to continue to work hard, but Dr. Rooney gave me the tools that allowed me to leverage that hard work in a much more productive and efficient manner. Ultimately, Dr. Rooney taught me how to learn, and I strongly recommend her teaching strategies for every struggling student."
Emily K. Bowles, Student, University of Virginia
"Having used Rooney's learning strategies for many years, I can affirm their high-yield effectiveness. Best of all, students enjoy this 'take charge' approach to their own learning. The strategies are logical, concise, and excellent for students to achieve improved understanding, retention, and memory retrieval for concepts. This book is a must for teachers who want to help their students become independent, self-confident, and successful learners."
Rebecca H. Aldred, Reading Consultant and Private Tutor, Ivy Creek School, Charlottesville, VA
"Contains proven, practical, and explicit strategies that secondary students with learning disabilities can use to become independent and motivated learners. Wedding years of clinical experience with the most up-to-date research, Rooney provides teachers with evidence-based techniques they can use with their most difficult-to-teach students."
Daniel P. Hallahan, Charles S. Robb Professor of Education, University of Virginia

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