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.

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...

Having trouble studying for tests or comprehending new material? This in-depth guide provides a multitude of ways to help you acquire reading and critical thinking skills necessary for understanding new material.

A learning module geared toward English as a Second Language Learners. Students read and/or listen to a short text entitled "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" and click on the links below to increase comprehension and vocabulary skills....

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...

Standardized test practice for students in grades 5 and 6. Students read a practice passage and answer questions that require them to make judgments about such things as fact or opinion and the author's purpose. Answers to the practice...

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The Study Skills Help Page offers many learning strategies for success. The website is based on a college course - it has a wide variety of online learning resources such as study skills course objective, notes, and practice tests/games.

[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about students who take tests using remote control instead of pencil and paper. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

Take this five question self-correcting quiz to test your understanding of the implied main idea.

Take this five-question self-correcting quiz to test your understanding of the implied main idea.

In this lesson, you will read and annotate a pair of texts to make inferences, draw conclusions, and synthesize ideas and details using textual evidence. Prepare to get involved in a conversation between you and the two texts you will be...

Take a look at Mississippi in the early 1960s to understand why the focus of African American voter registration targeted that state. Read about the organization and implementation of the Mississippi Summer Project in 1964. See also the...

Reconstruction in the South engendered corruption, greed, a poor economy, and a backlash against the idea of allowing freed slaves to take part in political and civic life. Read about the formation of paramilitary groups who attempted to...

This exercise for English language learners tests students' survival listening skills and their ability to interpret bus schedules. Students listen to several audio clips then answer true/false questions about destinations, arrival and...

A lesson investigating the decreasing population of the US honeybee population. There is a video that explores possible causes and the effect this decrease has on our environment. After the video, the students can test their knowledge...

Use these flashcards to help study the properties of metalloids, metals, and nonmetals. You can study them online, have them read to you, or print them out. To enhance your learning, there are tests to take and games to play.

Take tests online to determine your teamwork abilities in work and professional settings. This website describes 4 levels of teamwork, which expand upon "The traditional 3 Rs of reading, writing, and arithmetic by becoming one of the...