Publisher's Synopsis
Providing skills and strategies for high school students, this guide includes strategies for remembering information, reading and taking notes from textbooks and in class, using the library's print and electronic resources, interpreting visual aids, writing a research paper, and taking tests of various types, using time effectively and organizing study space.;With a focus on helping students become independent learners in an increasingly technology-based learning environment, this text discusses and provides practice in using electronic as well as print reference skills, including Internet and CD-ROM database resources. It also includes a variety of over 140 reproducible activities with directions for using them. It covers the important areas of map-reading and interpretation, and understanding charts, graphs, tables, flow charts and other visual information.
