HM Learning and Study Skills Program

Level III (Grades 11-13)

The hm Learning and Study Skills Program: Level III was designed to provide an introduction to learning and study skills for high school juniors and seniors and beginning college students through a series of activity-oriented units. It is structured on the assumption that an activity-oriented lesson is the most effective instructional strategy for the teaching of study skills: more succinctly, that “learning by doing” is the best way “study smart.”

Learning and study skills are important for learning. They are methods and ways of doing things that help make learning easier. Understanding how to study can also facilitate learning by assisting students as they complete assignments correctly and efficiently during a specified period of time. Just like any other skill, knowing how to learn and study proficiently must be learned and practiced over time. The Program has been designed to help students learn more efficiently and effectively.

Judy Tilton Brunner is an author, consultant and co-founder of EDU-SAFE and Instructional Solutions Group as well as Clinical Faculty at Missouri State University in the Department of Reading, Foundations, and Technology. She is a regular presenter at national and state conferences on the topics of reading, differentiated instruction, school safety, and the prevention of bullying behaviors.

Matthew S. Hudson is a college dean at Ozarks Technical Community College and an adjunct professor for Drury University. He was the recipient of the Outstanding Young Teacher Award by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and holds a doctorate in Executive Educational Leadership from St. Louis University.