EDTS 543 - Study Smarter, Not Harder: A Practical Guide to Teaching Study Skills

In this course, you will build pedagogical approaches for teaching study skills that increase students’ independence, retention, and confidence. You’ll learn practical, scientifically based best practices grounded in cognitive science and educational research to help your students succeed. In addition, you will examine common study weaknesses and how to model and scaffold metacognitive techniques to help students build strategies that will work for them.

Using the techniques from this course, you will be able to integrate explicit study instruction into your existing curriculum so you can build students’ skills for academic success and lifelong learning.