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Skills For School and Beyond Objectives:
- Students will recognize that there are a variety of learning styles.
- Students will identify their own preferred learning styles.
- Students will practice using their primary learning styles to master new content.
- Students will identify effective time management strategies and barriers to effective time management.
- Students will recognize that effective time management can help them accomplish their goals.
- Students will demonstrate effective time management strategies by prioritizing tasks and creating schedules.
- Students will recognize the importance of accurate note-taking while reading or listening.
- Students will identify effective note-taking techniques when reading or listening.
- Students will practice effective note-taking techniques when reading or listening.
- Students will recognize the importance of effective reports and oral presentations.
- Students will identify effective presentation skills and report techniques.
- Students will practice organizing and writing effective mini-reports.
- Students will recognize the importance of revising and proofreading.
- Students will identify and practice effective oral presentation techniques.
- Students will recognize the importance of preparing for the SATs and other standardized tests.
- Students will identify strategies to prepare for tests and examinations.
- Students will practice techniques for effective test-taking.
- Students will identify strategies for taking standardized tests, such as the PSAT and the SAT.
- Students will practice effective standardized-test-taking skills.
- Students will identify sources and symptoms of stress.
- Students will identify ways to manage and reduce stress.
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The Overcoming Obstacles Life Skills Curriculum is unique, tested, and proven. It helps educators teach over 20 important life skills that all young people need, beginning with the most critical: communication, decision making, and goal setting. Community for Education Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded in 1992, is the developer and publisher of the Overcoming Obstacles Life Skills Curriculum.
