Organize & Get Better Grades...in less time!
Students in
middle school, high school, and college who are
spending hours on homework and/or having a hard
time earning “good grades.”
Parents of students
in elementary, middle, and high school who are experiencing
homework battles and do not know how to help their
child(ren).
Educators of middle
school, high school, and college students who are looking for effective ways to help their students
achieve long-term success in school and in life.
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...The
SOAR® System is for anyone who wants to make
school and homework easier and be more successful!
Regardless
if you are a “straight A” student or
struggling to pass your
classes, SOAR® provides homework help that
will make life easier for you. The system
is also an excellent tool for students with ADD or
ADHD!
Did
you know that most people are never actually taught how to
study or manage homework?
As a result, time spent
on school work is usually very inefficient and often futile.
That Can Change!
SOAR® Study
Skills is a simple system of easy, student-friendly strategies that help students complete homework and
study much more efficiently.
As students become
more efficient, they begin to learn more and their
grades go up while their study time goes down! Students
who learn the SOAR® System get the homework
help they need by learning how to efficiently:
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Manage time |
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Set goals |
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Organize papers |
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Organize space |
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Take notes |
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Take tests |
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Plan homework & projects |
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Communicate with parents & teachers |
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Improve reading comprehension |
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Write papers |
Most students (and a lot of adults) often believe that...
"Study skills are boring!"
There is actually a good explanation for the reputation that study skills have developed over the years because a lot of boring things are labeled as “study skills”...
Learning how to use guide words in a dictionary...a necessary skill, but boring!
SQ3R…a reading strategy with many merits, but begs the question, “Who wants to take the time to do all five steps?” Boring!
Identifying the main idea and supporting details on endless worksheets? Another important skill, but a boring process.
Mind maps and t-charts...these are not necessarily boring if you know how to use them properly, but that is precisely the problem; most students don’t know when to use them!
In fact, the two biggest enemies of any study skills program are:
- Resistance from students, and
- Confusion about when to use each skill!
The resistance is not only caused by the notion that study skills are boring, but the fact that traditional learning skills, such as SQ3R, take a LOT of extra time! Let's face it...do we Survey, Question, Read, Recite, and Review our own reading material?
The second point of resistance is confusion about when to use each skill. Most study skills programs are originally developed for college students and expect a certain level of maturity from students. However, even college students have trouble evaluating various chapters of a text-book to determine that a t-chart is best for taking notes on one section, but a mind map is a better option for a different section. This process is certainly not age-appropriate for middle school or most high school students!
The Cure for Study Skills Resistance and Confusion
The antidote to 'boring study skills' is a system of skills and strategies that are (listed in order of importance):
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Time-efficient,
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Effective, and
- Apply across all content-areas!
Time-efficiency is the first and most critical step for student buy-in! If students perceive that a strategy or skill is going to take a long time and involve a lot of steps, they will check-out immediately. However, if they realize that the focus is on reducing study time, they perk up and are willing to pay attention.
Next, they must be effective! When students discover how much easier it can be to organize, take notes, read text-books, and study for tests, they will automatically develop the intrinsic motivation to use their new-found skills and develop more of their own!
Finally, the skills must apply across all content areas. When study skills apply across all content areas, there is NO confusion about when to use a skill. It's that simple!
With a student-friendly system for learning and organizing, everyone wins...
Students
quickly develop greater confidence in themselves and
have an increased sense of motivation after learning
how school can be easier!
Parents find that homework battles disappear once
they have learned how to help their child study better
and how to communicate more effectively.
Teachers discover that significantly more homework
is turned in on time, less time is wasted on lost
assignments and supplies, and students score better
on quizzes, tests, and writing assignments.
Administrators are happy when scores on standardized
tests increase because students have not only learned
how to take tests but have learned how to think more
critically.
“I was getting C’s and D’s. Now I am getting A’s and B’s! I learned how to be organized and how to study…it has made such a difference!” - Katie H., 11th grade student
“Life is so much easier!” - Holly Zabik, 9th grade student
Winner of the Parent to Parent
Adding Wisdom Award
SOAR® STUDY SKILLS is a proud winner of the Parent to ParentAdding Wisdom Award, the only award program to ever by honored by Disney.com!
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"Our Family Testers found SOARŪ STUDY SKILLS to be an excellent resource for parents and kids to utilize as a guide in helping to develop life skills in studying, organizing and prioritizing. It's a simple and efficient system for earning better grades in less time and inspires positive action pertaining to pull-your-hair-out issues that crop up with homework and the never-ending 'balancing act' that surfaces with a zillion other daily obligations."
~ Jodie Lynn, syndicated parenting expert, author of author of Mom CEO |
SOAR® Study
Skills was Designed by Someone
Who has "Been There"
Susan
Kruger, M.Ed. is a certified teacher and learning
specialist who combined her personal struggles
as a student with her professional expertise to
create a powerful, student-friendly system. She
has taught her SOAR® Study Skills Workshops
to hundreds of students with great success! Susan
helps students and their families achieve success
in school and peace in the household. She also
travels the country training teachers in study
skills and literacy topics.
Please browse our site for additional information about
how school can become more successful for you, your
child, or your students. Be sure to check out our free
resources, including our helpful Homework Rx Toolkit, featuring …
25
Ways to Make Homework Easier…Tonight!
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