What's My Style? Test and Study Secrets for Procrastinating Teens An Owner's Manual for Your Brain
This brand new book, authored by Betty Caldwell and designed with teens for teens, will be introduced for the first time as the text book for all classes. With original commissioned cartoons, activities, and stories drawn from the classroom, this will be a lasting resource for students and parents. Students will recognize their own learning style and how to build on it for greater success.
The Stressless Tests® Method help students
Identify their dominant, brain-determined, learning style
Discover how their learning style affects test-taking, focusing,
subject-matter challenges, procrastination, organization, and more
Learn proven techniques and strategies to enhance learning style,
engage more of their brain’s capabilities, build confidence, and
improve performance
Incorporate new concrete behavior and skills into their everyday work,
taking action to boost their academic standing
The Middle School Study Skills Course helps each student acquire a solid foundation of study skills, bringing added self-confidence and higher levels of performance.
Students have the opportunity to begin to use their new skills from class one, and to receive support, feedback and new skill development in subsequent classes.
As always, interested and involved parents who support the use of these newly acquired skills in the classroom are an important factor.
Topics Covered
- Your Brain-Determined Learning Style and Why It Matters
- Getting Organized
- Note Taking
- Test Taking Skills
- Mastering Textbook Information
- Concentration and Memory
- Asking for Help
Who will benefit from this class:
This skills-based approach helps all students move to the next level of competency, whether they are struggling or are taking advanced level classes.The Stressless Tests® Method eases the way for the entering sixth grader new to the challenges of Middle School, and helps seventh and eighth graders take on higher levels of responsibility for their academic performance. Students will learn to reduce their stress, improve their self-confidence, and raise the level of their classroom performance.
Instructor: Betty Caldwell, MA
New! Lower Sliding Fee Scale
As a result of parent requests, a new sliding fee scale is now available for all Howard County Middle and High School Study Skills classes. There is now an alternative to the standard fee of $185 to guarantee accessiblity. Please support the program at the highest level that is affordable for you in today's economy.
Fee: $145 includes all instruction, class materials and What's My Style, ($16.95 if purchased separately)
Fee: $170 includes all instruction, class materials, What's My Style, ($16.95 if purchased separately) the popular Study for Success DVD, an animated video designed as a companion to the study skills classes, (a $25 value, available only to class participants), and a colorful and creative fiddler, proven to improve students' focus in the classroom (priceless!).
Changes and Refunds
The course fee applies only to cases in which the student takes the entire course as originally scheduled. For any changes in course dates, or for registration to make up classes missed (or that students expect to miss) there is a $20 fee. (This does not apply to changes due to school closings.) Click here to pay course change fee.
All requests for a refund must be made in writing and received at least 48 hours before the class. All refunds are subject to a $25 processing fee. Any credit extended for make up classes must be used before the end of the semester in which the student was originally enrolled.
Location
Fall Classes
Burleigh Manor Middle School
4200 Centennial Lane
Ellicott City, MD 21042
August Classes
August 2 - 6
Centennial High School
August 9 - 13 and August 16 - 20
University of Phoenix Building
Columbia, MD
Scheduled Classes
Session Four: Sept. 20, 27, Oct. 4, 11 | Sliding Scale: $145 $170 |  |
Session Five: Oct.18, 25, Nov. 1, 8 | Sliding Scale: $145 $170 | |
Session Six: Nov. 15, 29, Dec. 6, 13 | Sliding Scale: $145 $170 | |
