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study skills I have worked as a professional tutor for the past 5 years. One of the areas that I continually see students needing improvement on is study skills. This is something that is rarely taught in school but is expected of students anyways. Often times students who continually struggle with classwork and particularly test-taking are students who haven't inherently discovered their individual study style. The way that I approach teaching study skills is through trial and error. The first thing I try to identify is if a student is inherently better at visually, orally, or kinesthetically remembering information. I then build upon their strength to tailor different methods of studying to their lifestyle. For example, flashcards are a common method for memorizing subject matter. They are great for visual learners, but can be modified to meet the needs of auditory learners by having the student read the information aloud or kinesthetic learners by having them organize the cards into categories. Teaching study skills is kind of like giving students a toolbelt... they need a variety of techniques to choose from when coursework becomes difficult and when tests and quizzes loom. A certain set of skills may work for one child but not for another, so it is important to continually try new methods to find a unique set of study tools for each child.