Study Skills

From Education in a Pandemic: The Disparate Impacts of COVID-19 on America's Students (US Dept. of Education, Office for Civil Rights)

OBSERVATION 1 (K-12): Emerging evidence shows that the pandemic has negatively affected academic growth, widening pre-existing disparities. In core subjects like math and reading, there are worrisome signs that in some grades students might be falling even further behind pre-pandemic expectations.

OBSERVATION 4 (K-12): For many elementary and secondary school students with disabilities, COVID-19 has significantly disrupted the education and related aids and services needed to support their academic progress and prevent regression. And there are signs that those disruptions may be exacerbating longstanding disability-based disparities in academic achievement.

Understanding the Dimensions of Study Skills

Many students lack academic study skills such as Note Taking. Others need help with Time Management and/or Organization. Some are unskilled in Resource Navigation (using E-texts and Print Texts efficiently and developing Media Literacy). All of these skills enhance learning; deficiencies in these areas contribute to learning gaps. The linked pages provide possible solutions for these Study Skills issues.