Study Skills Lessons
How to Study for a Test · Middle & High School
- Grades
- Grades 6–10
- Formats
- Google Slides, PDF, PowerPoint
- Pages
- 24
- Answer keys
- Included
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Teach students how to study for a test with the six research-based strategies cognitive scientists recommend: retrieval practice, spaced practice, interleaving, elaboration, concrete examples and dual coding. These no-prep study skills lessons for middle and high school bust common study myths (like rereading and highlighting), give students hands-on practice with every strategy, and finish with a 7-day study plan they can use for a real test.
What's included
- Teacher guide with 6-session pacing, materials and differentiation (support, on level, challenge)
- Standards (CCSS literacy in science + CASEL) & contents page
- Study Myths vs. Facts warm-up (10 statements) + What the Research Says
- Strategy notes for all six strategies: how to do it, what to watch out for, quick check
- Practice passage: Weathering, Erosion and Deposition (science)
- Practice pages for each strategy: retrieval brain dump & quiz, elaboration how/why questions, concrete examples, dual coding diagrams, interleaved practice set
- Spaced practice: sample 7-day plan + my 7-day study plan template
- Fold-and-cut flashcard template with a 3-box review system
- Make Your Own Practice Test (self-quiz template)
- Test-day checklist (night before, morning of, during, after)
- Exam wrapper (post-test reflection)
- Study Smarter quiz
- 3 pages of answer keys
How to use it
Teach it over six class periods in advisory, study skills, science, ELA or counseling groups, ideally a week or two before a big test. Students build their study plan for a real upcoming test and complete the exam wrapper after it comes back.
Skills practiced
Retrieval practicespaced practiceinterleavingelaborationconcrete examplesdual codingtest-takingself-reflection
