Study Skills for Students with Dyslexia
Support for Specific Learning Differences (SpLDs)
- Sandra Hargreaves - Education Consultant
- Jamie Crabb - Educational Consultant
Student Success
Packed full of advice on topics including note taking, essay writing, reading strategies and exam techniques, Study Skills for Students with Dyslexia is an essential read for students with dyslexia and other Specific Learning Differences (SpLDs) in further and higher education.
The guidance and tools provided help you organise and plan your work, improve your skills and boost your confidence, so you succeed throughout your studies. The new edition contains:
- A new chapter on critical thinking, giving you confidence in analysing information and expressing an argument
- A new chapter on how to make the most of lectures, to ensure you’re maximising your learning opportunities
- The latest IT and software references, including links to online assistive technologies
- A toolkit of downloadable resources to help you plan and study with ease, including templates, planners, tasks and activities, and toolsheets.
This edition also comes with a fully editable digital download of the book, so you can access it in your preferred reading format.
Practical and interactive, this book motivates, inspires and guides you through all your studies.
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Study Skills for Students with Dyslexia comes with a toolkit of downloadable online resources to help students plan and study with ease, including templates, planners, tasks and activities, and toolsheets.
It also comes with a fully editable digital download of the book, so students can access it in their preferred reading format for maximum ease of use.
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Many students may be able to access both the book and materials to develop their study skills effectively by themselves; especially if they have received study skills support previously, or have already developed effective study habits, as the book and materials would give them new ideas for improving their skills.
The strength of the book for study skills specialists is the range of materials it offers, from note-making and note-taking, through to basic maths concepts. The book also offers advice on ways to use strategies most effectively, as demonstrated in chapter 4 which advises on the of use Q-notes.
The book’s strategies and ideas, especially the use of technology, would apply to any student, and across the range of learning differences. It can also be adapted for both FE and Secondary students.
Study skills are critical in order to achieve success. They allow students to flourish and discover how they learn best. Study skills guides or books can be used by everyone. In order to reap the most benefits from study skill guides, it is essential to get ones that are best suited to you and your learning disability. I got this one by SAGE publisher. It has helped me to grow academically and understand different concepts vital in academia i.e. critical thinking and writing. Unlike most study skills guides this one comes with electronic resources as well.
Great strategies and easy to follow.
A book for all students in all courses -
While this may be an invaluable resource for teachers working with students with dyslexia, it is not quite right for academic purposes. In the introduction, it is made clear that the book is aimed at dyslexic students themselves rather than student teachers looking to learn about dyslexia (which I hadn't appreciated when ordering). The book is substantial and divided into useful subheadings such as 'How to Make the Most of your Lectures', 'Note Taking and Note Making', 'Reading Strategies and Speed Reading' and 'Critical Thinking' and is geared towards dyslexic students in higher education. There are also digital resources available via a companion website which looks extensive.
This new edition of one of the few books relating to supporting student with dyslexia in HE comes from respected practitioners in the field and is both practical and accessibly laid out.
