The Way to an "A"
Table of Contents
Introduction
SECTION ONE: What Parents Can Do
- Attitude + Motivation = Success
- The Parents' Role in Academic Support
- Teaching Your Child Time-Management Skills
- Teaching Your Child Organizational Skills
- Helping Your Child Score High on Tests and Assignments
- Setting Goals
- The Parents' Role in Homework
- The Parents' Role in Administrative Support
- Parent-Teacher Contact
- How to Have Effective Parent-Teacher Conferences
- Choosing Your Child's Teacher
SECTION TWO: What Students Can Do
- The Student's Role in Academics
- Managing Your Time and Yourself
When to Study, Where to Study, What to Study
- Organizational Skills
- Getting the Big Picture (Survey)
Book Surveys, Chapter Surveys
Reading (How to Get the Main Idea/ Reading Comprehension)
- Note-taking
Textbooks, lectures
- Reviewing (How to Study for Tests)
- Test-taking
True-False, Multiple Choice, Matching, Completion/ Fill-in the Blanks, Essay
SECTION THREE: The Administrative Way of Making Good Grades
- Getting the Teacher on Your Team
- Extra Credit
Bibliography
About the Author