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There are many Do-it-Yourself manuals for students and young people experiencing study skills problems However, if this group of young people could study these books then they would already have the skills necessary! In order tuse a self help manual the student needs internal motivation, the ability tself-instruct from text and the ability tput the learned strategy intplace… but these are the same attributes that these students find difficult In this book, Pat Guy shows the reader how tteach, through self assessment, practice and confidence-building techniques, the techniques and self management required tachive independent study skills The programme provides a series of lesson plans making up a taught course for secondary schools, sixth form and FE colleges and PRUs The sessions can be delivered by teachers or tutors but would ideally suit the job description of Learning Mentors whose task is timprove attendance and achievement in older students
