NARRATIVE REPORT

Student: SMITH, MARY
DOB: 2/6/91
Assessment Date: 4/26/2003

This report tells about your use of learning strategies and study skills in the categories you included when you took the assessment. For each category, there is a score and a recommendation.

REMEMBERING INFORMATION: Your score of 86% shows that you need no instruction in using repetition, mind pictures, categorization, rhymes, abbreviations, acronymic words, acronymic sentences, and graphic organizers to remember information for assignments and tests.

READING AND TAKING NOTES FROM TEXTBOOKS: Your score of 44% shows that you need instruction in using the SQRW strategy for learning what a textbook chapter is about, formulating questions, reading to answer the questions, and writing answers to the questions.

INTERPRETING GRAPHIC AIDS: Your score of 81% shows that you need no instruction in interpreting information found in diagrams, tables, charts, timelines, and maps.

TAKING NOTES IN CLASS: Your score of 90% shows that you need no instruction in getting ready to take notes, writing notes quickly and accurately, revising notes after class, and using strategies for remembering the information in the notes.

MAKING GOOD USE OF STUDY TIME AND SPACE: Your score of 64% shows that you need review in managing and monitoring study time, applying appropriate study habits, and maintaining an appropriate study place.

PREPARING FOR AND TAKING TESTS: Your score of 86% shows that you need no instruction in using a five-day test preparation plan and using strategies for taking multiple-choice, true/false, matching, completion, and essay tests.

USING REFERENCE SOURCES: Your score of 100% shows that you need no instruction in using dictionaries, encyclopedias, thesauruses, almanacs, atlases, and biographical references to find information.

WRITING A RESEARCH PAPER: Your score of 92% shows that you need no instruction in selecting an appropriate topic, preparing a bibliography and note cards, and organizing and writing a research paper including a table of contents, title page, and bibliography.

PRONOUNCING BIG WORDS: Your score of 93% shows that you need no instruction in identifying prefixes, suffixes, and stems to build and pronounce big words.

FINDING MAIN IDEAS: Your score of 87% shows that you need no instruction in evaluating and analyzing paragraphs and longer selections to determine stated and unstated main ideas.

LEARNING WORD MEANING: Your score of 60% shows that you need review in making associations and collecting information to determine the meaning of words you do not know.

SPELLING NEW WORDS: Your score of 50% shows that you need instruction in pronouncing words, counting syllables, visualizing correct spelling, and using systematic review to learn the spelling of words.

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