Everything We Know About Study Skills Sucks

The New York Times has published a review of study skills and learning styles:  Forget What You Know About Good Study Habits. Sept. 6, 2010.  In summary

• No research exists to support the old advice about studying
• Use the same quiet place
• Study according to a routine schedule
• Set goals and boundries
• Recent studies call for more actual research about learning styles theory
• NPR Talk of the Nation has an article about Master Teachers that can be heard here  
• More ideas about the craft of teaching Uncommon Schools Networks
• Master teacher demonstrates classroom control http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124532654