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Introduction: Tag! You're It!
Section I: Questions Parents Ask
Your Child Can Learn
Why, Then, Do Children Struggle to Learn?
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Chapter 1: How Can I Help if I Don't Understand It?
What to Do when You Don't Know How
How to Help
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Chapter 2: How Can He Learn with the Radio Blaring?
The Silence Myth
The Art of Negotiation
The Research on Music
The Truth Beyond the Music
The Life Tool: Theater of the Mind
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Chapter 3: To Friend or Not to Friend?
Make Homework Time Enjoyable
Remember that Talking Is Learning
Studying Together Reinforces a Commitment to Learning
Studying with Friends Involves More Senses
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Chapter 4: She Doesn't Remember from One Day to the Next
Physical Problems Related to Learning
Emotional Problems Related to Learning
Spiritual Problems Related to Learning
Intellectual Problems Related to Learning
Work the Circle
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Chapter 5: I've Told Him a Dozen Times!
Learn about Our Marvelous Brain
Start at Their Point of Strength
Use Their Natural Intelligence
Don't Talk - Involve
Work for Content Mastery
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Chapter 6: She Could Dawdle All Day
The Phlegmatic Personality: Concept-Oriented
How to Spur Your Phlegmatic Children to Action
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Chapter 7: He Can't Sit Still Long Enough to Study
The Sanguine Personality: Process - Oriented
How to Help Sanguine Children Achieve
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Chapter 8: He Spends Hours on Homework
The Melancholy Personality: Detail - Oriented
How to Help Melancholy Children
How Much Time Is Too Much Time?
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Chapter 9: She Does It Her Way... if She Wants To
The Choleric Personality: Goal - Oriented
How to Help Choleric Children
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Chapter 10: The Dilemma of the Working Parent
Do Away with Guilt
Assess Your Situation
Chapter 11: How to Help Your Children Memorize
Logical or Spontaneous?
Thinker or Experimenter?
Work for Content Mastery
Memory Tools for the Logical Learner
Memory Tools for the Abstract Learner
Memorizing Paragraphs
Memorizing Play Lines
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Chapter 12: How to Drill for a Spelling Test
Auditory or Kinesthetic?
Visual or Tactile?
But She Still Fails the Test
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Chapter 13: How to Maintain an Assignment Sheet and Notebook
Personality Differences
Assignment Sheets
Calendars
Notebooks
Studying from Notes
Making Notebooks Interesting
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Chapter 14: How to Take Notes
Why Take Notes?
Before Taking Notes...
Note-Taking Strategies Using Pictures
Note-Taking Techniques Using Language
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Chapter 15: How to Improve Reading Comprehension
Automaticity
Learning to Read
Steps to Comprehension
Reading to Learn
Effective Comprehension Strategies
Reading Speed
Dealing with Problems
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Chapter 16: How to Study for Tests
Ask the Questions
Objective Tests
Essay Test Techniques
Reducing Test Anxiety
Pre-College Testing
General Test Preparation Strategies
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Chapter 17: How to Develop Lifelong Learners
Lifelong Learners Are Made by Example
Lifelong Learners Are Made by Encouraging Creativity and Effort
Lifelong Learners Are Motivated from Within
Lifelong Learners Are Decision Makers
Lifelong Learners Achieve Success
Lifelong Learners Pursue Their Dream
Lifelong Learners Assume Responsibility
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Section III: Responding to Common Student Complaints
Your Child Wants to Learn
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Chapter 18: It's Boring, Boring, Boring!
Use Active Learning Strategies
Find the Real Issue
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Chapter 19: I Study But Fail the Test
Tell Them They're Smart
Build Their Self-Esteem
Remember to "Work the Circle"
Help with Test Anxiety
Remember "Divide and Conquer"
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Chapter 20: I Understood It in Class
Ask the "What Happened" Questions
Reach Out
Try Doing the Problem Yourself
Remind Them of Their Successes
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Chapter 21: I Can Never Learn It--Never!
Deal with Their Emotional Commitment to Failure
Get Them Through the Crisis
Remember: You're the Leader
Use the Learning Principles
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Chapter 22: I Don't Have Any Homework
What to Do
Managing Power Struggles
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Chapter 23: Where to Find Help
Your Child
The School
The Medical Community
Community Agencies
Public Libraries
The Psychological Community
The Internet
One More Thing
Begin with the End in Mind
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