Online Study Skills Handbook – www.studyskillshandbook.com.au
Other FAQs
What age of student is the handbook aimed at?
This handbook is designed for high school or secondary students. It is not suitable for primary school students. All secondary school students will find all units of the handbook valuable although juniors and seniors will experience the units at different levels of understanding and relevance. Every year when students have access to the handbook again, a different section may seem more pertinent to them based on what issues are current in their lives at that time. In addition to this, units that they have previously worked through may have greater meaning at different levels of their schooling.
Why can't individuals subscribe to the handbook?
This is a resource that is designed to benefit the school community as a whole. It is much more effective if teachers, parents and students are all hearing the same message about study skills and it is important to ELES that access is not limited due to financial means of individuals. (Click here if you want us to tell your school about the handbook.) It is also more cost-effective, for example for the cost of 7 typical individual subscriptions, a school of 700 students can all have access!
Can the school subscribe just one year group to the handbook?
No. You need to subscribe for your school and the number of students enrolled in your secondary school. It is not possible to ensure that your school's password is kept for the use of one year group in the school only.
Can primary schools use the handbook?
No. The handbook is designed for secondary school students. If your school has both primary and secondary students, your enrolment numbers are calculated on the secondary students only.
Is the handbook just for Australian schools?
No. Even in Australia there are a number of different school systems. The handbook is not curriculm specific, it can be used by any school in any system. Current subscribers outside Australia are located in London, Thailand, Japan, Austria, Hong Kong.
Can we get information as to how much each student has completed or used the handbook?
Yes! Students sign up for the Tracking System on the handbook site. They will enter a user name and password of their choice and at the end of each unit quiz and module they save their results. The system will keep track of their results over the years until the end of Year 12 (Year 13 for overseas schools). They can check their progress at any time through the tracking system. The school contact person will also be given an administrator password which will allow schools to view the progress of any students who have signed up for the tracking system in any year group in their school.
We have used some of your resources or had our students attend one of your study skills sessions. Will this handbook still be useful for us?
Definitely! Study skills is all about building layers of knowledge, it is about taking the information and presenting it to students in numerous and different ways. The more we can constantly expose our students to the concepts needed for academic success, and the more diverse ways we can get them to interact with the information on a regular basis, the better chance we have that they will retain it and apply it. From the other perspective, if you are using the handbook site your students will still find the sessions and resources useful.
Joining Fee
Once your school is using the handbook site, if your subscription is kept current you would not need to ever pay the joining fee. If your subscription lapsed and later on you decided to join again, you would then need to pay the joining fee.
But if you subscribe now, each year you would simply pay the annual subscription fees outlined above (and you get a 10% discount each year if you pay at the end of the year for the next year ie. if you paid at end of 2009 for your 2010 subscription you would be given a 10% discount on the annual subscription fees).
