Study Skills Program

Oxford Learning on the Danforth offers a full range of services, from curriculum support to remediation or enrichment. We are also dedicated to providing our student body with effective study strategies.

Individualized study strategies based on our own proprietary curriculum are imparted at the beginning of each student’s session and further explored at our free study skills seminars. These seminars are conducted throughout the year and have covered the following topics:

• time management—how to complete all activities more efficiently and effectively
• active vs. passive listening skills
• how to take notes in different situations, eg. lectures, seminars, text books, articles, documentary films, etc.
• how to maintain organized subject binders
• why students must keep all quizzes, tests, and assignments in their binders and how to review
• how to properly annotate and consolidate class and text materials for midterm or exam readiness*

Exam readiness
We also create individualized exam schedules for all our students taking into account the school’s moratorium and ensuring that all sessions are completed before his or her last exam.

We begin most seminars with a student questionnaire. The purpose of which is to introduce all concepts and strategies that will be addressed.

Here students are determining how much time they can allot to homework and studying after taking into consideration daily activities, extracurricular obligations, etc.

Active listening skills are an important element for achieving success in school. Here each student is encouraged to listen to a series of facts that they will later retell to their partner. The purpose of this exercise is to illustrate how much information is lost when they fail to pay attention in class.

Organized notebooks are another important element for academic success. Several strategies are discussed. Students are then encouraged to follow through.

For their participation students are treated to lunch.