Study guide

A study guide can be anything (such as a textbook) that facilitates learning in a particular area, or be resources that foster comprehension of literature, research topics, history, and other subjects.

General topics include study and testing strategies; reading, writing, classroom, and project management skills; as well as techniques for learning as an adult, with disabilities, and online. Some will summarize chapters of novels or the important elements of the subject. Study guides for math and science often present problems (as in problem-based learning) and will offer techniques of resolution.

Study guide from Permacharts

Academic support centers in schools often develop study guides for their students, as do for-profit companies and individual students and professors. Once only found at local five and dime stores the internet brought about a new era of online sites with study material. Only CliffsNotes survived this transition to the internet. Examples of companies that produce study guides include Coles Notes, SparkNotes, CliffsNotes, Schaum's Outlines, Permacharts, and Study Notes.

Some high school teachers or college professors may compose study guides for their students to assist them with reading comprehension, content knowledge, or preparation for an examination. These study guides may be issued as an assignment to be completed or as a comprehensive selection of material assembled by the teacher.

Study guides can be presented in video format, which are referred to as "video study kk". An example is 60second Recap. Such "video-centric" educational materials are, increasingly, taking hold in the classroom, both in response to cultural preferences and research.

Kiosk: Guides for learning Kiosk: Guides for learning is a freely accessible, unaffiliated educational environment/Website (studygns.net) that offers strategies to recognize and realize learning objectives. Nearly 200 Guides for learning in English are organized in 24 folders with 1200 translations in 38 languages for learners middle school through returning adult. The Website facilitates navigation and accessibility. Guides are freely accessible: There is no registration or tracking of visitors and no ads in the content. Content can be copied, reproduced and transmitted in non-commercial educational settings; permission/attribution optional. Individual differences are accepted without regard to ability and creed; sexual and affectional orientation; caste, tribal and national affiliation; individual, familial and collective history. Suggestions should be thoughtfully considered for appropriateness and guidance, relying on elders, mentors, cohorts and/or professionals to achieve learning objectives and outcomes.

See also

• Guide to information sources
• Homework
• Problem-based learning
• Electronic learning
• Study skills
• Textbook
• Study Notes
• Syllabus
• FlashNotes
• Pathfinder (library science)