Which study skills strategies can improve students’ academic performance?

This cause-and-effect chain depicts three events (left side) and their corresponding outcomes (right side) from Romeo and Juliet. The top event is “Romeo secretly attends Capulets’ masquerade,” with the outcome being “Romeo falls in love with Juliet.” The next event in the middle is “Romeo slays Tibalt,” with the outcome being “The prince banishes Romeo from Verona.” The last event at the bottom is “Friar John fails to deliver his message to Romeo,” with the outcome being “Romeo falsely believes Juliet to be dead.”

This graphic organizer depicts how a water supply shortage can have multiple causes and solutions. The top two boxes feature the causes: “Longer than usual period without rain” on the left and “Population growth increases demand for water” on the right. Below them is the problem box: “Citywide water supply shortage.” Underneath is the solutions box with a numbered list: “(1) Fine residents for overuse of water, (2) purchase water from neighboring states, (3) offer subsidies to farms and industry to limit water use, and (4) create program to encourage homeowners to use water more responsibly.” The last box features the result box: “Combined, these approaches help the city to make it through the remainder of the dry summer months.”

This fishbone graphic organizer illustrates the various primary causes of World War I: Competition Among Nations, Diplomatic Errors, Complex Alliances, and Foreign Policy Events. Secondary causes of the war branch out from each primary cause. The secondary causes that fall under Competition Among Nations are Arms Race and Territorial Disputes. The secondary causes falling under Diplomatic Errors are Delayed Communications and Assumption of Bad Faith. The secondary causes that fall under Complex Alliances are Franco-Russian and Dual Alliance. Finally, the secondary causes falling under Foreign Policy Events are Balkan Wars and Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand.

In this web graphic organizer, the central term “literature” is divided into a pair of major categories: “fiction” and “nonfiction.” These categories, in turn, are broken into more specific units. “Nonfiction” leads to “autobiography,” “essay,” and “history.” “Fiction,” meanwhile, spreads out to “novels,” “short stories,” and “poetry.” The term “novels” becomes more specific yet, breaking down to genre categories like “fantasy,” “science fiction,” and “mystery.”

This table categorizes “Types of Rocks with Examples.” From left to right, the column subheadings underneath include “Igneous,” “Sedimentary,” and “Metamorphic.” Listed within the Igneous category are obsidian, basalt, pumice, granite, mica, and quartz; listed within the Sedimentary category are sandstone, shale, fossils, limestone, and gypsum; and listed within the Metamorphic category are slate, marble, quartzite, schist, and gneiss.

This Venn diagram depicts the primary nations that made up the Central Powers of WWI and the Axis alliance of WII. The left circle features the Central Powers, including Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire, while the right circle representing the Axis alliance includes Italy and Japan. The overlapping middle section includes Germany and Bulgaria.

This matrix organizer compares aspects of Japan and China. From left to right, the column headings include “Attribute,” “Japan,” and “China.” The first comparison examines government, with Japan having a unitary parliament/constitutional monarchy while China has a single-party state. The next comparison examines official language, with Japan speaking Japanese while China speaks Mandarin. The third comparison examines population, with Japan having 127 million people while China has 1.35 billion people. The last comparison examines geographic location, with both countries being in Asia.

This vocabulary graphic organizer depicts different aspects of a word. In the center of the graphic organizer Today’s Word is listed. Today’s Word is “happy.” Under the word is the definition of happy: “having, displaying, or marked by pleasure or joy, adj.” Under the definition of happy are three examples of Today’s Word in sentences. The first example is “When I am happy, I smile.” The second example is “Winning at checkers makes me happy.” The third example is “The happy birds were singing a cheerful song.” To the left of Today’s Word are three synonyms for happy. The synonyms are “glad,” “pleased,” and “joyful.” To the right of Today’s Word are three antonyms for happy. The antonyms are “sad,” “miserable,” and “gloomy.”

This graphic organizer dissects the concept of a triangle using a rectangle divided into four quadrants, with the idea name overlayed in the middle. The top left quadrant features the definition: “A basic geometric shape; a closed pane form having three sides and three angles.” The top right quadrant features the characteristics: “A triangle is a three-sided polygon with three vertices (or sides).” The bottom right quadrant features the nonexamples: “Square (four equal sides), octagon (eight sides), and circle (no sides).” And the bottom left quadrant features the examples: “Scalene, equilateral, and isosceles.”

A semantic map illustrates some of the ways in which words, categories, and concepts are related to one another. In this version of such a map, the key term “vertebrates” is surrounded by a number of specific examples: “amphibians,” “reptiles,” “fish,” “mammals,” and “birds.” Descriptive information has been added beside each of these examples. For example, “amphibians” has been annotated to read “cold-blooded, born in water, no scales.” “Reptiles” reads “cold-blooded, scales, born on land.” “Fish” says “only live in water, have gills and fins.” “Mammals” reads “warm-blooded, babies drink milk, hair on body.” Finally, “birds” is annotated “feathers.”

This diagram presents a step-by-step approach to writing a paper using boxes and arrows to guide users through the workflow. “Yes” arrows direct users down to the next primary step (formatted as questions) in the left column of boxes, creating the most direct path. “No” arrows redirect users to solutions in the right column of boxes before rejoining the main path. The top left box asks, “Have you developed a thesis for your paper?” If not, “create a clear, straightforward statement of what your essay is about.” The next step asks, “Have you located references and resources for your paper?” If not, “locate books, journals, and newspaper articles.” The final step before writing asks, “Have you created an outline for your paper?” If not, “break your essay into parts to create a smoother and more logical flow of information.” Finally, “begin writing.”

This graphic organizer depicts a vertical timeline of The Odyssey, with subsequent events being increasingly indented to the right as they move toward the specific outcome. The first event at the top is “Odysseus and his men land on the island of Cyclopes,” followed by “They are soon captured by Polyphemus and trapped in his cave,” “Odysseus affects an escape, blinding Polyphemus as part of the ruse,” and finally “Polyphemus prays to Poseidon, who greatly lengthens Odysseus’ journey home.”

This graphic organizer shows the recurring pattern of the water cycle using labeled arrows: (1) “percolation” and “transpiration” occur as water makes its way from the ground and plants, (2) “evaporation” occurs as water heats up and makes its way into the atmosphere, (3) “condensation” occurs as water cools to form clouds, and (4) “precipitation” occurs as water returns to the earth.

This timeline graphic is shaped like a double-headed arrow and is divided into single-year increments, a few of which are labeled with some of the major events leading up to the American Revolutionary War. Beginning with 1765, the timeline highlights the Stamp Act then proceeds to similarly spotlight the Boston Massacre in 1770, the Boston Tea Party in 1773, the First Continental Congress in 1774, and the Declaration of Independence in 1776.