Educational Services for High School Age

Learning Strategy Instruction for high school students is designed to develop more efficient study strategies to improve learning, homework completion and test-taking performance. The program teaches strategies that guide processing, support attention and facilitate review, particularly to support performance on tests and exams.

Research has shown improvement from 1-3 letter grades just through the use of the strategies. Explicit strategies for vocabulary, reading, writing, spelling, grammar, mathematics, foreign language, note-taking from visual presentations and during lecture-style instruction, organization and time management are taught through direct instruction. Click here for research studies.

The program is designed to empower the student in the learning process and includes six hours of instruction (eight in the summer), a Parent Overview presentation, a manual, a PC software program and the Keep-in-Touch Program, which is an on-going, open-ended program to support the use of the strategies over time and is not limited to the year of instruction (fee: $850). The program is also available without the Keep-in-Touch Program (fee: $650).

Vocabulary Program builds vocabulary and prepares students for the SAT/ACT tests. Success on the Verbal sections requires a strong vocabulary and increasing word knowledge takes time. Students will be taught to use a software program that supports learning new words and makes frequent review easy. Words that show up most frequently on the SAT will be assigned for daily sessions to be done Monday through Friday at home. The words will be assigned and progress monitored weekly by e-mail. The training session will be scheduled on an individual basis. The program can be implemented by a parent or by staff employed by Educational Enterprises, Inc (EEI). If administered by EEI, training sessions will be scheduled on an individual basis, assignments will be given and on-going monitoring will take place by e-mail. The program includes one hour of instruction, the PC computer software and 3 months of weekly monitoring by e-mail (fee: $400). The instruction and PC software without on-going monitoring is also available (fee: $200).

Writing Skills Program will develop stronger skills to enable secondary students to express their ideas in writing. The sessions will clearly identify the basic goals of writing and will include instruction in understanding the functions of basic grammar, Reverse Diagramming, Upgrade Proofing and Cloze writing activities. The program includes the instruction (2 one hour sessions), the PC computer software and 8 weeks of assignments, feedback, and monitoring by e-mail (fee: $550). The instruction (2 one hour sessions) and PC software without on-going monitoring is also available (fee: $300).

Reading Comprehension Program will develop stronger reading comprehension skills through vocabulary development, sentence-building activities, use of context clues, Reciprocal Reading and note-taking strategies. Sessions will be individualized to the needs of the student, and the program runs for 8 weeks. Work will be assigned, and progress will be monitored by -email to accommodate busy schedules and review the assigned work. An initial training session of 2 hours is required (fee: $550).

PC Software instruction is designed to teach students to use a software program that organizes the material into two-column or flashcard formats to make test preparation for quizzes, tests and exams more efficient. At the secondary level, students need to develop study systems that support test-taking using specific procedures such as isolation, reformatting and retrieval practice, which have been shown to improve learning and test-taking significantly. The design of the program equips the student with the knowledge needed to identify important information, intensify comprehension and improve test-taking performance.

Sessions are scheduled on an individual basis and can cover all subject areas or be limited to specific subjects. Fees will be established on an individual basis based on time involved.

Reverse Diagramming instruction is designed to improve reading fluency and written expression. The program is an adaptation of the traditional sentence diagramming used in many schools; however, the sentence diagramming required the recognition of language structures as opposed to their organization. In Reverse Diagramming, the student must organize the sentences according to visual models called sentence grids. An initial training session is required and on-going monitoring can be done through Educational Enterprises or by a parent, tutor, or teacher. The fee includes the instruction, manual, PC computer program and weekly monitoring by e-mail for 3 months (fee: $350). The program is also available without the monitoring (fee: $200).

Wordstorming is a user-friendly literacy program that supports the instruction of the teacher, tutor or parent who does not have sufficient expertise to design programs when working with children. Each lesson covers decoding, work attack/segmentation, spelling, vocabulary, writing, and reading fluency. An initial two hour training is required with one follow-up meeting to support implementation. The program includes the instruction and the workbooks.

Individual consultation is available for parent consultation, self-monitoring skill development, strategy instruction, time management and organization.

For more information or to schedule, call (804) 747-1883 or email edenterinc@aol.com.