Lessons to Improve Research Skills and Test Scores (Grades 4-8+). Explains strategies for effective note taking from textbooks, novels, research, on-line resources, and classroom lectures. A reference section illustrates techniques such as Venn diagrams, webs, tables, lists, summaries, scanning, and cause and effect., Grades 4 to 8+, Teacher ideas for note-taking activities, Resource/reference, Answer keys, 8.5in. x 11in., 48 pages.