Study skills

I am realizing more and more everyday that students in high school lack the necessary study skills to be successful.  We as teachers are not only teaching our content specific area; math, foreign language, science, etc., however are also teaching reading & writing skills, and study skills.  The readings for this week provided some practical techniques to present to our students to help them master the material. Two techniques in particular that stood out to me included the split-verbatim technique and the I-search paper.  I used a modified version of the split verbatim technique while in college; while I didn't divide my paper in half for note-taking, I did review my notes and make comments are rewrite something in my own words.  I think this technique would be very beneficial for students in a highschool am class, because sometimes you need to rewrite things in a context you understand.  The I-paper technique, I was truly intrigued by.  I feel students would be more motivated to complete a research paper if they are able to step outside the use of traditional research methods.  I also feel students would have a greater appreciation for the topic as they go and do field research.  I'm not sure how I would use this last one in a math context, unless I asked the students to research real world applications of a given topic...then, they may be able to do a little field research asking various professionals to describe the mathematics they use in their profession.