This curriculum guide for a unit on study skills teaches students to become more self-sufficient in their personal and professional lives. The module is designed to help students manage their time more effectively, freeing up more time for studying. The guide contains three units: time management, effective learning techniques, and effective test taking. Each of the instructional units in the contains some or all of the basic components of a unit of instruction: objective sheets, information sheets, supplements, transparency masters, job sheets, performance objectives, suggested activities for the instructor, handouts, written tests, and answers to assignment sheets and written tests. The units of instruction are designed for use in more than one class period of instruction. An instructional supplement includes information on basic skills activities in the unit. (KC)