Study skills strategies : accelerate your learning / Uelaine A. Lengefeld.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lengefeld, Uelaine A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Study skills.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (v, 90 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

Rev. ed.

Place of Publication:

Menlo Park, Calif. : Crisp Publications, c1994.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Used by more than 300 colleges, this book contains exercises, questions, tips, and self-tests that will help a reader develop a good attitude toward studying. Topics include notetaking, time management, memory techniques, exam strategies, critical thinking, and mathematical study skills.

Contents:

""TITLE""; ""COPYRIGHT""; ""ABOUT THE AUTHOR""; ""TO THE READER""; ""ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS""; ""TO THE INSTRUCTOR""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PART I GETTING STARTED""; ""YOUR ATTITUDE TOWARD STUDYING""; ""DISCOVER YOUR ATTITUDE TOWARD LEARNING""; ""ATTENTION: ADULT LEARNERS""; ""AFFIRMATIONS""; ""PART II TIME CONTROL""; ""SAY NO TO YOURSELF""; ""TIME CONTROL QUESTIONS AND TIPS""; ""LEARNING LADDER""; ""EXAMPLE OF A WEEKLY STUDY SCHEDULE""; ""TODAY'S PRIORITY LIST""; ""BLANK WEEKLY SCHEDULE""; ""PART III NOTE TAKING TECHNIQUES""; ""IMPORTANT NOTE TAKING TECHNIQUES""; ""LEARNING LADDER""

""EFFECTIVE LISTENING IS YOUR SECRET FOR BETTER CLASS NOTES""""SAMPLE NOTES""; ""IMPROVE YOUR NOTE TAKING""; ""IMPORTANT NOTE TAKING ABBREVIATIONS""; ""LEARNING LADDER""; ""PART IV CRITICAL READING SKILLS""; ""FIVE STEPS TO BETTER READING""; ""SQ3R FOR SUCCESS""; ""OVERVIEW OF SQ3R""; ""STEP 1 SURVEY""; ""STEP 2 QUESTION""; ""STEP 3 READ AND UNDERLINE""; ""ACADEMIC PRESSURE*""; ""STEP 4 RECITE & WRITE""; ""STEP 5 REVIEW""; ""LEARNING LADDER""; ""PART V MEMORY TRAINING""; ""IMPROVE YOUR MEMORY""; ""STEPS FOR MEMORY TRAINING""; ""STEP 1 SPREAD OUT Memory Work""; ""DISTRIBUTED PRACTICE""

""STEP 2 RECITE Material Aloud""""NEW RESEARCH""; ""STEP 3 Expect to REMEMBER""; ""STEP 4 ORGANIZE the Material""; ""STEP 5 TEST and Retest Yourself""; ""STEP 6 OVER LEARN""; ""STEP 7 RECALL: Use HOOKS, CATCHWORDS and RHYMING WORDS HOOKS""; ""STEP 8 STUDY Before Sleeping and Upon Awakening""; ""VISUALIZE FOR SUCCESS""; ""LEARNING LADDER""; ""REVIEW OF MEMORY TECHNIQUES""; ""PART VI EXAM STRATEGIES""; ""TAKING TESTS WELL""; ""TIPS FOR TAKING OBJECTIVE TESTS""; ""MATCHING QUESTIONS""; ""TRUE-FALSE QUESTIONS""; ""MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS""; ""ESSAY EXAMINATIONS""; ""PREPARATION FOR ESSAY EXAMS""

""ESSAY WRITING SKILLS""""TRANSITION WORDS""; ""CLUSTERING""; ""ESSAY EXAM MATCHING QUIZ""; ""CHECK YOUR PROGRESS""; ""OTHER TIPS TO PREPARE FOR EXAMS""; ""EXAM STRATEGIES REVIEW""; ""PART VII MATHEMATICS STUDY SKILLS""; ""MATH TIPS, TECHNIQUES AND IDEAS""; ""MATH STUDY SKILLS TIPS""; ""THE FIVE R�s OF MATH""; ""PLAN OF ATTACK""; ""MATH STRATEGIES REVIEW""; ""PART VIII FINAL COACHING REVIEW""; ""LEARNING LADDER""; ""ON YOUR OWN""; ""FINAL REVIEW QUIZ""; ""ANSWERS TO FINAL REVIEW""; ""APPENDIX I""; ""LEARNING CONTRACT""; ""APPENDIX II""; ""CHECKLIST FOR TUTOR/INSTRUCTOR""

""FOR THE TUTOR/INSTRUCTOR""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-4175-2431-6

OCLC:

922967073