Study Skills : Do I Really Need This Stuff?
ISBN: 9780135146576 | 0135146577
Edition: 2ndFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Pub. Date: 1/1/2009
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For courses in Student Success, Study Skills, First-year Experience, orFirst-year Orientation. What amI doing to get what I want? If we can get our students to ask and answer this question they will be on the path to academic success. Effective study skills and will help the students achieve academic success. Written by amaster teacher, the 2nd edition of Study Skills: Do I Really Need This Stuff? makes potentially difficult and dry subject matter come alive by integrating two critical themes for student and life success: critical thinking and ... MORE
| (Note: Each chapter contains the features Spotlight On Classroom Skills, Preview, Key Terms, Chapter Introduction, Chapter Summary, and Reality Check) | |
| Introduction: The Choices You Make | |
| Setting the Stage: What's On Your Mind? | |
| What Do You think of When You Hear the Term Study Skills? | |
| What Is On Your Mind? | |
| Is There a Common Thread to These Chapters? | |
| Critical Thinking: How Will H... MORE | |
| Defining Critical Thinking | |
| Higher-Order Thinking | |
| Skills Using Higher-Order Thinking | |
| Skills Adapting Old Skills to New Situations: Making Choices | |
| Goal Setting: If You Know What You Want to Do, Why Do You Need to Read About Goal Setting? | |
| Motivation Goal Setting | |
| Organizing Time and Space: How Will These Skills Improve Academic Performance and Reduce Your Stress? | |
| Organization and Time Organization and Space Organization and Stress | |
| Learning Styles: How Will Knowing Your Learning Style Help With Your Studies? | |
| One Size Does Not Fit All Why Now? | |
| Thinking: How Do You Process Information? | |
| Class Time: How Can You Be More Successful During Class Time? | |
| Do I Know What the Instructor Is Doing in Front of the Room? | |
| Do I Know What I Am Doing in the Back of the Room? | |
| Note Taking as an Active Learning Strategy | |
| Note taking: How Will Effective Notes Help You Understand Class Material? | |
| Learning While Taking Notes Learning After You Have Taken Your Notes | |
| ROI Using Your Notes to Understand the Big Picture | |
| Additional Out-of-Class Strategies to Improve Your Notes | |
| Reading: You Have to Read 1,000 Pages By When? | |
| Do You Know Why You Read an Assignment? | |
| How to Complete a Textbook Reading Assignment Additional Strategies for Reading Success | |
| Memory: Why Do You Forget--And What Can You Do About It? | |
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