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College Study : The Essential Ingredients

ISBN: 9780130488367 | 0130488364
Edition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Pub. Date: 1/1/2008

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SummaryTable of Contents
For Study Skills or Learning Strategies courses, first-year seminars, or for use as a supplementary text for Peer Educator training courses. Using an active learning approach, this text integrates three interrelated elements of how students learntheir behaviors, attitudes, and learning styles. The focus is on choosing, applying, and assessing practical strategies, with the goal of creating an effective, efficient, and personal system of study at the college level.
Using an active learning approach, College Study in... MORE
Prefaceix
To the Student: An Introduction to Text Featuresxiii
Creating Academic Success
1(14)
Focus Questions
... MORE1(1)
Chapter Terms
1(1)
A System of Study: The Essential Ingredients
2(1)
Your Learning Behaviors
2(1)
Your Learning Attitudes
3(1)
Your Learning Style
4(5)
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator®
4(4)
Visual, Auditory, Tactile/Kinesthetic Learning Styles
8(1)
A Path to Success: Personal Action Statements
9(2)
Conclusion: Creating Academic Success
11(4)
Managing Your Time
15(22)
Focus Questions
15(1)
Chapter Terms
15(1)
Controlling Your Time: Five Essential Ingredients
16(1)
Use a Weekly Schedule
17(6)
Use a Planner
23(1)
Use a Calendar
24(2)
Balance Academic with Social and Personal Demands
26(2)
Avoid Procrastination
28(3)
Personal Action Statement: Applying Time Management Techniques
31(5)
Conclusion
36(1)
Controlling Your Study Environment
37(12)
Focus Questions
37(1)
Chapter Terms
37(1)
Controlling Your Study Environment: Three Essential Ingredients
38(1)
Choose a Suitable Location
38(2)
Get Organized
40(2)
Maximize Concentration; Minimize Distractions
42(4)
Conclusion
46(3)
Active Listening and Note Taking
49(26)
Focus Questions
49(1)
Chapter Terms
49(1)
Active Listening: The Essential Ingredients
50(1)
Prepare Before Class
50(2)
Listen and Take Notes During Class
52(7)
Listen Selectively
53(1)
Take Concise Notes
54(2)
Be Clear
56(1)
Be Accurate
56(2)
Pay Attention
58(1)
A Note About Web Notes
59(1)
Follow Up After Class
59(5)
Dealing with Difficult Lecturers
64(10)
Conclusion
74(1)
Reading and Studying Textbooks
75(26)
Focus Questions
75(1)
Chapter Terms
75(1)
Understanding and Remembering: The Essential Ingredients
76(1)
Preview What's Ahead
77(2)
Get an Overview of the Book
78(1)
Get an Overview of the Chapter or Article
78(1)
Identify Your Purpose
79(1)
Break Up Your Reading
79(1)
Create Study Guides
79(13)
Question-and-Answer Study Guide
81(1)
Highlighting-Plus-Marking Study Guide
82(2)
Outlining Study Guide
84(1)
Study Cards
85(1)
Visual Study Guides: Maps, Summary Charts, and Timelines
86(6)
Review Periodically
92(6)
Add or Combine Lecture Material
92(1)
Talk Aloud
92(1)
Anticipate Test Questions
93(5)
Conclusion
98(3)
Enhancing Your Memory
101(10)
Focus Questions
101(1)
Chapter Terms
101(1)
Memory: The Essential Ingredients
102(1)
Get Enough Sleep
102(1)
Study in Small, Regular Blocks of Time
103(1)
Review Soon After Receiving New Information
103(1)
Organize and Categorize Information
104(1)
Use Your Senses
104(3)
Associate Ideas
107(1)
Conclusion
108(3)
Success with Tests
111(34)
Focus Questions
111(1)
Chapter Terms
111(1)
Success With Tests: Four Essential Ingredients
112(1)
Be Prepared
112(4)
Keep Up with Academic Work
112(1)
Develop Test Review Guides
112(2)
Rehearse for the Exam
114(2)
Reduce Test Anxiety
116(9)
Do You Have Test Anxiety?
116(3)
Change How You Think About the Test
119(1)
Change How You Physically React to a Test
120(2)
Desensitize Yourself
122(3)
Develop Test-Wiseness
125(11)
Use a Four-Step Course of Action
125(1)
Watch for Key Words
126(1)
Look for Qualifying Words
127(1)
Practice Multiple-Choice Questions
128(3)
Practice Essay Questions
131(5)
Review the Test
136(7)
Conclusion
143(2)
Continuing Your Academic Success: A Review
145(4)
Focus Question
145(1)
Chapter Term
145(4)
Appendix Using the Learning and Study Strategies Inventory (Lassi) with This Book149(4)
References153(2)
Index155

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