Study Skills : Do I Really Need This Stuff?
ISBN: 9780132789516 | 0132789515
Edition: 3rdFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Pub. Date: 12/27/2011
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Immediately has the student address an age-old question, "Why do I have to take this course?", and gets to the point of relevance through assessment of strengths and weaknesses applied to their situation by thinking critically. Study Skills poses assessment of strengths and challenges allow students to self-identify what they already do well as a whole and what they need to improve, then take shorter assessments specific to the study skill topic of each chapter. Chapter opening situations are presented through crisply written vignettes to engag... MORE
Table of Contents:
INTRODUCTION: TODAY IS THE TOMORROW YOU CREATED YESTERDAY
CHAPTER 1: DO I REALLY NEED THIS STUFF
CHAPTER 2: CRITICAL THINKING
CHAPTER 3: PRIORITY MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 4: INFORMATION LITERACY
CHAPTER 5: MOTIVATION AN... MORE
CHAPTER 6: LEARNING STYLES
CHAPTER 7: CLASS TIME LISTENING AND NOTE-TAKING
CHAPTER 8: REVIEWING AND USING YOUR NOTES OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM
CHAPTER 9: READING
CHAPTER 10: MEMORY
CHAPTER 11: TEST PREPARATION AND TEST PERFORMANCE
CHAPTER 12: CIVILITY
CHAPTER 13: THE CHOICES YOU MAKE
References
Index
Steve Piscitelli has dedicated himself to the processes of teaching and learning for more than three decades. An award-winning teacher, he has taught students of varying abilities and levels, from middle school through the university level. Currently, Steve is a tenured professor at Florida State College at Jacksonville.
Steve earned degrees from Jacksonville University, the University of North Florida, and the University of Florida.
In addition to this third edition of Study Skills: Do I Really Need This Stuff?, Pearson Education published Choices for College Success (second edition, 2011). Steve, also, has written, recorded, and produced two music CDs. His nationally-known workshops combine interaction, practicality, music, and humor to connect participants with practical strategies. More information is available at www.stevepiscitelli.com.
Steve lives with his wife, Laurie, and canine companion, Buddy, in Atlantic Beach, Florida.
