How to study : and other skills for success in college / Allan Mundsack, James Deese, Ellin K. Deese.
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Table of Contents:
- Getting Off to a Good Start
- The Art of Studying
- The Classroom Experience
- The Art of Reading
- Studying from Textbooks
- Taking Examinations
- Writing Papers
- Studying a Foreign Language
- Computers, Mathematics, and Science
- Getting Help.
- Cover
- Copyright
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- To the Student
- About The Authors
- Chapter 1 Getting Off to a Good Start
- WHY GO TO COLLEGE?
- EVALUATING YOUR PRIORITIES
- Rating Your Abilities
- What You Can Learn from Your Standardized Test Scores
- Self-Rating of Traits and Abilities
- How Motivated Are You?
- Are You Prepared for the Competition?
- Examining Alternatives
- WHAT TO EXPECT
- LIVING ARRANGEMENTS
- Living at Home
- Living in a Dormitory
- ORIENTATION AND ADVISING
- LEARNING TO COPE
- Academic Demands
- Social Pressures
- Parental Pressure
- Financial Pressures
- Being Involved
- Chapter 2 The Art of Studying
- IMPROVING MOTIVATION
- Motivation for College
- The Importance of Grades
- Satisfaction in Study
- Study Groups
- Technology
- Keeping an Open Mind
- Learning Modes
- DEVELOPING PERSONAL EFFICIENCY
- The Value of a Schedule
- A Sample Schedule
- Studying for Lecture Classes
- Studying for Mathematics and Language Classes
- Making a Schedule
- Blocking Out Your Study Time
- Revising a Schedule
- Using Time Effective
- Improving Your Ability to Concentrate
- How Good a Student Are You?
- STRENGTHENING BASIC SKILLS
- Identifying Your Weaknesses
- Correcting Your Weaknesses
- Chapter 3 The Classroom Experience
- HOW TO GET THE MOST OUT OF LECTURE COURSES
- Attending Discussion Sections
- Understanding How the Course Is Organized
- Improving Listening Skills
- Taking Good Lecture Notes
- Reviewing and Revising
- Keeping Lecture Notes
- The Five Rs of Taking Notes
- Illustration of Reduced Notes
- By Way of Caution
- Contributing to the Discussion
- Exchanging Ideas with Classmates
- HOW TO GET THE MOST OUT OF INDEPENDENT STUDY
- Planning Your Work
- Conferences with Your Faculty Adviser
- Preparing Your Paper or Final Report
- Some Tips about Independent Study
- A FINAL WORD
- Chapter 4 The Art of Reading
- READING FOR A PURPOSE
- Skimming
- Getting the Main Idea
- Analyzing Paragraphs
- Extracting Important Details
- Reading for Pleasure
- Evaluating What You Read
- Expanding What You Read
- USING YOUR EYES
- Eye Movements
- Improving Eye Movements
- HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR READING SKILLS
- Building a Vocabulary
- What You Can Learn from a Dictionary
- Common Prefixes, Suffixes, and Latin Roots
- Learning to Read Faster
- Chart for Increasing Reading Speed
- Chapter 5 Studying from Textbooks
- FIVE STEPS TO EFFECTIVE STUDY
- Survey
- Question
- The Use of Questions
- Read
- Recite
- Review
- UNDERLINING, HIGHLIGHTING, AND OUTLINING TEXTBOOKS
- Underlining and Highlighting
- Taking Reading Notes
- Methods of Outlining
- Underlining a Textbook
- Outlining from Books
- Content of Notes
- When Not to Outline
- Writing Summaries
- Taking Notes from History Texts
- Example o.