Study Power: Study Skills to Improve Your Learning and Your Grades

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For students to succeed, intelligence and motivation are not enough; students also need to understand and become aware of what they do while studying and how they can improve their study skills. This manual helps them understand the elements of study skills, presented under three task groupings: input (learning what to do to learn materials more effectively); processing their learning so it becomes part of his understanding; and output tasks so they can produce evidence of their knowledge and understanding on tests, and in papers and oral presentations. Key skills covered include: listening • note taking • concentration • summarizing • reading comprehension • memorization • test taking • preparing papers and reports • time management • and more! These abilities are vital to success throughout every stage of learning; the benefits will last a lifetime. These skills have been taught successfully to students from fifth grade through medical school.


Excerpted from Study Power : Study Skills to Improve Your Learning and Your Grades by William R. Luckie, Wood Smethurst. Copyright © 1997. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved
"It turns out that school success is not related in any direct way to intelligence, quickness, ambition, or any other such characteristics. Primarily, it comes from the ability and desire to manage work and time effectively...It's as if you could, by practice, make yourself smart."


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To succeed in school, motivation and intelligence are not enough - you need to know how to manage time effectively and use it efficiently. The techniques described here will help you maximize your time in every aspect of study - from listening in class to taking exams. Based on study skills taught at Harvard and Emory Universities, the Study Power system has dramatically improved the achievement of a wide range of students - from elementary school to graduate and medical schools, at all levels of intelligence and achievement. After following these suggestions for just a few weeks, you'll be amazed at how effectively you're managing your study time, how much your grade have improved, how much time you have left for out-of-school activities, and how much easier - and more enjoyable - your schoolwork has become.


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