Essential Study Skills

by Wong, Linda

• ISBN13: 9780618528837
• ISBN10: 0618528830
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-05-04
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

Essential Study Skills provides in-depth coverage of study skills with ample room for practice and application through a step-by-step, supportive approach. The Fifth Edition includes the contemporary working memory model, helping you take control of your learning potential. Online exercises and case studies from the student website also provide extra practice and application of lessons learned. Through models, exercises, case studies, and readings, Essential Study Skills shows you that academic success is a product of skills and behaviors you can acquire, customize, and effectively apply. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xi
To the Student	p. xvi
A Note from the Author	p. xix
Quick Start Checklist	p. xxi
Understanding How You Process and Learn
Discovering and Using Your Learning Styles	p. 1
Three Cognitive Learning Styles	p. 3
Linear and Global Learners	p. 14
Additional Learning Preferences	p. 18
Multiple Intelligences	p. 21
Summary	p. 28
Culminating Options	p. 28
Review Questions	p. 29
Processing Information into Your Memory System	p. 31
The Information Processing Model	p. 33
Essential Strategies to Process Information	p. 37
The Working Memory Model	p. 38
Two Kinds of Information to Process	p. 41
The Feedback Model	p. 42
Twelve Memory Principles	p. 48
Summary	p. 64
Culminating Options	p. 64
Review Questions	p. 65
Preparing Yourself for Optimal Learning
Managing Your Time	p. 67
Balancing Your Life	p. 69
Term Schedules	p. 72
Weekly Schedules	p. 72
Essential Strategies for Scheduling Study Blocks	p. 79
Daily Schedules	p. 83
Task Schedules	p. 83
Applying Time Management	p. 85
Summary	p. 88
Culminating Options	p. 88
Review Questions	p. 89
Setting Goals	p. 91
Kinds of Goals	p. 93
A Four-Step Approach for Writing Goals	p. 94
Motivation	p. 97
Essential Strategies to Build and Maintain Motivation	p. 101
Combining Goal Setting and Time-Management Skills for Studying	p. 103
Summary	p. 110
Culminating Options	p. 110
Review Questions	p. 111
Increasing Concentration; Decreasing Stress and Procrastination	p. 113
Increasing Concentration	p. 115
Decreasing Stress	p. 121
Essential Strategies for Managing Stress	p. 123
Decreasing Procrastination	p. 128
Essential Strategies to Combat Procrastination	p. 132
Summary	p. 134
Culminating Options	p. 134
Review Questions	p. 135
Boosting Your Memory and Preparing for Tests	p. 137
Combating the Process of Forgetting	p. 139
Using Mnemonics to Boost Your Memory	p. 142
Preparing for Tests	p. 157
Essential Strategies for Test Preparation	p. 158
Dealing with Sources of Test Anxiety Before the Test	p. 162
Summary	p. 170
Culminating Options	p. 170
Review Questions	p. 171
Developing Effective Textbook Reading Strategies
Reading College Textbooks	p. 173
Active Reading	p. 175
Essential Strategies for Textbook Reading	p. 176
Using Four Levels of Reading	p. 177
Surveying to Get an Overview	p. 178
Formulating Questions	p. 184
Using the SQ4R Reading System	p. 185
Reading Different Kinds of Textbooks	p. 190
Summary	p. 192
Culminating Options	p. 192
Review Questions	p. 193
Strengthening Comprehension	p. 195
Reading College Textbooks	p. 197
Essential Strategies to Improve Comprehension	p. 198
Increasing Comprehension Through Vocabulary Skills	p. 199
Increasing Comprehension Paragraph by Paragraph	p. 204
Increasing Comprehension Using Organizational Patterns	p. 211
Annotating Your Textbooks	p. 217
Essential Strategies to Study Annotations	p. 221
Summary	p. 224
Culminating Options	p. 224
Review Questions	p. 225
Using Effective Notetaking Techniques
Taking Textbook Notes	p. 227
Selecting a Textbook Notetaking System	p. 229
Essential Strategies for Textbook Notetaking	p. 230
The Cornell Notetaking System	p. 231
Combining Cornell Notetaking and SQ4R	p. 247
The Index Card Notetaking System	p. 248
Essential Strategies for Studying Index Card Notes	p. 251
The Two-Column and Three-Column Notetaking System	p. 252
The Formal Outline Notetaking System	p. 255
Summary	p. 260
Culminating Options	p. 260
Review Questions	p. 261
Listening and Taking Lecture Notes	p. 263
Listening Skills	p. 265
Essential Strategies to Strengthen Listening Skills	p. 273
Using Listening Skills in Lectures	p. 274
Essential Strategies to Prepare for Lectures	p. 275
Selecting a Notetaking System to Use	p. 276
Organizing Information	p. 281
Adjusting to the Rate of Speech	p. 284
Working with Your Notes	p. 287
Summary	p. 290
Culminating Options	p. 290
Review Questions	p. 291
Using Visual Notetaking Systems	p. 293
Tailoring Your Approach to Learning	p. 295
Creating Visual Mappings	p. 296
Creating Hierarchies	p. 302
Essential Strategies for Studying Visual Mappings and Hierarchies	p. 307
Creating Comparison Charts	p. 308
Essential Strategies to Study Comparison Charts	p. 311
Creating Other Visual Notes	p. 314
Summary	p. 320
Culminating Options	p. 320
Review Questions	p. 321
Strenthening Your Test-Taking Skills
Developing Strategies for Objective Tests	p. 323
Performing Well on Objective Tests	p. 325
Essential Strategies for Taking Objective Tests	p. 329
Answering True-False Questions	p. 330
Answering Multiple-Choice Questions	p. 334
Answering Matching Questions	p. 337
Answering on Matching Tests	p. 337
Using Educated Guessing	p. 342
Taking Computerized Tests	p. 349
Essential Strategies for Taking Computerized Tests	p. 350
Summary	p. 352
Culminating Options	p. 352
Review Questions	p. 353
Developing Strategies for Recall, Math, and Essay Tests	p. 355
Answering Recall Questions	p. 357
Taking Math Tests	p. 368
Essential Strategies for Math Tests	p. 369
Answering Essay Questions	p. 373
Essential Strategies for Preparing for Essay Tests	p. 374
Summary	p. 383
Culminating Options	p. 384
End-of-the-Term Culminating Options	p. 384
Review Questions	p. 385
Chapter Profile Materials	p. 1
Useful Forms	p. 4
Standard Learning Options	p. 11
Psychology Chapter: Health, Stress, and Coping	p. 17
Index	p. 1
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