Improve Your Grades How to Become an Honor Student

by Bautista, Veltisezar B.

• ISBN13: 9780931613166
• ISBN10: 0931613167
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-07-07
• Publisher: Bookhaus

Summary

Improve Your Grades is a comprehensive program for effective studying and test taking. This revised edition features memory codes to help students remember facts and figures, link systems for learning, and strategies for summarizing. With all-new techniques for mastering grammar and writing, tips for handling exams, and a guide to using the Internet to improve grades, this book details how to go from average student to honor roll.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Foreword
Intelligence: Inherited or Acquired?	5	(4)
The Brain: The Seat of Intelligence	9	(10)
Prepare to Make High Grades	19	(2)
Images and Code Words: The Keys to Memorization	21	(9)
How to Read Efficiently	30	(4)
How to Increase Your Reading Speed	34	(8)
Listening and Taking Notes in Class	42	(5)
Condensing: Outlining, Summarizing, and Diagramming	47	(8)
How to Study Effectively	55	(10)
How to Study Major Subjects	65	(6)
How to Improve Your Vocabulary	71	(6)
Numbers and Mathematics	77	(20)
How to Be a Super Speller	97	(7)
Essays: What Are They?	104	(4)
How to Write a Theme or a Research Report	108	(5)
How to Make a Speech	113	(4)
Strategies for Various Types of Examinations	117	(10)
Strategies for Tests on Different Subjects	127	(20)
The Basics of Grammar	147	(16)
The Basics of Writing	163	(20)
Using the Internet to Improve Grades	183	(10)
How to Think Effectively	193	(6)
7-Point Formula to Become an Honor Student	199	(4)
Brief Summary, More Strategies	203	(6)
Positive Attitude: The Passport to Success	209	(5)
Raising Your Self-Esteem: The Key to Self-Fulfillment	214	(4)
Setting Short-Term and Long-Term Goals	218	(6)
Ignite Your Booster Rocket for Ambition	224	(3)
Faith and Enthusiasm	227	(6)
Persistence and Rewards	233	(4)
Why Asian Americans Become Whiz Kids	237
How I'm Becoming What I want to Be
Afterword
Bibliography and Recommended Reading