Keys to Effective Learning : Developing Powerful Habits of Mind

by Carter, Carol J; Bishop, Joyce; Block, Judy; Kravits, Sarah

• ISBN13: 9780132295406
• ISBN10: 0132295407
• Additional ISBN(s): 9780131131125, 9780133852844
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-01-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall
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Summary

This book focuses on developing effective learning techniques to help readers excel in school, in their careers, and throughout their lives as lifelong learners. Unlike traditional study skills books, this one emphasizes how people learn effectively byinvolvingthem in the active process of mastering their mental abilities and their personal confidence.The authors outline getting ready to learn through self-awareness, goal setting and time management, as well as, critical and creative thinking, targeting success in school through reading and studying, listening and memory, taking notes and test taking, quantitative learning, researching and writing, gathering and communicating ideas, as well as, creating life success.For individuals interested in effective learning techniques.

Table of Contents

Getting Ready to Learn

Welcome to College: Opening Doors

Values, Goals, Time, and Stress: Managing Yourself

Diversity Matters: Learning Styles and Communication

Critical and Creative Thinking: Solving problems and Making Decisions

Targeting Success in School and Life

Reading and Studying: Focusing on Content

Listening and Memory: Taking In and Remembering Information

Taking Notes: Recording Concepts and Information

Test Taking: Showing What You Know

Quantitative Learning: Becoming Comfortable with Math and Science

Effective Writing: Communicating Your Message

Creating Your Life: Building a Successful Future

A Guide to Library and Internet Research

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