Essential Study Skills


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Lecturers, why waste time waiting for the post to arrive? Request your e-inspection copy today! 'Brilliant little book! ... It's easy to follow and understand, full of practical hints and tips, helps to remove some of the pressures of uni life!' - Amazon review 'Really useful sections on reading and taking notes ... the bread and butter of student life.' - Amazon review Do you want to do better at university? Whether you're a student wanting to improve their study skills or a lecturer who wants to give their students a helping hand with their work, this book is for you. Packed with study tips and handy activities, this proven guide shows you step-by-step how to study effectively and make the best of your time - whatever level you're at. Whether you are going to university straight from school, a mature student, or an overseas student studying in the UK for the first time, you'll find out how to: Sail through those tricky first weeks Get the most out of lectures by understanding how you learn Learn techniques for academic writing and research Pass exams with flying colours Stay cool and cope with stress. Practical and interactive, this edition features six brand new chapters to arm you with even more essential skills including how to produce a dissertation, planning your career and focusing on building relationships with lecturers and other students to help you get ahead. Visit the Essential Study Skills Companion Website Launched with this edition is an improved and expanded companion website. Don't miss the extensive range of guidance and resources for both students and tutors, including video tips, study packs, practice exercises and other tools for you to use in both your preparation and actual work. SAGE Study Skills are essential study guides for students of all levels. From how to write great essays and succeeding at university, to writing your undergraduate dissertation and doing postgraduate research, SAGE Study Skills help you get the best from your time at university. Visit the SAGE Study Skills website for tips, quizzes and videos on study success!







How to Study Effectively: 7 Easy Steps to Master Effective Study Skills, Student Success, Note Taking & Exam Preparation


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Struggling to be effective with your study skills? No need to worry, this study guide will provide you with the necessary tools you need to be successful in studying! Studying is one of the most important tasks in life because it helps you to understand and respect the rule of language. If you don't understand the rule of language, it will be impossible for you to enjoy or even be successful in your studies. Learning how to study helps you avoid anxiety, fatigue, and frustration when you are preparing for an examination. YOU WILL LEARN: - The 7 easy steps to study effectively. - 32 tips on how to become a successful student. - The art of notetaking. - Exam preparation techniques that will result in better grades. - How to be more productive no matter what you are trying to study. Learning how to study is an important life skill. By being a dedicated student, you are likely to witness results and boost your confidence in the process. So, stop dreaming and get started today!




Straight-A Study Skills


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Strategies that will transform your grades! Straight-A Study Skills proves that you don't have to spend countless hours studying to get good grades. Using her experience as an educational consultant and a teacher, authors Cynthia Clumeck Muchnick and Justin Ross Muchnick have created an easy-to-use approach to learning important study skills and achieving academic success. Through more than 200 entry-based strategies, you will learn all there is to know about strengthening your academic performance, including how to: Get the most out of class time. Find a note-taking system that works for you. Improve your writing skills and create compelling essays. Develop effective study habits. Choose the right classes and extracurricular activities. Prepare for standardized tests, quizzes, and final exams. This guide is broken down into quick and easy concepts, tactics, and tips that highlight essential information and allow you to quickly find the topics you need to focus on. With Straight-A Study Skills, you're guaranteed to sharpen your study skills, boost your grades, and position yourself for success!




Effective Study Skills


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This textbook provides essential guidance to the full range recognised core areas of practical, aspirational and transferable skills needed by a student both to achieve success on any academic course and to deliver improved grades and success both in exams and graded coursework.




Study Skills


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This is one of five pocket course companion guides giving key information and essential exam and coursework guidance, as well as study skills methodology. All the authors are practising teachers and examiners.




I Hate Revision


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Can't be bothered to revise? Find yourself putting work off? Can't get the information to stick in memory? Then this is the book for you. Written by a student for students, this advanced guide to revision techniques aims to convert your hard work into GCSE, A-level and undergraduate exam success. The author achieved straight A*s at GCSE and A-level and is now a psychology undergraduate at the University of Oxford. This combination of current practical experience and interest in psychological research provides a unique perspective on motivation and memory - the two ingredients of successful revision. The book is written by a student who believes that everyone with the strategies to achieve will achieve. The author's first book - titled 'How to Achieve 100% in a GCSE' and written at the age of 16 - sold over 6,000 copies and was featured in the Daily Mail, The Sun and the Sunday Express magazine. The current book - 'I hate revision' - is packed full of brand new advice.




Make It Stick


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To most of us, learning something "the hard way" implies wasted time and effort. Good teaching, we believe, should be creatively tailored to the different learning styles of students and should use strategies that make learning easier. Make It Stick turns fashionable ideas like these on their head. Drawing on recent discoveries in cognitive psychology and other disciplines, the authors offer concrete techniques for becoming more productive learners. Memory plays a central role in our ability to carry out complex cognitive tasks, such as applying knowledge to problems never before encountered and drawing inferences from facts already known. New insights into how memory is encoded, consolidated, and later retrieved have led to a better understanding of how we learn. Grappling with the impediments that make learning challenging leads both to more complex mastery and better retention of what was learned. Many common study habits and practice routines turn out to be counterproductive. Underlining and highlighting, rereading, cramming, and single-minded repetition of new skills create the illusion of mastery, but gains fade quickly. More complex and durable learning come from self-testing, introducing certain difficulties in practice, waiting to re-study new material until a little forgetting has set in, and interleaving the practice of one skill or topic with another. Speaking most urgently to students, teachers, trainers, and athletes, Make It Stick will appeal to all those interested in the challenge of lifelong learning and self-improvement.




Study Skills


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A topic-per-page approach focuses on clear objectives, with opportunities for students to try out the ideas for themselves, building ability and confidence. Examples clearly demonstrate how students can reap rewards if they apply proper study skills. Helps students to organise themselves and improve their ability to learn, with techniques for speaking, listening, writing and revising. Useful hints and tips show students what they need to do in order to improve their ability to learn. Students can track their own progress as they work through each section. A digital version of the book provides an alternative solution for those students who prefer to work online. It keeps students' notes in a secure place, so there's no fear of losing them.




Study Skills for Success


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