Study Skills: Do I Really Need This Stuff?, 3rd Edition

Immediately has the student address an age-old question, “Why do I have to take this course?”, and gets to the point of relevance through assessment of strengths and weaknesses applied to their situation by thinking critically.

 

Study Skills poses assessment of strengths and challenges allow students to self-identify what they already do well as a whole and what they need to improve, then take shorter assessments specific to the study skill topic of each chapter. Chapter opening situations are presented through crisply written vignettes to engage in critical thinking and problem solving and is referenced in key points to reinforce the R.E.D. model. Each chapter concludes with the reader asked to apply objectives and strategies, and then critically propose a plan for the student in the scenario. The reader gives advice based on chapter concepts--much more active than reading passive advice from a “real” student case study. Then they must apply the chapter learning outcomes, key terms, strategies, and the R.E.D. model to offer a plan of action for the student in the vignette.

Table of Contents:

INTRODUCTION: TODAY IS THE TOMORROW YOU CREATED YESTERDAY    

CHAPTER 1:  DO I REALLY NEED THIS STUFF   

CHAPTER 2: CRITICAL THINKING

CHAPTER 3: PRIORITY MANAGEMENT 

CHAPTER 4: INFORMATION LITERACY    

CHAPTER 5: MOTIVATION AND GOAL SETTING

CHAPTER 6: LEARNING STYLES

CHAPTER 7: CLASS TIME LISTENING AND NOTE-TAKING

CHAPTER 8: REVIEWING AND USING YOUR NOTES OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM 

CHAPTER 9: READING    

CHAPTER 10: MEMORY    

CHAPTER 11: TEST PREPARATION AND TEST PERFORMANCE

CHAPTER 12: CIVILITY    

CHAPTER 13: THE CHOICES YOU MAKE   

 

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