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A successful student uses effective strategies.Being a successful student is far more about being a smart user of effective strategies than about being 'smart'. In fact it is possible to predict how well a student will do simply on the basis of their use of study strategies.Mnemonics is one class of study strategy that is of proven effectiveness, but (like only too many effective strategies!) is used far too little. Despite many studies showing the...
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"Following up on her acclaimed Teach Students How to Learn, that describes teaching strategies to facilitate dramatic improvements in student learning and success, Saundra McGuire here presents these secrets direct to students. Her message is that Any student can use simple, straightforward strategies to start making A's in their courses and enjoy a lifetime of deep, effective learning. Beginning with explaining how expectations about learning, and...
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[2014]
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Even when you cant change the pressures you are facing, you can change how you react to them," write psychologist Moss and social worker DeLuca-Acconi in their introduction to this guide to handling the stresses that can accompany school, homework, and tests. Over eight chapters, the authors show readers how to recognize the symptoms and types of stress, and then how to combat them through organization, time management, and other tactics that include...
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Smart Student teaches learners of any age various strategies to "super" learn material in an easier manner. The book discusses ways to organize manageable segments of time to review and to learn material, how to take notes, review the notes to embed them into long term memory, and how to read passages and take excellent notes so that the students can locate what they need to understand the materials presented. The book discusses determining the main...
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This all new, updated second edition provides prospective courtroom attendants, courtroom deputies, bailiffs, and marshals, with the most comprehensive and up-to-date information on what court officers do, how they are selected, what the their exam could consist of, and how it is administered. Readers will find four full practice tests with complete answer explanations, plus additional instructional chapters and practice questions in memory and observation,...
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In A-Moms: How To Raise Competitive Award-Winning Students, attorney and author Marion Shaw shares her insights and methods for raising children that successfully compete in school, college, and as young adults in today's global economy. A-Moms provides 40 simple strategies that are applicable to children of all ages (toddlers, preschoolers, elementary students, middle school students, and high school students are addressed in different chapters)...
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Earning a college degree is hard work. It requires a lot of effort, some serious concentration, and a stick-with-it attitude. Students need to develop many skills in order to keep up with the rigors of a college education. Decades of psychological research show there are consistent differences between students who do well in college and those who do not. Each Psychological Key to Student Success (PK2SS) is a thinking skill or personal characteristic...
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What exactly does a successful student look like? Would you know a successful student if you saw one? Is that student staring back at you in the mirror? If you want to maximize your learning and success, you need quality thinking skills, learning skills, and psychological skills far more than you need studying tips. This book will help you develop those skills, making you a more confident, efficient, and productive student. It is a practical guide...
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The backlash against poor language teaching has produced a rash of full-blown grammar books, but this uncomplicated and amusing user's manual concentrates on the essentials. Good English hacks away at the tangled thicket of confusions while never becoming a dull grammar lesson. Ideal for any English speaker uneasy about handling full-stops, commas and the dreaded apostrophe, it highlights the most common problems and solves them with style and a smile....
11) Learn to Read with Great Speed: How to Take Your Reading Skills to the Next Level and Beyond in o
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Looking for a no nonsense approach to speed reading?
Are you too busy to read as much as you would like? This book is for YOU! Do you love to read? Do you want to read even more? This book is for YOU! You don't even know how fast you read? This book is definitely for YOU! Would you like to quadruple your reading speed, in just 10 MINUTES? Then you need a miracle! No methodology can possibly have you quadrupling your reading speed in just minutes....
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High school students, whether preparing for college or career, need to learn greater independence and efficiency in their learning. Rather than simply teach them how to study, the hm Program emphasizes the need to understand their learning style, empowering them to adapt to new situations throughout their lives. They will learn how to improve their memory, glean more from discussions, prepare for exams, expand their vocabulary, and more.
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“The hm Learning and Study Skills Program: Level II” was designed to provide an introduction to learning and study skills for 8th, 9th, and 10th grade students through a series of activity-oriented units. It is structured on the assumption that an activity-oriented lesson is the most effective instructional strategy for the teaching of study skills: more succinctly, that "learning by doing" is the best way 'study smart'.
“The Level II Teacher's...
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The strategies in this book serve to eliminate the guesswork and stress of how to study and succeed in the classroom. Quest for Success is the playbook for students. It reveals all of the secrets and strategies required to succeed in the classroom. It can be helpful for grade school students as well as graduate students in that it easily helps get you started on not only getting organized, but to maximize your time spent studying while minimizing...
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Making good grades - even straight A's - is a fine goal if that's what you need or want, but far too many straight A students memorize facts, do well on exams, and then soon forget everything. What a terrible waste of time, effort and money! The book begins with three basic questions: 1. Why do so many students work ward, make good grades, but quickly forget what they "learned?" 2. How can you learn more, understand deeply, and remember longer? 3....
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Level I: Grades 5-7
Young adolescents have different developmental needs than other students. The HM Learning and Study Skills Program is geared for specific grade levels, allowing you to encourage the middle and junior high student's growing capacity for abstraction. At the same time, the activity-oriented structure keeps their attention. Students will learn to harness their particular "learning style" in a way that best suits their needs.
Each...
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The expanded second edition of "Your Mindful Guide to Academic Success" includes how to excel on studying, test taking, and research papers. The book is unique in including student suggestions from around the world. Because we succeed when we're healthy and centered, it includes stress reduction and wellness information. Financial aid and student activism are discussed as well.
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In this powerful, motivational masterpiece, the author, Joe Jesimiel Ogbe, a youth minister of over three decades, provides pathways and strategies that will help students overcome their academic struggles and challenges.
As a student you can rewrite your academic story!
Yes, you can improve on your current academic results!
No doubt, with this book, you will be equipped and empowered to navigate your way into sterling academic success.
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