Study Methods & Motivation,9781561144440

Study Methods & Motivation

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Edition: Revised
ISBN13: 9781561144440
ISBN10: 1561144444
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1998-10-01
Publisher(s): Second Renaissance Pr
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Summary

For the serious student, this book offers a practical program for improving thinking and reading skills for long-term learning. Specifically, it explains how to understand, ask questions, and recall. Study Methods and Motivation goes beyond simply telling students to set goals, learn from mistakes, and stay calm during exams; it also explains how to accomplish these tasks. The techniques for taking notes, improving memory, managing time, and reading productively are especially helpful. In addition, the effective methods for dealing with boredom and fatigue, eliminating mental blocks, and coping with anxiety and failure will benefit student.

Table of Contents

Preface for Students ix(2)
Preface for Teachers xi(2)
Acknowledgments xiii
Part I. Study Methods 3(124)
1. Introduction
3(3)
2. What Is Studying?
6(10)
3. How To Do Abstract Reading
16(14)
4. How To Do Abstract Integrative Reading
30(17)
5. How To Identify and Designate What Is Important
47(12)
6. How To Program Your Memory: The Nature of Memory
59(5)
7. How To Program Your Memory: Specific Techniques
64(18)
8. The Physical Context of Study
82(4)
9. The Social Context of Study
86(4)
10. How To Manage Time
90(6)
11. How To Take Lecture Notes
96(9)
12. How To Prepare For and Take Exams
105(9)
13. Study Monitoring
114(13)
Part II. Study Motivation 127(52)
14. Motives for Going to College
127(5)
15. How To Cope with Fatigue and Boredom
132(5)
16. Blocks to Mental Effort
137(7)
17. How To Cope with Test Anxiety
144(8)
18. How To Cope with "Failure"
152(8)
19. Motivational Monitoring
160(5)
20. Autobiographical Portraits of Two Self-Motivated Students
165(14)
Index 179

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