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1 online resource (114 pages).

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Study Skills

Study Skills.

Contenido

A learning skills inventory -- Study skills vocabulary -- A good study environment -- Time management: tracking your time -- Time management: planing your time -- Thinking about learning style -- Identifying your learning style -- Know your instructor -- Setting goals -- Improving memory -- Two ways to improve memory -- Mnemonics: memory boosters -- Textbooks: special features -- Textbooks: the first few pages -- Textbooks: using the table of contents -- Textbooks: using the index -- Textbooks: using chapter clues -- Textbooks: the glosary -- Understanding your textbook: a puzzle -- Skimming and scanning -- More skimming practice -- Scanning practice -- The library: words to know -- The library: fiction and nonfiction -- The library: the Dewey Decimal System -- The library: call numbers -- The library: using the card catalog -- The computerized catalog -- The library: skils review -- Reference: information resources -- Reference: alphabetical order -- More alphabetizing practice -- Reference: dictionary guide words -- Reference: dictionary definitions -- Reference: a dictionary tells parts of spech -- Reference: more dictionary information -- Dictionary review -- Reference: the encyclopedia -- Reference: the world atlas -- Reference: the thesaurus -- Reference: the readers' guide to periodical literature -- Reference: almanacs -- Reference: biographical dictionaries -- Reference review: a scavenger hunt -- Reference: the bibliography -- Following written directions -- Following spoken directions -- Taking notes from reading: mapping -- Taking notes from reading: more mapping practice -- Taking notes from reading: outlining -- Taking notes from reading: more outlining practice -- Streamlining your notes -- Taking notes while listening -- Active listening -- More hints for active listening -- Note taking: paraphrasing information -- Note taking: recognizing relevant and irelevant information -- Note taking review -- Using context to clue meaning -- Context clues: definition -- Context clues: examples -- Context clues: comparison or contrast -- Using context to clue meaning: a review -- A matter of context -- Unlocking word meaning: prefixes, sufixes, and roots -- Unlocking word meaning: prefixes -- Unlocking word meaning: sufixes -- Word parts: check your understanding -- Better comprehension: key words and ideas -- Improving understanding: recognizing sequence -- Preparing for tests -- The terminology of tests -- Test-taking tips -- Taking a true/false test -- Taking a true/false test: more practice -- Taking a multiple choice test -- Taking a multiple choice test: more practice -- Taking a completion test -- Taking a completion test: more practice -- Taking a matching test -- Taking objective tests: a review -- The vocabulary of essay tests -- The vocabulary of essay tests: more practice -- Taking an essay test -- Taking an essay test: further hints -- Reviewing your test -- Three steps to solving problems -- Problem-solving practice -- Learning from graphics: the diagram -- Learning from graphics: more practice using a diagram -- Learning from graphics: using tables -- Learning from graphics: previewing and reading tables -- Learning from graphics: using a bar graph -- Learning from graphics: using a line graph -- Learning from graphics: using a circle graph -- Learning from graphics: using a picture graph -- The vocabulary of maps -- Using a map -- Two types of maps -- Using graphic aids: a review.

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Print version record.

Sumario

Topics Include: Organizing for Study; Improving Memory, Anatomy of a Textbook, Taking Class Notes, The Vocabulary of Tests, and more ...

Materia

Study skills.

EDUCATION -- Study Skills.

Study skills.

Género/Forma

Electronic books.

Otro Autor

Saddleback Educational Publishing.

Otro formato:

Print version: Publishing, Saddleback Educational. Study Skills Book 1. Irvine : Saddleback Publishing, ©2013 9781622500222

ISBN

9781612476650 (electronic bk.)

1612476651 (electronic bk.)

9781626700406 (electronic bk.)

1626700400 (electronic bk.)