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College Students' #1 Choice!
Learn and remember more in less time!
How to Study shows you the smart way to study!
How to Study
And Other Skills for Success in College
This essential college survival guide gives you proven study techniques--pretested for you by thousands of successful college students--to help you learn more and earn better grades, while actually reducing study time.
In fact long, hard hours with your textbooks can be counterproductive. How to Study shows you just what to do to optimize your study time, with special tips for difficult subjects like math and chemistry. You also get techniques for upgrading your test-taking skills and improving writing, research, and reading abilities.
In addition, this revised and updated edition of How to Study gives you solid, down-to-earth advice on handling living arrangements, how to organize study groups, utilize campus services, the latest on computer aids, and various tools for help with personal adjustment.
No one's saying college isn't challenging. But if you want to enjoy it more, get better grades, and find more time for extracurricular activities, this guide is the tool for you!
PUT THESE TACTICS INTO ACTION
Motivational Self Survey
Super Schedule
Student Quality Quiz
Mental Rejoinders
Studying Out Loud
The Five R's of Note Taking
Study/Class Time Ratio
Six Ways to Read Better
Ways to Upgrade Writing
True-False Test-Taking Tips
Essay Question Tools
Seven Keys to Adjusting to College
SPECIAL TIPS FOR DIFFICULT SUBJECTS
Foreign Languages
Mathematics
Chemistry
Biology
Physics
About the Author
Allan Mundsack, MA, is on the mathematics faculty at Los Angeles Pierce College and was twice elected President of the Academic Senate at Los Angeles Mission College, where he was vice-chairman of the mathematics department.
James Deese is Hugh Scott Hamilton Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Virginia.
Ellin K. Deese is former Assistant Dean in the college of Arts and Sciences and Associate Professor in the General Faculty and Lecturer in Religious Studies at the university of Virginia.
