Pocket Guide to Study Tips (Barron's Pocket Guides) [Paperback]

George Ehrenhaft (Author), William H. Armstrong (Author)

Book Description

Series: Barron's Pocket Guides | Publication Date: August 1, 2004

Updated for today's high school and college students, here's a guide to organizing and scheduling study time, taking notes, and diagnosing subject weakness and areas needing more intensive study. For many years, Barron's Pocket Guides have served high school and college students, as well as business professionals and others, as reliable fast-reference books filled with easy-to-locate information pertaining to all practical aspects of language use. The new editions are attractively designed and printed in two-color type, and serve as especially useful books for the home, school, or business reference bookshelf.

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From the Back Cover

back cover


BARRON’S


POCKET GUIDE


TO


STUDY TIPS


Fifth Edition



Updated for today’s high school and college students, this guide will help you take good classroom and research notes, and diagnose your subject weakness to determine areas where you need more intensive study. You’ll discover helpful ways to improve your research methods through effective library, computer, and Internet use. You’ll also find tips to help you organize and schedule your study time.

Product Details

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Barron's Educational Series; 5 edition (August 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764126938
• ISBN-13: 978-0764126932
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,474,601 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A very useful & practical pocket guide for the student!, September 13, 2005

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Lee Say Keng "KNOWLEDGE ADVENTURER/TECHNOLOGY... (Ho Chi Minh City/Singapore) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pocket Guide to Study Tips (Barron's Pocket Guides) (Paperback)

Over the years, I note that most of the pocket books (which I have acquired!) published by Barron's Educational Series, Inc., for students often turn out to be very useful & practical for their intents & purposes. To name a few: Student Success Secrets, B's & A's in 30 Days, both by Eric Jensen; Creative Problem Solving by Donald Noone; Maximising Your Memory Power by Danielle Lapp.

This pocket book is no exception. It's very well written. It's also now in its fifth edition & expanded to over 400 pages.

Although I am still intrigued by the fact that the goal setting aspect is missing from this book, the treatment of all the other aspects of study skills is excellent. All the chapters are well-organised. They are clear, concise & succinct. The specific chapters on writing, vocabulary building, spelling & punctuation, research, library usage & test taking are relatively good. There is also a chapter on using technology. The last chapter on motivation (How to find it; How to use it) is a must read for students!

I would recommend students in high school & college to get hold of this pocket book, as well as Sean Covey's 'Seven Habits for Highly Effective Teens'! The latter, in addition to enhancing your priority management, is to help you fill up the missing variable in the study (success) equation: goal setting!!!

On the whole, & for a handy pocket guide, I rate it a 5.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very good helper, February 15, 2007

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Jeff Bajorek (Pennsylvania, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pocket Guide to Study Tips (Barron's Pocket Guides) (Paperback)

This book helps with the basic study tip ordeals.
It has hints and reminders about various subject matters such as note taking, essay writing, etc.
When it comes to a study tip book, this one is one of the better ones I have read through. This book was required for the course I took (my professor is the authors son), and though I just skimmed through it - it does have many useful tips on common grammatical issues.