Description |
vi, 144 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
Contents |
Introduction -- Study Inventory -- Key 1 Purpose -- Objectives -- Vocabulary and Concepts -- Goal Setting -- Concentration -- Time Management -- Self-help Techniques -- Journal Feedback -- Key 2 Listening -- Objectives -- Vocabulary and Concepts -- Listening for a Plan -- Listening Skills -- Listening Strategies -- Listening Activities -- Journal Feedback -- Key 3 Reading - Objectives -- Vocabulary and Concepts -- Finding the Main Idea -- Finding the Main Idea: Exercises -- Reading for Details: Exercises -- Understanding Organisation -- Outline Summary: Sample Exercise -- Understanding Organisation: Exercises -- Reading Evaluation -- Reading Techniques -- Journal Feedback -- Key 4 Adapting Rate -- Objectives -- Vocabulary and Concepts -- Study Reading -- General Reading -- Accelerated Reading -- Skimming -- Scanning -- Skimming and Scanning: Exercises -- Journal Feedback -- Key 5 Note-taking -- Objectives -- Vocabulary and Concepts -- Basic Organisation Schema Technique -- Two Sample Schemata -- Networks -- Pictorial Outlines -- Self-help Exercises -- Journal Feedback -- Key 6 Graphics -- Objectives -- Vocabulary and Concepts -- Tables -- Graphs -- Charts -- Diagrams -- Maps -- Illustrations -- Cartoons -- Understanding Graphics : Exercise Journal Feedback -- Key 7 Memory Techniques -- Objectives -- Vocabulary and Concepts -- Review -- Repeat Learning -- Acronyms -- Association Method -- Peg Words -- Method of Loci -- Example of Method of Loci -- Content Area Knowledge -- Journal Feedback -- Answers to Exercises -- Appendices -- 1. Test Preparation - 2. Test Techniques -- 3. Important Test Words -- 4. Writing a Paper -- 5. Study Techniques |
Summary |
Ideas for a successful study program - Including planning use of time, setting goals, listening actively, reading efficiently, meaning of graphs and tables, note preparation, and information recall___ |
Notes |
Previous ed.: Hawthorn, Vic. : ACER, 1989 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
Study skills.
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Author |
Australian Council for Educational Research.
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ISBN |
0864311761 (paperback) |
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9780864311764 |
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