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Author Edwards, Peter, 1931-

Title 7 keys to successful study / Peter Edwards
Edition Second edition
Published Melbourne : ACER, 1996

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 W'PONDS  371.30281 Edw/Skt 1996  AVAILABLE
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.
Author Australian Council for Educational Research.
ISBN 0864311761 (paperback)
9780864311764
Other Titles Seven keys to successful study
Seven keys to successful study