Study Smart, Study Less

Informationen zum Autor Anne Crossman Klappentext Reap the rewards of a higher GPA without sacrificing your sanity or your social life! If "I studied all night and I still didn't ace the test" is your mantra, this witty study guide will help you pinpoint your personal learning style, prevent study mishaps, and work to your strengths. Using the best research on memory and the brain, Study Smart, Study Less offers easy techniques to help you: • absorb info quickly• remember it accurately• create a successful study space • put together a productive study group • use interactive games to master tough material• identify pitfalls-and avoid falling into them • and stop overstudying (no-this isn't a typo) By learning how to learn, you'll not only feel smarter, you'll be smarter. Zusammenfassung Reap the rewards of a higher GPA without sacrificing your sanity or your social life! If I studied all night and I still didn't ace the test is your mantra! this witty study guide will help you pinpoint your personal learning style! prevent study mishaps! and work to your strengths. Using the best research on memory and the brain! Study Smart! Study Less offers easy techniques to help you: • absorb info quickly • remember it accurately • create a successful study space • put together a productive study group • use interactive games to master tough material • identify pitfallsand avoid falling into them • and stop overstudying (nothis isn't a typo) By learning how to learn! you'll not only feel smarter! you'll be smarter. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface: Study Is Not a Four-Letter Word vi Chapter 1 Maniacs, Brainiacs, Geeks, and Slackers 1 Identifying your study persona Chapter 2 Unlocking Your Inner Brainiac 8 Identifying and maximizing your learning strengths Chapter 3 Rescuing the Book-Laden, Burned-Out, and Bewildered Student 22 Small changes to your work style that lead to big results Chapter 4 How to Shrink-Wrap Your Brain 36 Study tricks your friends will beg you to tell them Chapter 5 Frequently Masked Questions 58 Most common ways students fail, and how to succeed Chapter 6 Caution: Potential Land Mine Ahead 89 Overcoming (versus overlooking) learning disabilities Closing: What, Done Already? 105 Appendix A Study Tricks 106 Appendix B Note-Taking Models 107 Appendix C Time Maps 112 Appendix D Sample Study Group Schedule 113 Appendix E Learning Disability Resources 114 Acknowledgments 115 Index 117 About the Author 122...

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Reap the rewards of a higher GPA without sacrificing your sanity or your social life! If "I studied all night and I still didn't ace the test" is your mantra, this witty study guide will help you pinpoint your personal learning style, prevent study mishaps, and work to your strengths. Using the best research on memory and the brain, Study Smart, Study Less offers easy techniques to help you: • absorb info quickly • remember it accurately • create a successful study space • put together a productive study group • use interactive games to master tough material • identify pitfalls-and avoid falling into them • and stop overstudying (no-this isn't a typo) By learning how to learn, you'll not only feel smarter, you'll be smarter.

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Maniacs, Brainiacs, Geeks, and Slackers
 
Identifying your study persona
 
We all wish studying were something we could do in our sleep, or that plugging a computer chip into our brains would do the trick. I hate to be the one to break it to you, but here it goes--success requires work. I know that’s just an awful thing to say, but becoming a successful student requires a lot of sweat, sacrifice, and diligence. No great shocker there. However, that doesn’t mean work can’t be fun. With the right outlook, tools, and expectations, you might be surprised how enjoyable academic success can be.
 
Very few people are naturally organized or get good grades without trying--and the few who are true natural geniuses in contrast have to work harder at things that seem normal to the rest of us. Everyone has different talents. As we work through this book, I intend to help you discover your learning strengths so that you will not only know how to make the most of them, but will also feel more confident as you tackle areas where you may not be as strong.
 
Wanting to do well but not knowing how is enough to drive anyone batty. Like the title of this chapter alludes, if we’re truly honest with ourselves we will admit that we all have a little bit of slacker in us. I mean, let’s be real. . . . Who is genuinely 100 percent thrilled to work? That said, work is one of those unavoidable realities, and when it comes our way it turns some of us into maniacs, some of us into geeks, and a lucky few into pumpkins--I mean, brainiacs. Fortunately for you, you are reading this book and are, therefore, well on your way to the latter.
 
Before we can begin to maximize your strengths (that’s the next chapter), we need to first identify your study persona. The whole reason you’re reading this book is because you think you could be doing better in class than you currently are. As a former high school English teacher I can tell you that, when faced with work, students tend to veer toward one of the four following study personas. Understanding which one you resemble most will help you pinpoint your study needs better. So, read on and mark the one that fits you best (we’re going for the most similarities here).
 
The Unperfected Perfectionist: You try really hard, you pull all-nighters, and you get nowhere. How frustrating. You seem to be doing everything right (and sometimes you have the grades to show you’re trying), but the end result isn’t meeting your expectations. Maybe the grade wasn’t high enough. Or, you can’t seem to remember what you studied so hard to learn earlier in the quarter when it comes time to take the final. Either way, you’re wishing you could throw in the towel because your hard work is just not paying off.
 
The Deadline Daredevil: You think you work better under pressure and insist on waiting until the night before the deadline to start your project, hoping all your lucky stars will align and the printer won’t go on strike. It seems like a good plan. After all, when have adrenaline and sheer terror not been good motivators? Still, you find yourself having to repeat the cram session all over again when it comes time for the midterm, and then again for the final. And, when you tried to impress that good-looking someone last week with your knowledge of the Han Dynasty, you drew a blank. For the short term your plan seems to be working. But some days it feels like all you’re doing is putting out one deadline fire after another, which is causing you to sprout gray hairs prematurely.
 
The Mack Slacker: You have perfected your art of doing nothing and doing it well. When it comes time to see the scores, you are the only one who really knows what you’re getting and you put on a fairly convincing show that you don’t really care. Classmates seem to love you for the fact that you don’t study, don’t pass, and don’t care. But--though you wouldn’t admit it to them--you are starting to wonder how to get from “chill” to “millionaire,” and you aren’t sure if your Aunt Tilda bought enough lottery tickets for your plan to pay off.
 
The Brain Trainer: You have a balanced amount of time and play that allow you to learn the material, pass the test, and actually have a life. You have a variety of effective study habits and techniques at your fingertips that make your time behind the de…