Essential Study Skills: The Complete Guide to Success at University

by Tom Burns, Sandra Sinfield

Essential Study Skills is designed to be the complete practical guide to academic success covering everything from what it means to be a university student to how to succeed in exams. `The effect on our students was like star dust!′ Anne Schofield, Ruskin College, Oxford, commenting on the authors′ teaching Whether you are nervous and worried about studying - or someone who is already reasonably happy with their study techniques - this book is designed to develop your potential and build your self-confidence as it takes you through all the stages of producing high quality academic work. Essential Study Skills includes information, activities, advice and step-by-step guidelines people to see and places to go at college or university; organization and time management; learning and studying; targeted research and active reading; memory and learning style; revision and exam techniques; active, creative and reflective learning; successful notemaking strategies; ways of overcoming fear and building self-confidence; assessment procedures; successful communication techniques; and, the what, why and how of essays, reports, presentations, seminars and exams.

Genres: Self Help, Nonfiction

Paperback

First published February 16, 2003

Reviews

[Lady Nerd · Rating 1 out of 5]

Bullshit, bullshit. Aaand even more bullshit.

[Aqyas Dini · Rating 4 out of 5]

Waktu ketemu buku ini pertama kali di perpustakaan universitas, serasa menemukan harta karun! Bagiku, buku ini tidak cuma menyediakan segudang tips yang bisa digunakan dalam kegiatan belajar mandiri-ku, tetapi memberikan penjelasan terkait alasan di balik setiap aktivitas belajar dan tugas yang ada. Meskipun penerapannya tidak 100% sama kulakukan dengan apa yang disampaikan di buku ini, aku menikmati membacanya dan melakukan berbagai aktivitas yang ada di dalamnya.
Bagian favoritku adalah "how to build your confidence" dan "how to be reflective". Setelah membaca dua bagian itu, aku jadi tahu bahwa mengubah kebiasaan belajar membutuhkan kepercayaan diri dan itu bisa dilatih. Serta, aku jadi tahu bahwa belajar tanpa merefleksikannya dengan menyadari apa yang sudah dipelajari adalah belajar yang kurang berkesan. Oleh karena itu, sebosan-bosannya belajar di kelas, cobalah merefleksikannya dengan bertanya pada diri sendiri, "apa yang kupelajari dari proses pembelajaran kali ini?"