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How to Study in College
Over a million students have transformed adequate work into academic achievement with this best-selling text. HOW TO STUDY IN COLLEGE sets students on the path to success by helping them build a strong foundation of study skills, and learn how to gain, retain, and explain information. Based on widely tested educational and learning theories, HOW TO STUDY IN COLLEGE teaches study techniques such as visual thinking, active listening, concentration, note taking, and test taking, while also incorporating material on vocabulary building. Questions in the Margin, based on the Cornell Note Taking System, places key questions about content in the margins of the text to provide students with a means for reviewing and reciting the main ideas. Students then use this technique--the Q-System--to formulate their own questions. The Eleventh Edition maintains the straightforward and traditional academic format that has made HOW TO STUDY IN COLLEGE the leading study skills text in the market.Important Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.
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432 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 29, 2010
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Walter Pauk
103 books14 followersWalter Pauk, Cornell University's reading and study center director, is author of the best-selling How To Study In College. Pauk has been lauded as "one of the most influential professors in the field of developmental education and study skills". He created Cornell Notes. In 1997, Pauk was recognized for his work with the Pearl Anniversary Award by The College Reading and Learning Association.
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August 11, 2020
This is a phenomenal book, which although written for students in college, can be used by anyone. I especially liked the first part; it concentrates on the basics - goal setting, managing time and space, relieving stress.
A few points, which I found useful:
- Get your basics right - exercise, sleep, and eat healthy. A lot of stress we get is caused by physciological factors.
- Set goals. Without them, life is aimless / meaningless.
- Goals are broadly categorized as extrensic (money, getting a promotion, good score, etc.) or intrinsic (doing a job worth doing, mastery, accomplishment, etc.). Intrinsic motivators are more effective.
- Who did you want to be as a child? Go back to that question again.
- Every goal can be broken down into smaller easier tasks.
- Write down your goals. Keeping lots of information in your brain wastes energy.
- Create a vision. What will you feel when you accomplish what you want?
- Go to the library, when there are few visitors. Take a train, before rush hour. This will save time and energy.
- Don't multitask. Focus at a task at hand. Have blocks of time dedicated for specific activities. Use timers instead of watches (clock is a source of distraction).
- Clearly separate work, and rest areas.
- Set specific goals - with deadlines and measurable results.
- A common thread throughout the first chapters is a value you get from preparation. A lot of stress comes from the fact that we are running out of time, or face a novel prolem. By thinking ahead of potential obstacles and ways to overcome them, we can reduce level of stress.
- Stress and happiness are inversely correlated.
A few points, which I found useful:
- Get your basics right - exercise, sleep, and eat healthy. A lot of stress we get is caused by physciological factors.
- Set goals. Without them, life is aimless / meaningless.
- Goals are broadly categorized as extrensic (money, getting a promotion, good score, etc.) or intrinsic (doing a job worth doing, mastery, accomplishment, etc.). Intrinsic motivators are more effective.
- Who did you want to be as a child? Go back to that question again.
- Every goal can be broken down into smaller easier tasks.
- Write down your goals. Keeping lots of information in your brain wastes energy.
- Create a vision. What will you feel when you accomplish what you want?
- Go to the library, when there are few visitors. Take a train, before rush hour. This will save time and energy.
- Don't multitask. Focus at a task at hand. Have blocks of time dedicated for specific activities. Use timers instead of watches (clock is a source of distraction).
- Clearly separate work, and rest areas.
- Set specific goals - with deadlines and measurable results.
- A common thread throughout the first chapters is a value you get from preparation. A lot of stress comes from the fact that we are running out of time, or face a novel prolem. By thinking ahead of potential obstacles and ways to overcome them, we can reduce level of stress.
- Stress and happiness are inversely correlated.
February 5, 2020
To Mr Walter Pauk: Thank you for your clear and concise explanations and examples of how to study in college. Without your work, I would not have graduated from college. Your book taught me all of the study skills I needed to earn my degree in healthcare. Everyday when I arrived home from classes, I made it my goal to study one chapter before I started my homework. As I continued my education, I was applying all of your study skills / developmental educational concepts in real time. The real time result was when the dean of the school started to see my name with 4.0 gpa every semester, she wrote me letters about my exceptional progress; for which I saved and framed for my nieces nephews and my future children to read. I am so thankful and grateful to Dr Walter Pauk's developmental educational work that I tell everyone with whom I tutor about his book: How to Study in College. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! May you have a wonderful 2020!
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