How to Study in College

by Walter Pauk, Ross J.Q. Owens

This best-selling text has helped over a million students transform adequate work into academic success. The Ninth Edition maintains the straightforward and traditional academic format that have made it the leading study skills text in the market. 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 life skills. Questions in the Margin, introduced in the previous edition and 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 book's main ideas. Students then use this concept--the Q-System--to formulate their own questions. The Ninth Edition has been revised to include fewer questions in later chapters to encourage students to practice the Q System and provide their own questions so that they can learn to apply these concepts in subsequent academic courses. Marginal "It's Your Q" icons alert students when they should develop a question.

Genres: Nonfiction, Education, College, Productivity, Reference, Textbooks

392 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1974

About the author

Walter 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.

Reviews

[Yousif Al Zeera · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is just great. Forget the title, it is actually more than just "studying in college". It gives you impressive science into things like memory, handwriting, data collecting, health, nutrition, etc even things like your room lightning and posture and enhanced sleeping.

So it is sort of looking "comprehensively" into your studying ways/techniques AND lifestyle to convey in a scientific way how you can excel in your studies so this book is beneficial even to post-college life.

[Barrie Evans · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have a previous edition of this book. I had to add my rating to it because it gave me a direction to go in when I was in grad school. I thought that being a good student depended upon talent. Pauk teaches usable skills, not gimmicks. I wish I had had this book when I went to college for my undergrad. It would have saved me a lot of anxiety and wasted hours.

[Sarezh kamla · Rating 2 out of 5]

how to study in college ! this was a question i needed it is answer ..
i found the book with more than 400 pages , and i started before college will be open ..
so this book was talked in very wide rang that doesn't leave any any points you need during full year of studying , i gave 2 stars ( it was ok ) yes it was ok for me , .
i am not blaming the writers this is fault of our system and my college that some rules and in some point the book say some thing that you can apply or follow up here in , half of this book was only words and useless but other pars at beginning about ( building foundation : skill and concepts , stress , focus and concentration .. ) .

[Anna · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a very helpful book, particularly addressing study and note-taking habits. I also benefited from the sections on scheduling and foreign language study. The author's writes clearly and concisely with a humorous tone.

[Mehul Sheth · Rating 5 out of 5]

Actually a summary of various different techniques used to help learn. It includes things as mundane as speed reading to formal techniques for notetaking as well as eliminating stress and test taking skills. This is a great book not only for college students, but any student including those of informal studies.

[colleen · Rating 4 out of 5]

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[Barrett · Rating 4 out of 5]

I brought this home from the library the other day and my wife looked at me like I had literally lost my mind. But it is absolutely worth spending an hour or two to at least skim it.

I found the chapters on Listening to Take Good Notes and Learning from Your Textbooks to be really useful. I'm applying what I learned about Cornell notes and the Notes in the Margin system for learning from textbooks currently in preparation I'm doing for an upcoming certification exam.

[Xialin]

I wish I have read this book when I was in uni, and I would probably give it a 4 or 5 stars. Good for freshmen who have no clue when starting university.

Now I have graduated for many years, I only pick chapters that are generally useful for learning and personal development, e.g. planning, note taking, effective discussion etc.

[Charity Cunningham · Rating 5 out of 5]

How To Study Seventh Edition by Thomas F. Staton was an informative and useful read.

I am better equipped to study, retain, and communicate effectively after having absorbed the knowledge within the book.

I highly recommend How To Study to every person seeking greater comprehension skills for memory retention and test taking.

Reading this book was time well spent.

[shanini panini]

please help me Cornell notes man

[Franks V. · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[Ama · Rating 3 out of 5]

Was seriously one of the most helpful books I ever read in college!

[Llorón De icamole · Rating 4 out of 5]

as other people said, this book gives you a direction to go when you're a student, i wish to have it before...

[alex]

i actually have the 2nd edition of this book, printed in 1974. my mom found it at her friends garage sale and it's actually still pretty useful.

[Duke Silver · Rating 3 out of 5]

A few very good points, a lot of useless stuff.

[Paul Hathaway · Rating 1 out of 5]

Ha ha.

[Kunkon3007 · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's such a great book. It helps me a lot in my project 2.