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**Originally Published in 1956** This is the best guide ever published on how to acquire and maintain good study skills. It covers everything from developing a vocabulary to improving the quality of written work, and has chapters on studying math, science, and languages; taking tests; and using libraries. If anyone you know is college-bound, buy this book: it will prove a lifesaver and a godsend.
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Straight talk and tips from top students to help make academic excellence a lifestyle. Getting a passing grade is one thing-cramming to memorize facts, knowing what's on the test, finishing a paper just before the deadline-but being a top student is something else entirely. So what makes the difference between a good student and a top student? Being a top student is a lifestyle, not just an A on your transcript. The Secrets of Top Students: Tips,...
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Play For Something provides student athletes with the inspiration, strategies, and know-how to succeed in the classroom and beyond. Written by a Division 1 basketball player who graduated as the valedictorian of his class with a 4.0 GPA, this book covers everything from study strategies to productivity theory, from memory mastery to effective writing strategies, and from homesickness to networking. The book contains insightful stories from some of...
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Help Your Kids with Study Skills is a unique step-by-step visual guide with invaluable advice on how to support your child's classwork, homework, and revision, with effective study methods that suit a range of learning styles for the third grade level and beyond.From exploring your child's preferred learning approach to using mind maps, flow charts, and mnemonic devices to handling test preparation and exam-day anxiety, this guide can help you place...
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A successful student uses effective strategies.Being a successful student is far more about being a smart user of effective strategies than about being 'smart'. In fact it is possible to predict how well a student will do simply on the basis of their use of study strategies.Mnemonics is one class of study strategy that is of proven effectiveness, but (like only too many effective strategies!) is used far too little. Despite many studies showing the...
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"Make the Grade dissects the school week as students actually experience it--and offers realistic solutions to common problems, from difficult teachers and over-booked schedules to boring homework and the endless variety of (more enjoyable) distractions."--Amazon.com.
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In this powerful, motivational masterpiece, the author, Joe Jesimiel Ogbe, a youth minister of over three decades, provides pathways and strategies that will help students overcome their academic struggles and challenges.
As a student you can rewrite your academic story!
Yes, you can improve on your current academic results!
No doubt, with this book, you will be equipped and empowered to navigate your way into sterling academic success.
Your session...
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LEARN:: How to increase your reading speed by 300%
This book contains proven steps and strategies on how to increase your reading speed, with not much work at all! You will read easy to use, and fun to implement strategies on how to read three times faster than you are right now.
These speed reading strategies are all about maximizing your time, and getting a lot faster at reading, while still completely understanding what you are reading. You'll...
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As an independent personal shopper, you can offer a wide selection of clothing as you can buy from where ever you like - from the smallest boutique to the largest department store. This is a benefit that should be pointed out to your clients. While there are no specific requirements in becoming a personal shopper, there are some areas of other employment you may consider before becoming a personal shopper. These include such areas as styling, marketing...
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Students often approach math the same way they approach other courses. Read the book, take some notes, look them over, and then hope for the best when the test comes. And, if the test doesn't go well, very little is approached differently the next time around. Math Study Strategies is an easy-to-use resource that helps students learn and implement strategies that are useful during each part of the class 'cycle': choosing a class (in college), preparing...
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Nouvelles pratiques psychoéducatives
Cet ouvrage traite de l'intervention de groupe dans une perspective psychoéducative. Plusieurs professionnels du domaine de l'intervention psychosociale, dont les psychoéducatrices et les psychoéducateurs, accompagnent les personnes en difficulté d'adaptation ou à risque de le devenir en leur proposant des modalités d'aide qui incluent le groupe sous différentes formes.
Malheureusement, ces pratiques, qui...
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The unique nutshell guide to researching, planning, writing and referencing a compelling student essay. Nothing threatens to cloud those first exciting university days more than sitting down to your very first tutorial assignment and realizing that you've never been set anything quite as daunting in your life. Where on earth do you begin? With Good Essays, of course. Our cheerful little guide swiftly teaches you the tricks of the trade, from economical...
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Level II: Grades 8-10
Young adolescents have different developmental needs than other students. “The hm Program” is geared for specific grade levels, allowing you to encourage the middle and junior high student's growing capacity for abstraction. At the same time, the activity-oriented structure keeps their attention. Students will learn to harness their particular "learning style" in a way that best suits their needs.
Each student workbook...
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Get the Summary of Kam Knight's Mind Mapping in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Mind Mapping" by Kam Knight explores the visual technique of mind mapping, which structures and organizes information around a central idea, reflecting the brain's associative nature. Historical figures like da Vinci and Picasso used mind maps, and Tony Buzan later popularized the method. Mind maps improve memory retention by leveraging...
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Graduating college early is no easy task but it can provide numerous benefits. The 3-Year Degree was written by an actual college student who was able to complete nearly 5 years worth of school in only 3 years without having to sacrifice hobbies or a social life. The book includes numerous specific strategies used to choose the best courses, to prepare the best schedule, and to complete your courses. Any college student will be able to benefit from...
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What exactly does a successful student look like? Would you know a successful student if you saw one? Is that student staring back at you in the mirror? If you want to maximize your learning and success, you need quality thinking skills, learning skills, and psychological skills far more than you need studying tips. This book will help you develop those skills, making you a more confident, efficient, and productive student. It is a practical guide...
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Learning is a Pleasure Dr. J.A.L. Theron Why This Book On Study Methods? A massive amount of scientific and other knowledge is currently being stored in libraries and computers in countries all over the world. While education is obligatory in many countries, very few state education departments attach sufficient priority to students' access to this information as well as the accumulation and retention thereof. It is thus untenable to expect from students...
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