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Scotty Dunlap; Brian Dudak – Prufrock Press, 2023
This book is your one-stop shop for the academic tools and habits needed to make your transition from high school to college a resounding success! The shift from high school to college can be a challenge, with many students finding the skills that had previously worked so well no longer seem to be enough. "How to Become a Successful College…
Descriptors: College Students, Success, College Readiness, Financial Literacy
Study Orientations in Different Tutoring Environments: University Language Students' First Two Years
Honkimaki, Sanna; Tynjala, Paivi – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2007
This study investigates the study orientations of students in a two-year follow-up in two Finnish universities that had different tutoring systems. Both universities offered tutoring of first-year students by senior students, but one also offered tutoring by staff members. The study orientations of students were assessed on the basis of their…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Tutoring, Foreign Countries, Learning Strategies
Meyers, Judith N. – 2000
This book is designed to help the adult learner overcome test anxiety and become an effective test taker. A survey to determine what the reader knows about test formats is followed by facts on many types of tests, help with real-world problems in test taking, reviews of writing skills for essay tests, and practice test questions. Some resources,…
Descriptors: Adults, Learning Strategies, Study Habits, Test Anxiety
McCabe, Don – 1982
Students who honestly try the SQ3R (Survey, Question, Read, Review, Recite) approach to studying almost universally find it successful. Students should first set a time and a place for their study. When reading a chapter, students should: (1) survey chapter titles, headings, illustrations, etc.; (2) figure out what the chapter is really concerned…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Strategies, Notetaking
American Association of School Administrators, Arlington, VA. – 1995
This booklet offers suggestions to students on how to improve their study skills, with a focus on making more efficient and effective use of their study time. Chapter 1 presents tips for identifying one's optimal study conditions and getting organized. Chapter 2 focuses on time-management strategies, such as finding and using time to study. Ways…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Strategies, Notetaking
Leverett, Rudy – 1990
Noting that students must at some point begin to assume responsibility for their own learning to become mature, independent members of society, this pamphlet is designed to help students get started in taking studying seriously. The pamphlet presents: (1) 7 suggestions on when to study; (2) 6 ideas on where to study; (3) 13 suggestions on what to…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Independent Study, Learning Strategies, Notetaking
Jackson, Peter; And Others – 1982
This workbook helps students identify those study practices that are ineffective and suggests ways in which existing study habits may be modified and improved. At the beginning of each of the workbook's seven sections is a set of questions concerning the reader's usual study practices. The second part of each section contains advice about the…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Foreign Countries, Learning Activities, Learning Strategies
Edwards, Peter – 1996
Designed for those students who do not know how to study effectively, this book emphasizes practical, proven ways of learning. The book explains key concepts and gives examples, followed by graded exercises to let the student build a successful study program. Students will learn how to: (1) manage time; (2) set study goals; (3) listen actively;…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Foreign Countries, Learning Strategies, Metacognition
Christen, William; Murphy, Thomas – 1992
This book is designed to help teenagers make the most of their study time and learn how to take good notes, how to plan writing projects, and how to prepare for tests. Chapters in the book are: What It Takes; Active Learning; Writing; PREPsteps; Take Note; Making Time for Time; The Real Test; and Going for the Gold. (RS)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Learning Activities, Learning Strategies, Notetaking
Shaughnessy, Michael F. – 1990
Designed to help poorly prepared students perform better in college and to help prepared students perform at higher levels, this paper presents a series of specific suggestions for students regarding study activities, course choice, thinking behavior, and time allocation. The suggestions include the following: (1) eliminate diversions during study…
Descriptors: College Students, Community Colleges, Educationally Disadvantaged, Higher Education
Haisman, Gilbert – 1997
Noting that research shows that sound study practices increase chances for academic success, this booklet is intended to help secondary and postsecondary students improve their study methods and take charge of their learning. After an introduction, the first section discusses planning for success (goal setting and organizing a study space). The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Information Skills, Internet
Custer, Susan; And Others – 1995
This book offers study strategies and techniques which were originally used in resource rooms for students with mild disabilities but are appropriate for all students, all content areas, and all educational levels. The book is structured around the acronym SMARTS for the six action steps or skills covered: (1) Studying, (2) Memorizing, (3) Active…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Strategies, Listening Skills, Memorization
Fleet, Joan; And Others – 1987
This manual was written to help college students become better students and more successful learners. The goals of the book are to raise awareness of, and interest in, the learning process generally; increase each student's awareness of her/himself as a learner; introduce specific strategies for more effective learning; suggest that each student…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, College Students, Foreign Countries, Higher Education

Sammons, Morris; Kozoll, Charles E. – 1986
This booklet was developed to help self-study students develop an appropriate routine. It describes steps that many self-study students have used to finish all types of courses in a reasonable length of time and to excel academically in them. The material identifies how the student can control each lesson and the entire course, master material,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Correspondence Study, Distance Education, Independent Study
Cotton, Kathleen – 1998
This booklet is aimed at school students desiring to improve their lifelong learning skills. Part 1 is a checklist to help students determine their preferred learning styles, including sense modalities (reading, listening, viewing pictures or diagrams, touching, or moving) and best learning conditions (preferred sounds, lighting, temperature,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Guidelines, Habit Formation, High Schools
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