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ERIC Number: ED185891
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1979
Pages: 70
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
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More Learning in Less Time: A Guide to Effective Study for University Students.
Kahn, Norma B.
A revision of "Effective and Efficient Study," a guide to effective study for university students, is presented. Topics include: self-evaluation using a checklist of factors involved in college reading and study problems; self-evaluation regarding test anxiety; organizing work and budgeting time; remembering effectively; improving listening and note taking from listening; saving time in taking notes from reading by delayed note taking; reading rapidly for key ideas only; reading expository material for study purposes; mastering textbook material; reading fiction or poetry for full effect and meaning; speed reading; adapting to reading and note taking in an unfamiliar genre or discipline; taking notes from textbooks or articles in the biological or physical sciences, history books or articles, material in folklore, psychology, and sociology, poetry in a first course in literature, and legal cases in a first course in law; questioning to encourage critical and creative reading of any expository (factual or theoretical) material; minding metaphors; preparing a research report; developing a habit of strengthening vocabulary; preparing for examinations; taking examinations; and improving concentration, motivation, and will power. A bibliography is included. (SW)
Hayden Book Company, Inc., Rochelle Park, NJ ($3.50, paper)
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Learner; Books
Education Level: N/A
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Language: English
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