The Study Skills Guide: Essential Strategies for Smart Students (Elite Students Series)

Around 39% of 18- to 24-year olds were enrolled in college in 2007, 18.2 million students [Source: NCES].  However, successful high school students don't always have the right study skills to succeed in college.  This book offers practical, proven ways of meeting the challenge of college learning.  Aimed at college freshmen as well as high school students preparing for college, it offers tips and study approaches that make studying manageable, time-efficient, and enjoyable.  It includes a chapter on e-study, study aids such as checklists, lecture note-taking templates and questionnaires, and access to downloadable online resources.

 

Contents include: Managing your time; efficient study; fact identification and absorption; analysis; working with teachers; writing; presentation; the link to the world of work.