The Secrets of Getting Better Grades: Study Smarter, No Harder!,9781571121127

The Secrets of Getting Better Grades: Study Smarter, No Harder!

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Edition: 2nd
ISBN13: 9781571121127
ISBN10: 1571121129
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2002-05-01
Publisher(s): Jist Works
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Summary

An excellent book for high school and college students, adults returning to schools, and WIA-funded programs. Helps students get better grades without increasing study time.

Table of Contents

About This Book iii
Introduction: Why You Should Read This Book 1(1)
Who Should Read This Book?
1(1)
Who Can Get Good Grades?
1(1)
Why Would You Want Better Grades?
2(1)
What Are the Secrets of Getting Better Grades?
2(1)
Do These Secrets Actually Work?
2(1)
Will You Be Able to Understand This System?
3(1)
How to Use This Book
3(1)
How Can You Get the Most Out of This Book?
3(2)
Attitude and Time Management: Two Keys to Better Grades
5(16)
Challenge Your Attitude
6(3)
Are You Worth It?
8(1)
Using Visualization
8(1)
Time Management
9(10)
Map Out a Schedule
10(2)
Set an Investment Goal
12(3)
Follow Your Daily Plan
15(1)
Planning Tips
16(3)
Quiz
19(2)
Learning and Studying by Working with Your Brain (Not Against It)
21(16)
Learn How You Learn
23(2)
Use It or Lose It
25(2)
Seven Ways to Make Studying More Effective
27(5)
A Place for Mind Work
28(1)
Set Study Times
29(1)
Concentrate
29(1)
Break It Up
30(1)
Mix It Up
30(1)
Food for Thought
31(1)
The Life Connection
31(1)
Start New Habits
32(2)
Quiz
34(3)
Listening and Taking Notes in Class
37(22)
Be a Class Act
37(3)
Develop Good Listening Habits
40(3)
Prepare to Listen
41(1)
Actively Listen
42(1)
Keep a Record
42(1)
Take Good Notes
43(11)
Master the Mechanics
43(8)
Capture the Essence
51(3)
Attend Every Class
54(2)
Quiz
56(3)
Read with a Purpose
59(16)
Evaluate the Reason for Your Reading
59(2)
Enter Your Reading Zone
61(1)
Preview the Text Before You Read It
61(4)
Establish the Purpose of the Reading
62(1)
Look for the Structure
62(2)
Form Questions, Guess the Answers
64(1)
Read Actively
65(5)
Reading Mathematics Assignments
66(1)
Speed Reading: Is It for You?
67(3)
Review for Recall
70(3)
Quiz
73(2)
Writing Papers and Presenting Oral Reports
75(16)
Plan for Excellence
75(4)
Come to Terms with Term Papers
79(6)
Pick a Do-able Topic
79(1)
Evaluate Source Materials
80(1)
Prepare Source Cards
81(1)
Draft the Basic Structure
82(1)
Research and Record
82(1)
Draft a Detailed Outline
83(1)
Now, Write!
83(1)
Read for Meaning
84(1)
Read for Style
84(1)
Prepare the Final Version
85(1)
Conquer Oral Reports and Speeches
85(4)
Connect with the Audience
86(1)
Show and Tell
86(1)
Leave Time for Practice
86(1)
Stand and Deliver
87(2)
Quiz
89(2)
Review and Memorize What You've Learned
91(18)
Review What You've Learned and Make it Your Own
92(4)
Organize It
92(1)
Sense It
93(1)
Connect It
93(1)
Absorb It
93(1)
See It, Say It
94(1)
Practice It
95(1)
Live It
95(1)
Ask It
95(1)
Keep at It
95(1)
Refresh It
95(1)
Use Super Memory Tricks to Recall Details for Tests
96(7)
Brain Cartoons
97(1)
Stroll Down Memory Lane
98(1)
Eight on the Garden Gate
99(1)
Creative Acronyms and Sentences
100(1)
Rhyming Verses
101(1)
Rhythm and Beat
101(1)
Number Games
101(2)
Study Wisely for Tests
103(3)
Quiz
106(3)
Tackle Tests with Confidence
109(20)
Know the Testing Techniques
109(8)
True/False
111(1)
Multiple Choice
111(1)
Matching
112(1)
Short Answer, Fill in the Blanks
112(1)
Story Problems
113(1)
Discussion or Essay Questions
114(3)
Develop Good Test Taking Habits
117(7)
Have a Plan of Attack
118(3)
Review Your Results
121(1)
Learn from Your Mistakes
121(3)
Quiz
124(5)
Go For It!
129(8)
Make Our Secrets Your Secrets
129(1)
Put Your Tool Kit to Work
130(2)
Using the Tools in Other Courses
131(1)
Using the Tools for Other Reasons
132(1)
Write Your Own Story
132(1)
Program Yourself to Succeed
133(1)
Savor Your Successes
134(1)
Quiz
135(2)
Appendix: Web Sites for Getting Better Grades 137(8)
Study Skills Web Sites
138(1)
Web Sites About School Subjects
139(2)
Book Summaries on the Web
141(1)
Online Reference Resources and Tools
141(2)
Search Engines for Further Research
143(2)
Glossary 145(2)
Index 147

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