The Smart Study Guide Psychological Techniques for Student Success [Paperback]

Drawing on the latest research into memory, information processing and learning, this book helps students to tailor their study techniques to their own particular learning style and psychological make-up.

• An exploration of the tools and techniques essential to success in studying and passing examinations.
• Suitable for classroom, distance learning, online, or blended learning environments.
• Includes questionnaires, activities, key learning points, illustrations, diagrams, flow charts, and mindmaps.

Finding Your Way Around.

Introduction.

1. Becoming an Effective Learner.

2. Preparing for Study.

3. Multiple Intelligences: Using All Your Strengths.

4. Learning Preferences.

5. Working with Others.

6. Reading Techniques.

7. How to Remember Everything You Need To!.

8. Making Notes.

9. Generating Ideas.

10. Becoming a Critical Thinker.

11. How to Write an Essay.

12. Portfolios, Reflective Journals and Learning Logs.

Next Steps.

Appendix 1 Gardner’s Criteria for Intelligence.

Appendix 2 Answers.

References.

Index

At long last, a study guide that's not only useful but actually fun to use and evidence-based to boot! Congratulations to Tamblin and Ward. This deserves to become the standard text in this area. Not only will I recommend it to my students (and my children) I'm going to mine it for tips for myself! Dr Susie Page, Principal Lecturer, University of Greenwich

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