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Successful Learning Simplified (Study Skills Book 4) Kindle Edition

by Fiona McPherson (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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Book 4 of 5: Study Skills

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Being smart helps. Working hard helps more. But working effectively helps most of all.

There's a great deal that research can now tell us about how to study effectively. For 20 years, I've been reporting on research into memory and learning, and explaining how these findings can be translated into practical advice. In earlier books, I have presented a lot of detail on strategies in specific areas: note-taking, mnemonics, practice and revision. In this guide, I attempt to provide an overview of how to approach your learning, and the strategies you should consider using.

The book covers:

preparing for learning
approaching a text
reading
taking notes
building understanding
navigating non-linear environments
dealing with lectures
memorizing
revising
building expertise in skills
how specific subjects differ in their needs & demands.

The book can be used as an adjunct and quick reference for those who have the more in-depth workbooks, or as a simplified guide for those who want the bottom-line without the detail.

This is not a book for students who want a magic bullet, who want a five-minute 'answer' to effortless study! But students who want to know that their time and effort are being used wisely, that their diligence will be rewarded with better marks and more long-lasting learning, this guide may be the answer they've long been looking for.

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Building on her doctorate in cognitive psychology, Dr Fiona McPherson has spent the last twenty years rendering the latest cognitive research into useful advice for those wishing to improve their memory and learning skills. Her books have been translated into German and French, and her website (www.mempowered.com) has been providing advice and up-to-date reports since 2000.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00RABEAT4
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Wayz Press (December 20, 2014)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 20, 2014
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 11725 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 235 pages

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- #172 in Adult & Continuing Education (Kindle Store)
- #532 in Adult & Continuing Education (Books)

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Fiona McPherson has a PhD in cognitive psychology, from the internationally-regarded Psychology Department at the University of Otago, New Zealand. She has spent the decades since that achievement following the research into how the human brain thinks and learns and remembers, and communicating that knowledge and its practical implications to a lay audience. She has done this through her long-running and extensive websites (www.memory-key.com and www.mempowered.com), and her books. Her guiding principle is that people are more likely to use effective strategies if they understand how and why they work, and know precisely when and when not to use them.