How to Study in College by Walter Pauk
Over a million students have transformed adequate work into academic achievement with this best-selling text. HOW TO STUDY IN COLEGE sets students on the path to success by helping them build a strong foundation of study skills, and learn how to gain, retain, and explain information. Based on widely tested educational and learning theories, HOW TO STUDY IN COLEGE teaches study techniques such as visual thinking, active listening, concentration, note taking, and test taking, while also incorporating material on vocabulary building. Questions in the Margin, based on the Cornell Note Taking System, places key questions about content in the margins of the text to provide students with a means for reviewing and reciting the main ideas. Students then use this technique--the Q-System--to formulate their own questions. The Eleventh Edition maintains the straightforward and traditional academic format that has made HOW TO STUDY IN COLEGE the leading study skills text in the market.Dr. Walter Pauk, a true pioneer in the field of study skills, has been giving students sound counsel for more than half a century. Pauk was a pioneer in promoting the Cornell System, a wide margin note-taking approach that is now widely used. Pauk, a certified psychologist and trusted instructor, was the director of Cornell University's Reading-Study Center, where he got his PhD in Psychology and Education and is now Professor Emeritus. He has written over a hundred books.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780395178157 |
| ISBN 10 | 0395178150 |
| Title | How to Study in College |
| Author | Walter Pauk |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin |
| Year published | 1975-03-01 |
| Number of pages | 274 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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