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Study Skills, 1st Edition

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• Build effective study habits, time management, and organizational skills for academic success.
• Improve reading, note-taking, test-taking, and critical-thinking abilities through practical strategies.
• Gain confidence and independence with tools that support lifelong learning and achievement.

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Title Overview

Title Overview

Study Skills presents essential study strategies in an easy to understand format. Fourteen short, concise lessons provide information that will prepare students to become active learners.

Study skills, the strategies a student applies to learning that helps facilitate understanding and retention of knowledge, are the skills that become good habits and enable an individual to become efficient, solve problems, and apply critical-thinking skills. A chapter-opening pretest sets the stage for the content that follows. End-of-chapter activities provide opportunities for self-assessment as well as additional practice activities on the G-W Learning Companion Website.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

1. Developing Study Skills

2. Identifying Your Learning Style

3. Developing Time-Management Skills

4. Defining Study Time

5. Creating a Study Environment

6. Improving Reading Comprehension

7. Becoming an Active Reader

8. Becoming an Active Listener

9. Improving Your Note Taking

10. Improving Your Memory

11. Test-Taking Strategies

12. Researching for College Papers

13. Writing a College Paper

14. Managing Stress

Instructor Resources

Instructor Resources

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  • Interactive Content
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Standards and Correlations

Standards and Correlations

P21 Partnership for 21st Century Learning

P21 Framework for 21st Century Learning

About the Author

About the Author

Goodheart-Willcox Publisher

For nearly 100 years, Goodheart-Willcox has focused on providing quality instructional resources for Career and Technical Education. G-W textbooks, available in print and digital formats, provide the most relevant content at an exceptional value to prepare students for successful careers. As always, our products are backed by personal service and time-saving Instructor Resources to meet your needs. G-W is the premier textbook publisher for Technical, Trades, and Technology; Family & Consumer Sciences; Business, Marketing & Career Education; Health Sciences; Agricultural Education; and Health Education.


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Course Content

What the Authors Are Saying

QuoteLearning how to become an active learner and focused student is the first step toward personal success.Quote

Goodheart-Willcox

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