Becoming a master student : Tool, Techniques, hints, Ideas, Illustrations, examples, methods, procedures, processes, skill, resources, and suggestion for success / Dave, Ellis.
Publication details: Boston. : Houghton Mifflin company, 1992.Edition: 9th editionDescription: ix, 398 p. : ill. ; 27 cmISBN:- 0201102749
- 0395981492
- 808.0427 23 ELL
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Table of Contents
Introduction
FIRST STEP FIRST
CHAPTER 1
In this chapter
First step: truth is a key to mastery
If you skipped the introduction
The discovery and intention journal
Seven discovery and intention
Creating and using portfolios
CHAPTER 2 TIME
You got the time
The time monitor/time
25 ways to get the most out of now keep going
Reap the benefits: extracurricular activities
Overcome computer addiction
Time management for right-brained people
Etc.
CHAPTER 3 MEMORY
You never got it
The memory jungle
20 Memory techniques
Set a trap for your memory
Remembering your car keys……or anything else
Etc.
CHAPTER 4 READING
Muscle reading
How muscle reading works
Before you read: pry out questions
While you read: root up answers
After you read: recite, review, and review (again)
Etc.
CHAPTER 5 NOTES
The note-taking process flows observe
Record
Improving your handwriting
Get to the bones of your book with concepts maps
Taking notes while reading
Learning across borders: getting the most from distance learning
Taking notes on your journey: the art of journal writing
Etc.
CHAPTER 6 TESTS
Disarm tests
What to do before the tests
What to do during the test
F is for feedback, not failure
Words to watch for in essay questions
Etc.
CHAPTER 7 DIVERSITY
Living with diversity
Diversity is real and valuable
Communicating across cultures
Adapting to the culture of higher education
The art of reentry
Stay tuned to these networks
Etc.
CHAPTER 9 WRITING
Writing well pays
Phase 1: getting ready to write – creating something from nothing
Phase 2: writhing the first draft – getting down to it
Phase 3: revising your draft – polishing your creation
Misplaced modifier poses threat of suffocation
Etc.
CHAPTER 10 RELATIONSHIPS
The communication loop listening
Sending
Five ways to say
You deserve compliments
Practices netiquette
Etc.
CHAPTER 11 MONEY AND HEALTH
Money in, money out
The source of money problems
Increase money out
Free fun
Money for the future
Education’s worth it
Etc.
CHAPTER 12 WHAT NEXT
Now that you are done – begin---- use the following suggestions to continue
Do something you can’t
Attitudes, affirmations, and visualizations
Attitude replacement
But I don’t know what I want to do
Majors for the taking
Etc.
Includes Index p. 394-398.
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