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The study skills handbook / Stella Cottrell.

By: Series: Palgrave study skillsPublisher: Houndsmill, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013Edition: Fourth editionDescription: vi, 426 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781137289254
  • 1137289252
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • LB 2395 .C688 2013
Contents:
A. Managing yourself for study -- 1. Success as a student -- 2. Developing your skills -- 3. Successful study: Intelligence, strategy and personalised learning -- 4. The C.R.E.A.M. strategy for learning -- 5. Time management as a student -- B. Academic skills -- 6. Core research skills: Reading, note-making and managing information -- 7. Critical analytical thinking -- 8. Memory -- 9. Confidence with numbers -- C.People skills -- 10. Working with others: Collaborative study -- D.Task management skills -- 11. Writing at university level -- 12. Developing academic writing -- 13. Research projects, case studies and dissertations -- 14. Revision and exams -- E.Drawing it together -- 15. Planning your next move -- Appendices -- 1. Quick multiplier -- 2. Online research tools -- 3. Further resources on managing and studying as a student.
Summary: This title introduces higher-level study skills and allows students to develop a deeper understanding of the learning process itself, encouraging a reflective and well-informed approach to study.
List(s) this item appears in: Academic Success

Previous edition: 2008.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 415-417) and index.

A. Managing yourself for study -- 1. Success as a student -- 2. Developing your skills -- 3. Successful study: Intelligence, strategy and personalised learning -- 4. The C.R.E.A.M. strategy for learning -- 5. Time management as a student -- B. Academic skills -- 6. Core research skills: Reading, note-making and managing information -- 7. Critical analytical thinking -- 8. Memory -- 9. Confidence with numbers -- C.People skills -- 10. Working with others: Collaborative study -- D.Task management skills -- 11. Writing at university level -- 12. Developing academic writing -- 13. Research projects, case studies and dissertations -- 14. Revision and exams -- E.Drawing it together -- 15. Planning your next move -- Appendices -- 1. Quick multiplier -- 2. Online research tools -- 3. Further resources on managing and studying as a student.

This title introduces higher-level study skills and allows students to develop a deeper understanding of the learning process itself, encouraging a reflective and well-informed approach to study.

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