Fiona McPherson
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A successful student uses effective strategies.Being a successful student is far more about being a smart user of effective strategies than about being 'smart'. In fact it is possible to predict how well a student will do simply on the basis of their use of study strategies.Mnemonics is one class of study strategy that is of proven effectiveness, but (like only too many effective strategies!) is used far too little. Despite many studies showing the...
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This highly visual and full-colour workbook takes you, step by step, through the process of learning the Greek alphabet. It uses several strategies to help learners achieve mastery quickly and thoroughly. These strategies include:
grouping
visual mnemonics
test questions to help you practice
vocabulary lists for reading practice.
These vocabulary lists appear for each group of letters, so you can practice on words that only use the letters you have...
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This highly visual workbook takes you, step by step, through the process of learning the Russian alphabet. It uses several strategies to help learners achieve mastery quickly and thoroughly. These strategies include:groupingvisual mnemonicstest questions to help you practicevocabulary lists for further practice.
These vocabulary lists appear for each group of letters, so you can practice on words that only use the letters you have learned. To make...
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Do you have problems remembering birthdays and anniversaries, appointments and errands?Do you sometimes find yourself in a room, and wonder why you're there?Do you end up doing things twice because you've forgotten you've already done them?Of all the memory failures that plague us, forgetting our intentions birthdays, appointments, errands we mean to do is the greatest, closely followed by those moments of absentmindedness when we lose track of...
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In this revised edition, examples and exercises from science, mathematics, history, foreign languages, and skill learning, are used to show exactly how to apply the 10 principles of effective practice and revision.
Few students know how to revise effectively, which is why they waste so much time going over and over material, as they try to hammer it into their heads. But you don't need to spend all that time, and you don't need to endure such boredom....
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HTML clipboardYou can predict how well a student will do simply on the basis of their use of effective study strategies.
This book is for college students who are serious about being successful in study, and teachers who want to know how best to help their students learn.
Being a successful student is far more about being a smart user of effective strategies than about being 'smart'. Research has shown it is possible to predict how well a student...