College Study: The Essential Ingredients

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College Study: The Essential Ingredients, 2nd edition Sally Lipsky Building on the success of the first edition, this revised edition of "College Study" contains a complete and balanced coverage of "essential" learning and study techniques, with an emphasis on critical thinking and problem solving at the college level. Using an active learning approach, this text integrates student behaviors, attitudes, and learning styles focusing on reader choice, application, and assessment of practical strategies. This concept creates an effective, efficient, and individualized system of study that guides students to become self-regulating learners. New features include:

• "The VARK Questionnaire" - an instrument assessing Visual, Aural, Read/Write and Kinesthetic preferences gives students an immediate assessment of their individual learning styles.
• "Online Learning" - addresses strategies regarding attitude and motivation, time management and procrastination, reading, note taking, and test taking within the framework of online learning.
• "Critical Thinking Tasks" - provides activities involving critical, creative, and problem-solving thinking skills.
• "Comprehension checks" -- provide a reminder and formats for students to check understanding and recall of key content.

ISBN: 013158524X | EAN: 9780131585249
Publisher: Prentice Hall  | Publication Date: May, 2007

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