Mastering Study Skills

This easy-to-use guide helps learners discover their learning potential. Richard Freeman has completely re-written his popular book to follow trends in current courses. The book helps learners analyse their strengths and weaknesses through their own past

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Mastering

Study Skills

Second Edition

Richard Freeman

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MACMILLAN

© Richard Freeman 1982, 1991 All rights reserved. No reproduction. copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced. copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright. Designs and Patents Act 1988. or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency. 90 Tottenham Court Road. London WIP 9HE. Any person who does any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. First edition 1982 Reprinted 1982. 1983 (twice). 1985. 1986. 1988. 1989 Second edition 1991 Published by MACMILLAN EDUCATION LTD HoundmiHs. Basingstoke. Hampshire RG21 2XS and London Companies and representatives throughout the world Copy-edited and typeset by Pavey/Edmondson Okehampton and Rochdale. England

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Freeman. Richard Mastering study skills.-2nd ed. -(Master series) I. Title II. Series 371.3028

ISBN 978-1-349-12293-6 (eBook) ISBN 978-0-333-54929-2 DOI 10.1007/978-1-349-12293-6

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Contents

List of figures

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Preface

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1 Getting started 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Why are you studying? 1.3 What do you learn best? 1.4 How do you learn best? 1.5 Where is your study problem? 1.6 Setting goals 1.7 Setting objectives 1.8 Plans and timetables 1.9 Study periods 1.10 Conclusion

2 Keeping going 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Exploring your motivation 2.3 When do you grind to a halt? 2.4 How to generate motivation 2.5 Feedback

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Learning and feedback 3.1 Learning for what? 3.2 Why? 3.3 To understand or not to understand? 3.4 Making it meaningful 3.5 Active learning 3.6 Relating material to previous knowledge 3.7 Knowing when you are right 3.8 Learning from mistakes v

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Contents Information: finding and using it 4.1 Informa