学习《提高学习、复习和考试技能指南》PDF电子书下载

1 Study 1

Why did you decide to become a student? 1

Are all your subjects interesting? 3

Do you study effectively? 5

2 Look after yoursellf 7

Looking after yourself 7

Deciding where to live 7

Looking after your money 8

Preface 9

Keeping fit for study 9

Keeping up-to-date with your work 9

Definition of terms 10

Acknowledgements 10

Asking for help with study problems 11

3 Friendship 13

Being yourself 14

Personal relationships 17

Coping with personal problems 19

4 Make good use of your time 21

Accept that learning is your responsibility 21

Organize your year 24

Organize your week 25

Exercise and health 30

Food and health 31

Sleep and health 31

Organize your day 32

Concentrate during hours of study 34

5 Make good lecture notes 40

Being there 41

The value of lectures in study 41

Make good notes during lectures 44

Creative pattern notes 47

Sequential notes 47

Other kinds of notes 49

Getinto the habit of asking good questions 51

After the lecture 52

Review 52

Revise 54

Get the most out of tutorials and seminars 54

Tutorials 54

Seminars 56

Writing paper and storage materials 57

Writing paper 57

Storing information 58

6 Think-organize-select-remember 59

Organize and select 59

How to remember 60

Revise regularly 61

Learn some things by heart 62

Use your knowledge 63

Plan answers to questions 64

Exercise your mind 68

7 Find out for yourself 70

Difficulties in the way of accurate observ2tion 71

Making and recording observations 76

Results of the analysis of data 76

Preparing a report on an investigation 77

8 Read and learn 79

Decide what to read 80

Preliminary survey 80

Decide how to read 81

Scanning 82

Skim reading 82

Rapid reading 83

Read crititcally 83

Make notes as you read 85

One set of notes 89

Understand and select 90

Comprehension tests 90

Writing a précis 90

Writing a summary 90

Get to know useful reference books 92

Other sources of information 94

Programmed learning 94

Computer assisted learning 95

9 Write and learn 98

Faults commonly encountered in students written work 99

Write answers to questions 104

Creativity 104

Write at one sitting 106

Use your topicoutline as a guide 107

Criticize the work of other writers 108

See how others write 109

Check your own work 111

How course work marks affect your grades 112

Writing and learning 114

10 Express yourself 116

Write in paragraphs 116

Write in sentences 117

Take an interest in words 119

Write in standard language 120

The Words used in questions 121

The words of your subject 122

Definitions 124

Avoid abbreviations 125

Write regularly and read good prose 126

Write legibly 126

11 Working on a special study 128

Selecting a subjcct for your special study 128

Assessing a special study 129

Reporting your work 131

Working on your own 131

Starting to write 134

Preparing diagrams and tables 137

Writing for your readers 137

Checking and typing 138

Check your completed composition 138

Typing 139

Consider what is expected of you 141

12 Preparing for examinations 141

Use appropriate textbooks 143

Look at the syllabus 143

Look at recent examination papers 143

Plan answers to examination questions 144

Prepare revision aids from your notes 145

Test yourself 147

The years before an examination 148

Plan your revision 148

The weeks before an examination 149

13 Taking examinations 152

Learn from other students mistakes 153

Learn from your own mistakes 162

Preparing for an examination 162

The day before an examination 162

The day of an examination 163

Taking examinations 164

Taking a theory examination 164

Taking a practical examination 167

Taking an oral examination 168

Failing examinations 169

Appendix A Choosing a course 170

Appendix B Books for your bookshelf 174

Index 176