Straight A's Are Not Enough: Breakthroughs in Learning for College Students

Straight A's Are Not Enough: Breakthroughs in Learning for College Students
ISBN-10
0990611205
ISBN-13
9780990611202
Category
Education
Pages
320
Language
English
Published
2015-03-15
Author
Judy Fishel

Description

Why do over 5000 girls not get credit for AP Calculus every year? What did we learn from monkeys with puzzles? How does our mindset affect our learning? Can we change our own brains, get smarter, or improve our willpower? What learning strategies are most effective? What prevents freshmen from learning effectively? These and other intriguing questions are answered in this book.Straight A's Are Not Enough is a research-based book on study skills for college students but it is NOT another book on how to make Straight A's. This book is based on the belief that learning is more important than grades. Students using these strategies should still be able to make the grades they want and need, while getting a great education. While the book is written for college students, it's also appropriate for high school students taking advanced courses or preparing for college.There are stories, a wide variety of visual, comic strips, and over one hundred practical strategies. The last section of the book includes What Employers Want Most, Critical Thinking, Analytical Reasoning, and Problem Solving.The book includes many original ideas such as Flexible Time Management, The Never-Cram Method of Test Preparation, and the definition of study as Mental Processing. Too many students think that reading the chapter or rereading the chapter is studying. Mental Processing or study is what students do after they finish reading. It includes organizing information both verbally and visually, and using some of the ten ways of thinking and ten pathways to memory. The book begins with the question "Why do students work hard, make good grades, but quickly forget what they learned?" It also raised two related questions: "How can students learn more, understand deeply, and remember longer?" and "How can students get the great education they want and need.'"The conclusion answers these questions based on a great deal of recent research. Students may be surprised to learn that nearly all of the strategies that they commonly use are among the least effective strategies. The most effective strategies are rarely used.

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