How To Study Smart: Study Secrets of an Honors Student

By Douglas Peterson

Are you struggling in School? Wonder how others seem to get better grades with less effort? Does it take you hours to learn or remember things that you've studied over and over? Or do you just want to improve your study skills, reduce study time, and improved your grades? In "How To Study Smart" the author shares the frustrations and stories about high school and college, while telling about how he suddenly expanded his study skills overnight. "How To Study Smart" is a fantastic opportunity for any student to boost his or her study skills. This book will take the reader on a journey of humor, intrigue and simple illustrations demonstrating the secrets behind the retention of important information. Difficult studies can become easy, testing becomes much less stressful and confidence will follow.

As a struggling student for many years, the author had a moment when he took a tremendous jump in his academic abilities. He went from just an average student to an Honors Student overnight when a Dean at a graduate school spent about 20 minutes with him and taught him the basics of how to study. Those 20 minutes opened the door to new opportunities. His GPA jumped almost a full point. The author graduated with honors, and was placed on the National Dean's List. This book is the result of what he was shown, and additional methods that he learned from other Honors Students while attending graduate school.

These are universal techniques that may be used with most subjects. The book is short but concise with examples and principles to follow. These techniques will help to increase retention of information while reducing the amount of time needed to study. The author also teaches you techniques to help during testing. These techniques may be used in any level of education including high school, college, graduate school, or trade school. It's never too soon or too late to improve your study skills. With this book, you get Thirty-three Principles to help improve your studies and testing. "How To Study Smart" can be read in a couple of evenings but the information can impact a lifetime. "How To Study Smart!" This is the book you're looking for. Buy it!

• Language: English
• Publisher: BookBaby
• Release date: Jul 15, 2011
• ISBN: 9781617928147

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HOW TO STUDY SMART

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By Douglas Peterson

DISCLAIMER:

In the publication How To Study Smart, the names and places have been changed.  Any representation of people living or deceased is coincidental.  While this work offers ideas and techniques for improving studies, no guarantees, either written or implied are made and the author and publisher will not be liable for direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of or resulting from using techniques presented in this book, even if they have been advised of the possibility of such damages.  Publisher and author shall not be liable for any consequential, special or punitive damages arising out of use or inability to use this product.  It is recognized that not all people are the same and what works for some, will not work for others.  If these techniques are found not to work after a trial period, the author and publisher do not assume any responsibility and are not liable for damages or losses that might have occurred.  Users assume all responsibility and risk for application of these techniques.

No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means including information storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the author. The only exception is by a reviewer, who may quote short excerpts in a review.

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Dedication:

To Sandra, Benjamin and Andrew

Dear Reader:

As a former High School teacher and College Professor, I wish Dr. Peterson to be some twenty years older.  Not to wish him an earlier grave, but that he would have written this book that much sooner, and it would have been available to my struggling students!

Being somewhat steeped in learning theory, I approached the task of reviewing this epistle with a perception that it was just another how-to book, done simply for economic reasons, and nothing more than a compendium of routine approaches to the study problem.  NOT SO!  This is not a dry, research based, collection of what all the so-called experts have concluded is the ONLY WAY IT CAN BE DONE.  It is different, it is reality based, and it should be on every student’s bookshelf or in their back-pack!

Several of the approaches Dr. Peterson offers in this book are highly regarded, research supported and established principles of learning theory.  They are well known to educational theorists, and have been around for quite some time…buried in education journals and textbooks written for graduate students in learning theory classes.  Unfortunately, these tomes are not often available, or understood by the average high school student or college student or by many of the graduate students, for that matter!

In writing this book, Dr. Peterson has wryly presented a fresh, and delightfully anecdotal approach to the age-old problem of studying.  He recalls and presents the student’s nightmare from the perspective of one who has been there, and was able to reflect on those things that worked for him.  In his relating the different, and sometimes hilariously delightful incidents during his academic struggle, the pragmatics of everyday academic life begin to take on a new, and exciting relevancy.  The incident in the Organic Chemistry Lab course make for just good reading by itself, let alone providing an exemplary reality base to the principle Dr. Peterson presented.  The tips, routines, and exercises that are presented here are viable and relevant to any learning situation.  It is reasonable to assume they may not work for everyone, but, if today’s student takes the time to read it, they will realize that someone else had the same problems…and got through the agony.

Richard Goad, Ph.D.

Richard Goad, Ph.D.

Education

How to Study Smartby Douglas Peterson

Table of Contents

FORWARD

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER ONE My Theory About Good vs Bad Study Habits

Freaks of Nature and Why You are Normal

Puberty and Rhetoric

Never Cheat

Test Taking: Panic, Desperation And Your Mind

Good Versus Poor Study Habits

The First Four Steps To Success

CHAPTER TWO The Technique:  How to Take Notes

Study Secrets

Draw The Line

Hieroglyphics And How The Brain Works

The Use Of All Of Your Senses

Seeking A Balance

Keeping A Future Perspective

CHAPTER THREE  HOW TO USE THE NOTES

How To Study Smart

Mnemonics (Pronounced New-monics)

Packaging Information – The Use Of Leaders

Schematic Diagrams

The Dangers Of Acting On Incomplete Knowledge: The Flaming Mattress Saga

CHAPTER FOUR  Other Suggestions

Managing Your Notes

Study Schedules

The Thrill Is Gone

Study Groups

Reading Notes

Inefficient Study Techniques

Learning To Listen

The Missed Bunt Sign

Never Give up

CHAPTER FIVE  Sprint to the Finish.

Preparing For Exams

The Secret Weapon

Protect Your Work

Reducing The Stress

Questioning Authority

Find Your Motivation

Types Of Exams

A Compliment

If You Must Cram Before An