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What smart students know, maximum grades, optimum learning, minimum time, Adam Robinson

eng

illustrations

index present

non fiction

What smart students know

27676792

Adam Robinson

maximum grades, optimum learning, minimum time

Argues that smart students have a different attitude about school and learning, and offers advice on taking notes, studying, preparing for tests, and writing papers

The real secret -- Take this quiz! -- Attitude shift! -- Learning the old way -- Learning the new way : introducing cyberlearning -- Intermission : applying the method in classes and lectures -- Answering question 1 : What's my purpose for reading this? -- Answering question 2 : What do I already know about this topic? -- Answering question 3 : What's the big picture here? -- Intermission : The trouble with textbooks -- Answering question 4 : What's the author going to say next? -- Answering question 5 : What are the "expert questions"? -- Answering question 6 : What questions does this information raise for me? -- Intermission : attitude check #1 -- Answering question 7 : What information is important here? -- Answering question 8 -- How can I paraphrase and summarize this information? -- Answering question 9 : How can I organize this information? -- Answering question 10 : How can I picture this information? -- Answering question 12 : How does this information fit in with what I already know? -- The twelve questions : a recap -- Intermission : What does is mean to understand something? -- Not all subjects are alike : modifying the cyberlearning method -- How smart students learn interpretation techniques -- How smart students learn problem-solving techniques -- Intermission : Attitude check #2 -- How smart students rehearse for tests -- How smart students take tests -- Intermission : Attitude check #3 -- How smart students write papers -- Intermission : other skills and resources you'll need as a smart student -- How smart students manage their time -- How smart students choose their courses and teachers -- Intermission : Attitude check #4 -- A parting look at what smart students know -- The myth behind the education crisis (and what's really wrong)