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Motivation and Learning Strategies for College Success: A Self-Management Approach
by Myron H. Dembo. 270 pgs.

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Figure and Table Credits

Brief Contents

Detailed Contents

Preface

Unit I: Foundations of Learning and Motivation

Chapter 1: Academic Self-Management

Chapter 2: Understanding Learning and Memory

Chapter 3: Understanding Motivation

Unit II: Motivational Strategies

Chapter 4: Goal Setting

Chapter 5: Management of Mood and Effort

Unit III: Behavioral Strategies

Chapter 6: Time Management

Chapter 7: Management of Physical and Social Environment

Unit IV: Learning and Study Strategies

Chapter 8: Learning From Textbooks

Chapter 9: Learning From Lectures

Chapter 10: Preparing for Exams

Chapter 11: Taking Exams

Glossary

Appendices

Appendix A: A Guide for Completing a Self-Management Study

Appendix B: Examples of Self-Management Studies

References

Author Index

Subject Index
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Managing Your Learning
by Geoffrey Squires. 184 pgs.

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This book is about analysing, understanding and managing the way you learn. Whether you are working towards a formal qualification, are undertaking work-related training or are learning informally by yourself, Managing Your Learning will help you to assess and build on your strengths, and identify and improve your weaknesses.You can use this book by yourself or in an organised group or class. There are 25 sections, each containing:*a diagnostic questionnaire on a specific aspect of learning*key points to explore*suggestions for further actionEach chapter has sections for you to make notes about your own situation, and there is advice on computers, presentations and other study skills. By the end of the book, you will have developed an individual learning profile and worked out a personal action plan.

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Preface

How to Use This Book

Choosing Your Questionnaire

Part A: Basics

1: Course

2: Induction

3: Resources

4: Managing

5: Teaching

6: Learning

Part B: Influences

7: Modelling

8: Support

9: Interaction

10: Environment

11: Context

12: Belief

13: Motivation

Part C: Processes

14: Foundations

15: Orientation

16: Input

17: Understanding

18: Enquiry

19: Tasks

20: Feedback

Part D: Outcomes

21: Criteria

22: Assessment

23: Reward

24: Meta-Learning

25: Others

Notes and Further Reading

Tips for the Terrified

Notes for Staff

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An Analysis of Three Study Skills: Notetaking, Summarizing, and Rereading, in Journal of Educational Research
by James W. Dyer, James Riley, Frank R. Yekovich. 5 pgs.

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The Relationship between Study Skills and Learning Outcomes: A Meta-Analysis, in Australian Journal of Education
by Nola Purdie, John Hattie. 14 pgs.

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Thinking and Learning Skills: Research and Open Questions, Vol. 2 (Chap. 1 "Techniques Available to Author, Teacher, and Reader to Improve Retention of Main Ideas of a Chapter")
by Susan F. Chipman, Judith W. Segal, Robert Glaser. 648 pgs.

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Preface

Higher Cognitive Goals for Education: An Introduction

Introduction to Volume 2: Research Trends and Their Implications

REFERENCES

Knowledge Acquisition

1: Techniques Available to Author, Teacher, and Reader to Improve Retention of Main Ideas of a Chapter

Preface

REFERENCES

APPENDIX: SUMMARY OF "TECHNIQUES AVAILABLE TO AUTHOR, TEACHER, AND READER TO IMPROVE RETENTION OF MAIN IDEAS OF A CHAPTER"

2: Cognitive Coping Strategies and the Problem of "Inert Knowledge"

3: The Social Context and Socialization Variables as Factors in Thinking and Learning

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

4: The Structure of Knowledge in Complex Domains

Problem Solving

5: The Relation of Knowledge to Problem Solving, with Examples from Kinematics

6: Understanding, Problem Representations, and Skill in Physics

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

7: Encoding and the Development of Problem Solving

8: Influences of Language Skills on Bilinguals' Problem Solving

REFERENCES

9: Looking Across the River: Views from the Two Banks of Research and Development in Problem Solving

Intelligence and Reasoning

10: Instrumental and Componential Approaches to the Nature and Training of Intelligence

11: The Language-Minority Child: A Psychological, Linguistic, and Social Analysis

12: Comprehension Monitoring: Developmental and Educational Issues

13: Logical Thinking: Does it Occur in Daily Life? Can it Be Taught?

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

14: Mental Orthopedics, the Training of Cognitive Skills: An Interview with Alfred Binet

The Generality and Specificity of Cognitive Skills

15: General Cognitive Skills: Why Not?

REFERENCES

16: What Kinds of Intelligence Components are Fundamental?

REFERENCES

17: Three Problems in Teaching General Skills

18: Teaching Thinking: A Cognitive-Behavioral Perspective

Learning and Development in the Acquisition of Cognitive Skills

19: The Development of Science Explanations in Children and Adolescents: A Structural Approach

20: Interactive Roles of Knowledge and Strategies in the Development of Organized Sorting and Recall

21: Are Children Fundamentally Different Kinds of Thinkers and Learners Than Adults?

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

22: Social Class and Ethnic Differences in Cognition: A Cultural Practice Perspective

REFERENCES

23: The Developmental Perspective on the Problem of Knowledge Acquisition: A Discussion

Approaches to the Teaching of Cognitive Skills

24: A Developmentally Based Approach to the Problem of Instructional Design

25: Fostering the Development of Self-Regulation in Children's Knowledge Processing

26: Teaching Reasoning Skills

27: On Meeting the Challenge

Two Perspectives

28: On Teaching Thinking: An Afterthought

29: Learning and Instruction: A Letter for a Time Capsule

Author Index

Subject Index
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Handbook of College Reading and Study Strategy Research
by Rona F. Flippo, David C. Caverly. 509 pgs.

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Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

1: A History of College Reading

2: Academic Literacy and the New College Learner

3: Vocabulary Development at the College Level

4: Comprehension Strategies at the College Level

5: Textbook Study Reading

6: Reading, Writing, and the College Developmental Student

7: Taking Notes from Lectures

8: Factors That Influence Study

9: Preparing for and Taking Tests

10: Teaching English as a Second Language (Esl) Students

11: Technology and College Reading

12: College Reading Programs

13: Evaluation of College Reading and Study Strategy Programs

14: Reading Tests

Author Index

Subject Index
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The Relationship of Academic Cramming to Flow Experience, in College Student Journal
by Thomas M. Brinthaupt, Chul M. Shin. 15 pgs.

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A Behaviorally Oriented Study Skills Program, in Journal of Experimental Education
by Dirk C. Prather. 3 pgs.

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Encoding and External-Storage Effects of Personal Lecture Notes, Skeletal Notes, and Detailed Notes for Field- Independent and Field-Dependent Learners, in Journal of Educational Research
by Kenneth A. Kiewra, Bernard M. Frank. 6 pgs.

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Study Strategy Portfolio: A Project to Enhance Study Skills and Time Management, in Teaching of Psychology
by Gabriele B. Sweidel. 3 pgs.

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Computer-Assisted Instruction on Study Skills, in Journal of Experimental Education
by Bernadette M. Gadzella. 5 pgs.

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The Role of Five Induced Learning Strategies in Scientific Text Comprehension, in Journal of Experimental Education
by Sandra Castaneda, Miguel Lopez, Martha Romero. 6 pgs.

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