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What Smart Students Know: Maximum Grades. Optimum Learning. Minimum Time.
Starting from the premise that successful students are not necessarily any more brilliant than their less successful peers, but have simply mastered the art of efficient learning, Adam Robinson introduces high school and college students to an innovative approach that can help them achieve top grades while discovering the joy of true learning. Line drawings.
Paperback, 288 pages
Published
July 27th 1993
by Three Rivers Press
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This book was a real eye-opener for me and brought a whole new way to study and remember than I had before. Mr. Robinson really tapped into the method that the straight-A student (the mega-learner) knows intuitively. It will take a lot of practice to change your habits, but its worth it.
He gives practical advice as opposed to educational theory. He starts with comparing the attitudes of regular learners and mega-learners. He then moves to the methods by which each student learns. ...more
He gives practical advice as opposed to educational theory. He starts with comparing the attitudes of regular learners and mega-learners. He then moves to the methods by which each student learns. ...more
Another unwritten rule of school, a philosophy most teachers and institutions are based on but according to the author they would deny, is the idea that students are not even particularly interested in learning. What's more, textbooks are terribly written and are designed for sales: as many texts to as many schools as possible is the objective, not accessibility or user-friendliness, and often not even correct information (texts are plagued with inaccuracies). This results in watered-down, infor...more
My son who is a dyslexic Ph.D. student gave me this, saying that it explains a lot about the way he has re-taught himself through almost every subject. Really shows you how to take apart material to be learned and put it back together again in a format that you understand and remember. In addition to the great information, it also has a very attractive and user-friendly format.
As more and more adults head towards continuing education, more books on the subject of study are necessary. I found this one before heading back to school. The basic principal is to question everything and determine what you already know as opposed to what you want to learn. I think?
وضح لي بعض الخطوات التي ساعتني على تفويق الدراسي ولاكنه اشعرني بالملل في بعض من الصفحات
Nobody can teach you better than you can teach yourself. - Smart Student's Credo (Became one of my personal credos)
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I read this book before high school. I read it again before college. It's coming with me to college. Recommended? Absolutely. :)
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