A Pocket Guide to Correct Study Tips

by William H. Armstrong, George Ehrenhaft, M. Willard Lampe

Updated for today's high school and college students, here's a guide to organizing and scheduling study time, taking notes, and diagnosing subject weakness and areas needing more intensive study. For many years, Barron's Pocket Guides have served high school and college students, as well as business professionals and others, as reliable fast-reference books filled with easy-to-locate information pertaining to all practical aspects of language use. The new editions are attractively designed and printed in two-color type, and serve as especially useful books for the home, school, or business reference bookshelf.

297 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1981

About the author

William H. Armstrong (1911 - 1999) was an American children's author and educator, best known for his 1969 Newbery Medal-winning novel, Sounder.

In 1956, at the request of his school headmaster, he published his first book, a study guide called Study Is Hard Work. Armstrong followed this title with numerous other self-help books, and in 1963 he was awarded the National School Bell Award of the National Association of School Administrators for distinguished service in the interpretation of education.

In 1969, Armstrong published his masterpiece, an eight-chapter novel titled Sounder about an African-American sharecropping family. Praised by critics, Sounder won the John Newbery Medal and the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award in 1970, and was adapted into a major motion picture in 1972.

Reviews

[Fredrick Danysh · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not everyone has learned how to study for school and their are many different techniques. The author presents and discusses some tips on how to improve one's study skills. This would be good for high school and middle schoolers as well as the college bound.

[Fredrick Danysh · Rating 3 out of 5]

The is a small but useful guide on how to get more out of your efforts to study. The author addresses some common faults and gives advice on how to correct them. He also discusses time management skills.

[Jennie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nothing really new here. Looking for new study tips to help me out while in school. Enjoyed the emphasis on study schedule as well as giving yourself free time.