Study Power: Study Skills to Improve Your Learning and Your Grades

by Wood Smethurst

For students to succeed, intelligence and motivation are not enough; students also need to understand and become aware of what they do while studying and how they can improve their study skills. This manual helps them understand the elements of study skills, presented under three task input (learning what to do to learn materials more effectively); processing their learning so it becomes part of his understanding; and output tasks so they can produce evidence of their knowledge and understanding on tests, and in papers and oral presentations. Key skills covered listening • note taking • concentration • summarizing • reading comprehension • memorization • test taking • preparing papers and reports • time management • and more! These abilities are vital to success throughout every stage of learning; the benefits will last a lifetime. These skills have been taught successfully to students from fifth grade through medical school.

Genres: Self Help

145 pages, Paperback

First published November 25, 1997

Reviews

[TL · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was never taught any study skills in High School or College and my grades reflected it! I returned to college as an adult learner and before starting decided to research a number or books teaching study skills. This book opened my eyes to just how poor my knowledge of how to study effectively was and as a result of using what this book taught me I was a 4.0 student this past year. I HIGHLY recommend it for middle school all the way through college. I have 3 kids I plan to teach these skills to. The workbook is useful as well, but I don't think you have to have it.

[Beth · Rating 5 out of 5]

Skimmed through this recently because it was on my shelf since highschool, which reminds me why I did so well in college and how good of a book it really was. It's not just a good book to read to save your grades or improve your study capabilities; it's just a great books to help with life in general. It has a section on self management, as well as ways to improve your listening skills and reading comprehension/retention. They've included a "formula for success" at the end, although I can't attest to its quality given that I don't remember reading it when I first finished the book. I'll have to see how it fairs this time around and check back in to edit my review. All in all, a very good book. If a person said I could only recommend one self help book that I've fully read, it would probably be this one.

[J · Rating 4 out of 5]

While much of this system is now widespread knowledge, I found its strategies related to time-management to be worthwhile and plan to incorporate this into graduate studies.

[Adel · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's not five stars because I was required to read it. It's not one star because it actually helped... a lot.