The study skills handbook / Stella Cottrell.
| Author/creator | Cottrell, Stella author. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | Sixth edition. |
| Publication | London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2024. |
| Description | ix, 446 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Bloomsbury Study Skills Series Bloomsbury study skills. ^A1476546 |
| Contents | Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introducing The Study Skills Handbook -- Is this book for you? -- How to use The Study Skills Handbook -- Icons used in the book -- Where to begin -- Seven approaches to learning -- A new beginning ... -- Companion site for The Study Skills Handbook -- A. Self-efficacy: managing your success as a student -- 1. Success as a student: take charge of your success -- Introduction -- Make the experience work for you -- Clarity of purpose: your vision of success -- Success as a student: where am I now? |
| Contents | Success as a student: what lecturers say -- What to expect in Higher Education: teaching -- How is higher-level study different? -- Understanding higher-level study -- Independent study: benefits, challenges, risks -- What is expected from you? -- What kind of study skills do you need? -- Self-efficacy skills: managing yourself for study -- Academic skills -- People skills and task-management skills -- Developing your skills -- Study skills: priorities (stages 1 and 2) -- Study skills action plan -- Review -- 2. Gaining the most from your course: Engage. Enjoy. Excel -- Introduction |
| Contents | Ten golden rules -- Effective use of tutorials/supervision -- Be well informed: find out -- Engage with technology-enhanced learning -- Gain from scheduled learning: purpose and value -- 'Flip your learning': preparing in advance -- Engaging in taught sessions -- Practicals, studio and lab work -- Distance and block learning -- Self-evaluation: Making good use of taught sessions -- Engage fully with your course outside class time -- Use recorded lectures effectively -- Checklist: Managing independent and online study -- Making sense of difficult material -- Make course material your own |
| Contents | Get under the skin of your subject disciplines -- Review -- 3. Employability and preparing for your future -- Introduction -- Planning towards your future -- Your personal development so far -- Developing work and career readiness -- Recognizing your skills and qualities -- Your personal skills profile -- Skills audit: current skills and qualities -- Preparing for work with employers -- Articulate your abilities to employers -- Translate academic skills into employment skills -- Building your CV while a student -- Recording your achievements -- Taking further qualifications and training |
| Contents | Enterprise and selfemployment -- Review -- 4. Successful study: Boost your brain build study stamina personalize study strategy -- Introduction -- Am I intelligent enough? -- What is 'learning'? -- Six conditions for learning -- 'My brain won't work!': boost your brain power -- Build your study stamina and improve concentration -- Optimal learning -- What kind of learner am I? Learning SHAPES -- Identify your personal learning formula -- Your learning preferences -- Develop your personal learning strategy -- Personalize learning -- using technologies -- Study strategy -- individual or social? |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Genre/form | Handbooks and manuals. |
| ISBN | 1350421278 paperback |
| ISBN | 9781350421271 paperback |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | LB2395 .C68 2024 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |