Study Skills for College Athletes

Walter Pauk, Ph.D.

Walter Pauk is the most recognized author of study skills texts. In this new publication, Dr. Pauk speaks directly to the study techniques the college athlete must develop.

Contents:

Chapter 1

• Becoming a Success, deals with setting goals, learning about the Word History System which is used throughout the text, and ends with very interesting and motivating excerpts from The Autobiography of Malcolm X, dealing with the value of education and the importance of motivation.

Chapter 2

• Your Health, focuses on ways to best keep your academic mind and physical body in shape for the demands of college.

Chapter 3

• Planning Your Time, covers scheduling, studying on road trips and time-saving tips.

Chapter 4

• Improving Your Concentration, speaks about ways to combat external and internal distractions when studying. It gives guidelines about health and concentration and offers some concentration techniques.

Chapter 5

• Strengthening Your Memory, deals with short- and long-term memory techniques such as reciting, clustering/categorizing, consolidation, etc.

Chapter 6

• Building Your Vocabulary, discusses why vocabulary is relevant and important and teaches how to make and use vocabulary cards. Techniques for textbook and lecture words are taught.

Chapter 7

• Reading and Studying Your Textbook, focuses on reading textbooks for understanding and offers techniques to accomplish this.

Chapter 8

• Taking Lecture Notes, covers the Cornell Notetaking System and ways to implement better listening skills.

Chapter 9

• Mastering Your Notes, focuses on reviewing, reciting, and reflecting to master lecture and textbook notes.

Chapter 10

• Taking Tests, deals with getting prepared for tests from the first day of class through the exam. It also reveals ways to put a graded exam to good use.

Chapter 11

• Objective Tests, covers true-false questions, multiple-choice questions, matching questions, and sentence-completion questions. Each kind of test questions and its components is examined.

Chapter 12

• Taking Essay Tests, focuses on short-answer questions and full essay questions. Key words to look for in essay questions are listed as well as steps to take during the exam.

Chapter 13

• Writing the Research Paper, covers choosing a topic (including narrowing and providing its focus), doing the research in an organized manner, writing the research paper, and finalizing the paper for the last draft.

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