Straight-A Study Skills: More Than 200 Essential Strategies to Ace Your Exams, Boost Your Grades, and Achieve Lasting Academic Success

by Cynthia Clumeck Muchnick, Justin Ross Muchnick

Overview

Strategies that will transform your grades!

Straight-A Study Skills proves that you don't have to spend countless hours studying to get good grades. Using her experience as an educational consultant and a teacher, authors Cynthia Clumeck Muchnick and Justin Ross Muchnick have created an easy-to-use approach to learning important study skills and achieving academic success. Through more than 200 entry-based strategies, you will learn all there is to know about strengthening your academic performance, including how to:

• Get the most out of class time.
• Find a note-taking system that works for you.
• Improve your writing skills and create compelling essays.
• Develop effective study habits.
• Choose the right classes and extracurricular activities.
• Prepare for standardized tests, quizzes, and final exams.

This guide is broken down into quick and easy concepts, tactics, and tips that highlight essential information and allow you to quickly find the topics you need to focus on. With Straight-A Study Skills, you're guaranteed to sharpen your study skills, boost your grades, and position yourself for success!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781440552472
Publisher:	Adams Media
Publication date:	12/18/2012
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	256
File size:	669 KB

About the Author

An Adams Media author.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Purpose of School and How to Master It 9

Chapter 1 Live Life in the Classroom 11

Chapter 2 Choose Courses Carefully 37

Chapter 3 Build Teacher Relationships 47

Chapter 4 Manage Time Efficiently 63

Chapter 5 Take Good Notes 77

Chapter 6 Write Strong Research Papers 89

Chapter 7 Write Compelling Essays 119

Chapter 8 Study Effectively 141

Chapter 9 Ace Tests, Quizzes, and Final Exams 177

Chapter 10 Excel Beyond the Classroom 199

Appendix A Taking a Standardized Test 223

Appendix B Resources 229

Appendix C Study Calendar 237

Index 247

Editorial Reviews

"I found, while reading through the book, many ideas that I am planning to implement at home, in order to help make my children more efficient students, and more engaged learners. I definitely recommend reading this together with your children, to discover ways you can help them take charge of their own education. Here's to hoping these ideas can be mastered in time for mine to ace his exams!" —Newport Beach Independent

"Justin and [Cynthia] offer tips, proven methods and strategies.... There are other topics in the book, ranging from where to sit in class to answering why extra credit is so important in academics." - Daily Pilot

"Taking even some of this advice to heart, and acting on it, will help any student get more out of school." - Newport Beach Patch

"In more than 200 concise, readable entries, this mother-son team shares valuable tips and strategies to help students learn life-changing study skills and achieve academic success. From properly fueling your body to finding a mentor to excelling outside of the classroom, the Muchnick team returns again and again to its primary message: the importance of being an active, not passive, student." - Andover magazine

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