Product Description

Super Study Skills shows students how to: Make the most of their time by getting organized Read more effectively Prepare for a test without last-minute panic Take tests with confidence and skill . . . and study smarter for the grades they want.It also provides short answer and essay test hints so kids will be prepared for any test they have to take.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #12460 in Books
• Published on: 2002-08
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 128 pages

Customer Reviews

Easy to read
I am a homeschool mom and both of my children found this book helpful. I bought the latest copy for a friend who was going back to school after being out a while. It is well organized and easy to read. Highly recomend.

An excellent approach to taking and organizing notes, as well as other study skills
A large portion of this book is devoted to the taking and organization of reading notes. It includes many examples, which is quite nice. It starts with a section of organizing your study area, which may or may not be useful. Then it moves on to cover how to take great notes, including outlining, highlighting, and paraphrasing. The next section moves on to reading "actively" which includes previewing the reading material, making reading predictions, reading for a purpose, and visual aids in taking useful notes like a writing grid with "what I know", "what I want to find out", and "what I learned" grids.

The middle section introduces using webs to organize notes (the circles with other circles coming out from it) and SQ3R (survey, question, read, recite, review) to get more out of reading. I have three college degrees including degrees in math, science, and an mba and have always used the SMRR method with incredible success, which is also discussed in the middle section. SMRR is skim, mark (highlight or underline), read, and reread. All of my professional books have highlighting or underlining of some sort and I can refer to what I'm looking for easily because of this, so I highly recommend this book for its discussion of SMRR (this is the only book I've seen it discussed in).

The middle section also includes a section on reading for context clues--definition, contrast, and commonsense clues.

The last section covers studying alone and in groups and preparing for tests. This section is also done well as my spouse, who is an Ivy SAT tutor, can attest to. It covers how to combat test-taking jitters, budgeting time, and test-taking strategies. It even has a small section on whether or not to guess answers (think SAT). Unique to this book is a section on what to do after the test comes back--check for grading errors, learn from your mistakes, etc. For all those SAT test-takers, the section entitled "Mastering Specific Tests" has useful test-taking strategies. These include looking for absolute words like "always, all, never, etc.", guarding against false logic (and, but, etc.), guessing, multiple choice key words (not, except, best, etc.), correctly matching test questions, context clues, and a mini-section on tips for math tests (especially how to estimate).

The very end of the book contains a nice little section on essay questions--how to answer them and organize your writing very clearly. It goes into this in great detail, which is very useful for any taking any tests, but especially the SAT essay portion (the new SAT has a writing section).

For such a concise book, it was done quite well.

All You Really Need
A user-friendly review for study skills. Quite nice for the price.