Best Study Methods For College Students - April 2024

How to Become a Straight-A Student: The Unconventional Strategies Real College Students Use to Score High While Studying Less

Looking to jumpstart your GPA? Most college students believe that straight A’s can be achieved only through cramming and painful all-nighters at the library. But Cal Newport knows that real straight-A students don’t study harder—they study smarter. A breakthrough approach to acing academic assignments, from quizzes and exams to essays and papers, How to Become a Straight-A Student reveals for the first time the proven study secrets of real straight-A students across the country and weaves them into a simple, practical system that anyone can master. You will learn how to: • Streamline ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0767922719
• ASIN: 0767922719
• ISBN: 0767922719
• Brand: Broadway Books
• Manufacturer: Three Rivers Press

College Essay Essentials: A Step-by-Step Guide to Writing a Successful College Admissions Essay

Writing an amazing college admission essay is easier than you think!So you're a high school senior given the task of writing a 650-word personal statement for your college application. Do you tell the story of your life, or a story from your life? Do you choose a single moment? If so, which one? The options seem endless.Lucky for you, they're not. College counselor Ethan Sawyer (aka The College Essay Guy) will show you that there are only four (really, four!) types of college admission essays. And all you have to do to figure out which type is best for you is answer two simple questions: Have... [Read More]

• ASIN: 149263512X
• UPC: 760789258534
• ASIN: 149263512X
• ISBN: 149263512X
• Brand: Ethan Sawyer
• Manufacturer: Sourcebooks

How to Win at College: Surprising Secrets for Success from the Country's Top Students

The essential guide to getting ahead once you’ve gotten in—proven strategies for making the most of your college years, based on winning secrets from the country's most successful students“Highly recommended because it is full of practical tips that will help high school grads take the next step in life.”—MoneyHow can you graduate with honors, choose exciting activities, build a head-turning resume, gain access to the best post-college opportunities, and still have a life? Based on interviews with star students at universities nationwide, from Harvard to the University of Arizona, H... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0767917871
• ASIN: 0767917871
• ISBN: 0767917871
• Brand: Brand: Three Rivers Press
• Manufacturer: Three Rivers Press

Getting the Best Out of College, Revised and Updated: Insider Advice for Success from a Professor, a Dean, and a Recent Grad (Getting the Best Out of College: Insider Advice for Success)

An insider’s guide that shows ambitious students how to optimize their college career, completely revised and updated for today’s academic landscape.I WISH I’D KNOWN THAT IN COLLEGEYour time as an undergrad has the potential to be incredibly fun, rewarding, and life changing in ways you may not yet even imagine–that is, if you play your cards right and take full advantage of what your university has to offer. Sadly, very few students ever learn the secret handshake of how to make the most of their college years.  Until now.For undergrads (and parents) hoping their tuition will pay off... [Read More]

• ASIN: 160774144X
• ASIN: 160774144X
• ISBN: 160774144X
• Brand: Brand: Ten Speed Press
• Manufacturer: Ten Speed Press

ESV Study Bible

• ASIN: 1433502410
• ASIN: 1433502410
• ISBN: 1433502410
• Brand: Crossway Books
• Manufacturer: Crossway Books

The 5-Ingredient College Cookbook: Easy, Healthy Recipes for the Next Four Years & Beyond

Eat fresh, fast, and healthy―even in college.The 5-Ingredient College Cookbook is exactly what it sounds like and then some. Discover a college cookbook with more than 100 recipes―ranging from classic staples to more adventurous options―that can be made with just 5 ingredients, and in less time than it takes to watch an episode of your favorite TV show.Every dish in this college cookbook is fresh, healthy, affordable, and designed to help newly-independent first-time cooks refine their own palate, even with limited resources. Build your skills and impress your roommates with a college co... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1623158575
• ASIN: 1623158575
• ISBN: 1623158575
• Manufacturer: Rockridge Press

College Success for Students with Learning Disabilities: Strategies and Tips to Make the Most of Your College Experience

The complete handbook for college-bound kids with learning disabilities. Planning for college can be one of the biggest moments in a teen's life, but for those students with learning and other disabilities, the college experience can be fraught with frustration, uncertainty, and lowered self-confidence. College Success for Students with Learning Disabilities offers teens the confidence, strategies, and guidance they need to effectively choose a college, get prepared for university life, and make the most of their collegiate experience. Special sections also discuss ADD/ADHD and Asperger's synd... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1593633599
• ASIN: 1593633599
• ISBN: 1593633599
• Manufacturer: Prufrock Press

Everything You Need to Ace Math in One Big Fat Notebook: The Complete Middle School Study Guide (Big Fat Notebooks)

It’s the revolutionary math study guide just for middle school students from the brains behind Brain Quest.     Everything You Need to Ace Math . . . covers everything to get a student over any math hump: fractions, decimals, and how to multiply and divide them; ratios, proportions, and percentages; geometry; statistics and probability; expressions and equations; and the coordinate plane and functions. The BIG FAT NOTEBOOK™ series is built on a simple and irresistible conceit—borrowing the notes from the smartest kid in class. There are five books in all, and each is the only book yo... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0761160965
• ASIN: 0761160965
• ISBN: 0761160965
• Brand: Workman Publishing Company
• Manufacturer: Workman Publishing Company

Brief Alcohol Screening and Intervention for College Students (BASICS): A Harm Reduction Approach

This instructive manual presents a pragmatic and clinically proven approach to the prevention and treatment of undergraduate alcohol abuse. The BASICS model is a nonconfrontational harm reduction approach that helps students reduce their alcohol consumption and decrease the behavioral and health risks associated with heavy drinking. Including numerous reproducible handouts and assessment forms, the book takes readers step by step through conducting BASICS assessment and feedback sessions. Special topics include the use of DSM-IV criteria to evaluate alcohol abuse, ways to counter student defe... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1572303921
• ASIN: 1572303921
• ISBN: 9781572303928
• Manufacturer: The Guilford Press

Student Success in College: Doing What Works!

STUDENT SUCCESS IN COLLEGE: DOING WHAT WORKS!, SECOND EDITION provides an accessible and relevant way for students to move beyond opinions and advice about how to succeed in college by offering an integrated approach of research-backed student success practices paired with student success research studies. Students learn how to put skills for success into practice as they strive to accomplish their academic goals. With an overall theme of reading, critical thinking, and information literacy skills, the text helps students feel comfortable with the structure of research study articles, making i... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1285852176
• ASIN: 1285852176
• ISBN: 1285852176
• Brand: Cengage Learning
• Manufacturer: Cengage Learning

SAT Prep Black Book: The Most Effective SAT Strategies Ever Published

Click the "look inside" feature above to browse the SAT Black Book and get a feel for how it approaches the SAT! The fully up-to-date SAT Prep Black Book, Second Edition gives you unique, effective SAT strategies from Mike Barrett, an SAT tutor with clients all over the globe who pay him hundreds of dollars an hour for phone tutoring. In addition to extensive and effective training on every aspect of the SAT, the SAT Black Book gives you detailed, systematic, easy-to-follow walkthroughs for every question in 4 of the College Board's official SAT Practice Tests.The Black Book is a must-have in ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0692916164
• ASIN: 0692916164
• ISBN: 9780692916162
• Manufacturer: ACT Prep Books

Anatomy and Physiology Coloring Workbook: A Complete Study Guide (12th Edition)

For courses in 1- and 2-semester Anatomy & Physiology   Simplify your Study of Anatomy & Physiology.                       Combining a wide range and variety of engaging coloring activities, exercises, and self-assessments into an all-in-one Study Guide, the Anatomy and Physiology Coloring Workbook helps you simplify your study of A&P. Featuring contributions from new co-author Simone Brito, the 12th edition of this best-selling guide continues to reinforce the fundamentals of anatomy and physiology through a variety of unique, interactive activities. You now benefi... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0134459369
• ASIN: 0134459369
• ISBN: 9780134459363
• Manufacturer: Pearson

Unlimited Memory: How to Use Advanced Learning Strategies to Learn Faster, Remember More and be More Productive

Kevin Horsley Broke a World Memory Record in 2013...And You're About to Learn How to Use His Memory Strategies to Learn Faster, Be More Productive and Achieve More Success Most people never tap into 10% of their potential for memory. In this book, you're about to learn: How the World's Top Memory Experts Concentrate and Remember Any Information at Will, and How You Can TooDo you ever feel like you're too busy, too stressed or just too distracted to concentrate and get work done? In Unlimited Memory, you'll learn how the world's best memory masters get themselves to concentrate at will, anytime... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1631619985
• ASIN: 1631619985
• ISBN: 1631619985
• Manufacturer: TCKPublishing.com

StrengthsFinder 2.0

Do you have the opportunity to do what you do best every day? Chances are, you don't. All too often, our natural talents go untapped. From the cradle to the cubicle, we devote more time to fixing our shortcomings than to developing our strengths. To help people uncover their talents, Gallup introduced the first version of its online assessment, StrengthsFinder, in 2001 which ignited a global conversation and helped millions to discover their top five talents. In its latest national bestseller, StrengthsFinder 2.0, Gallup unveils the new and improved version of its popular assessment, langua... [Read More]

• ASIN: 159562015X
• UPC: 074994540415
• ASIN: 159562015X
• ISBN: 9781595620156
• Brand: Gallup Press
• Manufacturer: Gallup Press

Survival Guide for College Students With Add or Ld

This useful guide for high school or college students diagnosed with attention deficit disorder or learning disabilities will provide the information they need to survive and thrive in the college setting. The Survival Guide is filled with practical suggestions and tips from an experienced specialist in the field and from college students who also suffer from these difficulties.This book will help ADD and LD students to choose the right college, assess the services a college offers, arrange for extended-time exams, schedule classes advantageously, select an appropriate major, work with a caree... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0945354630
• ASIN: 0945354630
• ISBN: 0945354630
• Manufacturer: Magination Pr

The Best 384 Colleges, 2019 Edition : In-Depth Profiles & Ranking Lists to Help Find the Right College For You

*****As seen on the TODAY SHOW!***** NO ONE KNOWS COLLEGES LIKE THE PRINCETON REVIEW! The Princeton Review's college rankings started in 1992 with surveys from 30,000 students. Over 25 years and more than a million

• UPC: 361573494

Cornell Notes Notebook: A Proven Focused Note-Taking Method for College, Middle School and Elementary Students - Flower Edition (Paperback)

To achieve academic success, taking good notes is the key! Cornell notes is a a proven focused note-taking method for High/Middle School/ College Students. With the help of this book, note-taking and studying will be

• UPC: 355125728

The Her Campus Guide to College Life, Updated and Expanded Edition : How to Manage Relationships, Stay Safe and Healthy, Handle Stress, and Have the Best Years of Your Life!

9781507210321

• UPC: 958177765

Time Management And Study Methods For First Year College Students - eBook

Every high school senior preparing for college and every first year college student needs this book. It is informative, somewhat funny - depending on how twisted your sense of humor is - and as a

• UPC: 342931529

Best Colleges 2019 : Find the Best Colleges for You!

U.S. News & World Report's annual Best Colleges book is the longest-running and most quoted guide to undergraduate study in the United States -- with exclusive in-depth rankings; expert advice on choosing, getting into, and

• UPC: 476176959

The Best Four Years : How to Survive and Thrive in College (and Life)

From the author of "Scratch Beginnings" comes a lively, entertaining, and insightful guide on how to make the most of one's college experience from orientation to

• UPC: 15228291

Best Colleges 2018 : Find the Best Colleges for You!

U.S. News & World Report's annual Best Colleges book is the longest-running and most quoted guide to undergraduate study in the United States -- with exclusive in-depth rankings; expert advice on choosing, getting into, and

• UPC: 56139000

Field Studies : Challenging Project Based Learning for High School and College Students (Middle School Students, Too!) the Socratic Method in Action!

Help Your Students Develop Critical Skills Through Field Studies... Field studies are considered by many to be the most powerful tool to teach the Critical Skills. A field study is a project conducted by a

• UPC: 53051937

America's Best Colleges for B Students - eBook

High school students who get average grades and don’t ace the SAT or ACT discover that an exceptional college education is by no means beyond their reach with this guide. Along with information on what

• UPC: 897903514

America's Best Colleges for B Students - eBook

High school students who get average grades and don’t ace the SAT or ACT discover that an exceptional college education is by no means beyond their reach with this guide. Along with information on what

• UPC: 971705459