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Study Smarter, Not Harder |  | Authors: M.A., Kevin Paul
Publisher: Self Counsel Press
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Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 71642
Media: Paperback
Edition: 3
Pages: 232
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Dimensions (in): 9.7 x 8.2 x 0.6
ISBN: 1551808498
Dewey Decimal Number: 371
EAN: 9781551808499
ASIN: 1551808498
Publication Date: August 15, 2009
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Today's students are found in high schools, colleges, the office, adult-learning centers, universities, trade schools, and weekend seminars. With time limits and fierce competition, students need to tap into their hidden potential and maximize performance. Study Smarter, Not Harder provides readers with key information they need to study successfully in any situation. This new edition, released ten years after the first edition was published, includes: - New strategies for time management - New tools for goal setting - Discussion of common myths such as speed reading - The #1 study skill essential for top grades in any course - Online resources and support - Plus it includes all the original text that has made this book a bestseller: - How important is preparation in studying? - How do I improve my memory and concentration? - How should I study for exams? This book was written for students of all ages, especially for high-school, college and university students. But there are also thousands of adults returning to school or taking evening classes across the country. This includes career and businesspeople who must keep up-to-date with new research.
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 Pragmatically this is a waste of time. July 29, 2008
K. Nemati
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
After finishing the book I feel robbed of my money and my time. Although the author does provide some helpful tips, he wastes a lot of space stating the obvious, repeating himself NUMEROUS times, and filling the margins with absolutely useless random quotes whose purpose is only to consume space and make the book look larger.
This book is for the novice and for those who believe everything they read. The author is only marketing the lure of good study skills, he doesn't actually teach them to you. One may think the book looks nice, big, inviting, and there are many pages. But a lot of it is repeated b.s. If you would like better books check out "What smart students know" and "How to become a straight-A student"
 Lots of information March 25, 2008
Joao Miguel Oliveira (Portugal)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book has lots of sound advise. It does, however, repeat itself a lot, and it also doesn't seem to realize that we don't have all the time in the world. The trick is to chose the techniques that work best for you on a particular subject and be flexible. On the whole, it is a good book.
 Now in an updated second edition March 3, 2008
Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Now in an updated second edition marking the tenth anniversary of its publication, Study Smarter, Not Harder is a straightforward self-teaching guide to expanding one's memory, firing up one's brain, and learning the tips, tricks, and techniques to study with maximum effectiveness and minimum time expenditure. From learning the art of study reading (which is very different from "speed reading"!), to the importance being aware of one's own alertness cycle and the point of mental diminishing returns, harnessing the #1 study skill of the ability to focus, and more, Study Smarter, Not Harder absolutely lives up to its title. Highly recommended not only for high school and college students, but also anyone preparing for a new career.
Do it right the first time February 20, 2008
hideo (CO, USA)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Every year I try to learn a few new methods of "remembering" more of what I study. Usually I've gone to the memory books. However, you soon realize that mnemonics alone aren't enough. The real task is to figure out better ways of integrating new material with the knowledge you already have. Until reading Study Smarter, Not Harder the best I had come across was Kenneth Higbee's Your Memory. Higbee is excellent on mnemonics and has a very nice chapter on study skills. Kevin Paul takes the opposite tack, having very little on memorization but much on the study environment, the psychology of the learner, and specific approaches to various methods of study. Paul's entire books is filled with practical advice, very little is presented and left as abstraction.
If you want to learn to maximum potential the first time, study this book first!
Excellent study advice August 27, 2007
B. D. Hamilton (Brownfield, Texas)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I was all the way into graduate school before I finally figured some of these nuggets of wisdom out for myself. Many listed in this book are some I had not thought of. Our first grandchild is a freshman in college this fall (2007), so I purchased the book for him. After commenting in margins and highlighting with Post-it tabs, I mailed it to him. I plan to purchase two more for his younger brothers, freshman and sophomore in high school. Each child needs it at his study desk for reference.
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