How to Be a Student: 100 Great Ideas and Practical Habits for Students Everywhere

How to Be a Student: 100 Great Ideas and Practical Habits for Students Everywhere

Book by Sarah Moore, Maura Murphy; Open University Press, 2005. 140 pgs.



Title Page
Contents
Dedication
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part 1: Insights and Ideas Forwhen You First Arrive
1: Remembering That Humans Are Designed to Learn
2: Not Letting Money Issues Get in the Way
3: Being Strict about Part-Time Work
4: Developing Study Rituals
5: Having a Calendar and an Appointments Diary
6: Preparing to Be Disillusioned
7: Turning Up to Your Lectures
8: Getting Your Learning Abilities Checked
9: Getting Help When You Need It
10: Preventing Small Obstacles from Becoming Big Problems
11: Being the First to Admit When You Don''t Understand
12: Decorating Your Study Space
13: Buying a Dictionary and a Thesaurus
14: Organizing Your Study Materials and Learning Resources
15: Regular''Study Snacks'' Are Better Than Occasional ''Study Binges''
16: Understanding Boredom
17: Developing Your Own Personal Coding System
18: Phoning Home
19: Talking to Others about Your Study Tasks
20: Setting Better Study Goals
21: Always Having Someone Know Where You Are
22: Having a Social Life That Supports Your Learning
23: Accepting That Bureaucracy Is Just Part of Life
24: Getting Regular Exercise
25: Eating Wisely
26: Drinking
27: Sleeping Enough (But Not Too Much)
28: Breathing Properly
29: Posture and Positioning
30: Love, Friendship and Sex
Part 2: Developing Your Skills and Sharpening Your Awareness
31: Understanding the Downside of Being Connected and Available
32: Finding the Zone between Resignation and Anger When You''re Staring Problems in the Face
33: Not Treating Learning as a Competition
34: Recording Your Study Habits
35: Remembering That Lecturers and Tutors Are Human Too
36: Recognizing That Information Is Not Knowledge
37: Realizing That Students Are Not Customers
38: Spotting the Signs That You Need to Take a Break
39: Watching out for Study Drift
40: Knowing Whether You Are a Natural Introvert or a Natural Extravert and Adjusting Your Study Strategies Accordingly
41: Understanding and Controlling Knee-Jerk Reactions to Stress
42: Keeping a Learning Diary
43: Knowing about Clashes in Habits, Cultures and Ways of Doing Things
44: How You Feel Impacts on How Well You Learn
45: Remembering That People Thought Einstein Was a Slow Learner
46: Benefiting from the Fact That Students Are Different from One Another
Part 3: Gaining Momentum: Building Confidence and Motivation
47: Just Doing It
48: Focusing on What You Can Do Now
49: Recognizing That Deadlines Don''t Have to Ruin Your Life
50: Interrogating Your Lecturers and Your Tutors
51: Getting to Know Your Librarians and Lurking in the Library
52: Not Being Too Hard on Yourself
54: Being Brave
53: Not Being Too Easy on Yourself
55: Using All of Your Brain
56: Being More Creative
57: Playing
58: Rewarding and Celebrating When Things Go Right
59: Understanding Different Kinds of Reaction to Feedback
60: Getting Negative Feedback
61: Getting Positive Feedback
62: Choosing the Feedback You Want
63: Making Presentations
64: Not Comparing Yourself with Others
65: Checking Rumours before Acting on Them
66: Playing to Your Strengths
67: Hoping and Persisting
68: Controlling Worry
69: Realizing That You''ll Never Be Able to Keep Everyone Happy
Part 4: Being the Best You Can Be
70: Knowing That It''s Impossible to Be Perfect but It''s Always Possible to Improve
71: Paying Attention to Grammar and Punctuation
72: Keeping Track of Your Information Sources
73: Knowing What Plagiarism Is
74: Everything Should Be Made as Simple as Possible, but Not Simpler
75: Learning the Beauty of Summaries
76: Having Some Time Every Day When You''re Doing Nothing at All
77: Organizing Study Retreats
78: Using Listening Skills to Help You Learn Better
79: Not Jumping to Conclusions
80: Reading
81: Recognizing the Importance of Memorizing
82: Learning to Use Memory Techniques
83: Being a Critical Learner
84: Writing a Little Bit Every Day
85: Reflecting
86: Being Generous with Your Lecture Notes
87: Knowing What a Literature Review Is and How to Do One
88: Using Images and Diagrams When You''re Taking Notes
89: Treating Your Cv as a Working Document
90: Going through the Motions
91: Carrying a Notebook Everywhere You Go
92: Finding out More
93: Pulling an All-Nighter
94: Preparing Practically for Your Exams
95: During Exams
96: After Exams
97: Avoiding Snobbery
98: Sharing Your Insights
100: Being a Student
99: Believing in Yourself
Bibliography
Index

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Publication Information: Book Title: How to Be a Student: 100 Great Ideas and Practical Habits for Students Everywhere. Contributors: Sarah Moore - author, Maura Murphy - author. Publisher: Open University Press. Place of Publication: Maidenhead, England. Publication Year: 2005. Page Number: 80.