Effective Notetaking

You can predict how well a student will do simply on the basis of their use of effective study strategies.

This book is for college students who are serious about succeeding at college, and teachers who want to know more about how best to help their students learn.

This workbook looks at the most important group of study skills - how to take notes. This covers:

Formatting your notes

Using headings and highlighting

Writing different types of text and graphic summaries

Asking the right  questions

Making the right connections

Reviewing your notes

Choosing the right strategies.

There's advice on individual differences and learning styles, and how this affects which strategy is right.

'Effective Notetaking' builds on the latest cognitive research to help you study smarter, not harder.