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Preface
Introduction
1. The Big Picture
2. Techniques of Studying
3. Examinations
4. Thinking Process
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1. The Big Picture
2. Techniques of Studying
3. Examinations
4. Thinking Process
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2. Mechanics and Techniques of Studying
A methodical approach | The weekly schedule card | Why study? – Material rewards | Why study? – Non-material rewards | The wall calendar | The pocket date book | Sleep | Tools of the trade general | Tools of the trade specific | Go out for sports? | How detailed should class notes be? | Four methods of taking notes | Notebook inspection | Some note-taking hints | What is important? | What is not important? | Study old exams? | Working conditions | A typical study session | “Take ten!” | Retroactive amnesia | The curve of learning | The law of diminishing returns | The curve of forgetting | Hypnosis | Teaching machines | Reading-acceleration machines | Television | Scrambled books | Distractions enemies of retention
Tools of the Trade, Specific
The ordinary equipment you need is almost too obvious to mention, but we shall do so, nevertheless, so that there is no misunderstanding.
You will need one good pen and a good pencil or two; four or five different colored pencils (we shall find a use for them under "Note-Taking"); a dozen filing folders a year; several large notebooks; a dictionary and textbooks, plus extra books you observe while shopping which touch on your subjects; handy references for facts; flash-cards and language records, perhaps, if you're taking a foreign language; a typewriter, and large quantities of five or six kinds of paper — three-hole notebook paper, graph paper, a ream of scrap paper, bond paper, carbon paper, and onionskin paper.
