Moran, Aidan P.

Managing your own learning at university : a practical guide / Aidan P. Moran. - Revised ed. - Dublin : University College Dublin Press, 2000. - viii, 165 p. : ill ; 22 cm. + pbk.

Previous ed.: 1997, reprinted 2006.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-160) and index.

Going to university: the challenge of managing your own learning -- Getting down to study: motivating yourself and developing a habit of learning -- Managing your study time effectively: How much? How often? For how long? -- Listening and taking notes at the same time: learning from lectures -- Improving your reading and summarising skills: tackling textbooks -- Improving your concentration skills -- Learning to think critically: the importance of being sceptical -- Remembering and understanding Appendix: Some principles of remembering and understanding -- Planning and writing essays, papers and research projects -- Exams kill or exam skill? Doing your best when it matters most.



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Study skills--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

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