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31st Annual Conference on the First-Year Experience Feb 17-21, 2012 San Antonio, Texas The Study Skills Handbook A new approach to actjve learning for fjrst-year students and beyond Jennifer Schmidt Suzannah Burywood Project Editor

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The Study Skills Handbook

– A new approach to actjve learning for fjrst-year students and beyond

31st Annual Conference on the First-Year Experience

Feb 17-21, 2012 San Antonio, Texas

Jennifer Schmidt

Project Editor j.schmidt@palgrave.com

Suzannah Burywood

Publisher s.burywood@palgrave.com

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Overview

  • Stella Coturell
  • Who is this book for?
  • The Study Skills Handbook

– Unique approach – Personalized, learner-centered learning – Actjve, partjcipatory learning – Visual learning – Refmectjve learning – Core skills – Online materials

  • Why should I use this book?
  • What next?
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Stella Coturell

  • Current role and background
  • Other tjtles
  • Aims and motjvatjon
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Who is this book for?

  • First-year students on academic skills

courses

  • Struggling students
  • Conscientjous students
  • Adult and returning students
  • Internatjonal students
  • Visual learners
  • Dyslexic students

Everyon Everyon e! e!

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The Study Skills Handbook

US reviewer feedback:

“Complete guide to being a successful student” Arthur Ford Hunter College, CUNY “One of the most comprehensive study skills resources ever published. The attention to the visual design is unmatched.” Cora Dzubak Penn State York “If you need a truly comprehensive study skills book, The Study Skills Handbook is the

  • ne!”

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  • dd Campbell

North Georgia College & State University “Most study skills books say the same thing. This book has many topics I hadn’t read about in other books.” Anonymous “A book on study skills in college which appears to be written for actual, real-life college students!’’ Anonymous “This book not

  • nly "shows" but

allows students to ‘do’.’’ Anonymous

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Visual

Unique Approach

  • “Each person has their own unique

formula for academic success” Refmectjve Actjve Partjcipatory

Personalized Learner-centered

Learning

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  • No ‘one-size-fjts-all’
  • Students are unique in how they learn
  • The book allows them to identjfy methods

that work for them

  • Empowering

Personalized, Learner-Centered Learning

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Actjve, Partjcipatory Learning

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Visual Learning

  • Multj-sensory

learning

  • Memory joggers
  • Visual learners
  • Dyslexic students
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Refmectjve Learning

  • Students take responsibility

for their learning

  • Applicatjon of personal

skills to academic skills and vice versa

  • Relatjng individual skills

development to future career ambitjons

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Core skills

Time management Employability Critical thinking T est-taking E-learning Memory Numeracy Groupwork Reading Presentations Note-taking Writing Referencing Research projects Dealing with stress

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Online components

htu tup://us.macmillan.com/TheStudySkillsHandbo

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Goes live in August

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Why should I use this book?

Unique approach Core skills Interactjve Relevant, personalize d learning Visual design Internatjonal bestseller $25 Confjdence

  • building

Motjvatjonal Self- refmectjon No-nonsense, practjcal advice Accessible

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What next?

1) Visit our booth (#35) 2) Promotjonal sample chapter: htup://us.macmillan.com/series/PalgraveStudySkills 3) Pre-order an examinatjon copy. 4) Look out for the book in stores and online from

August 2012