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Starting from the premise that successful students are not necessarily any more brilliant than their less successful peers, but have simply mastered the art of efficient learning, Adam Robinson introduces high school and college students to an innovative approach that can help them achieve top grades while discovering the joy of true learning. Line drawings.
What Smart Students Know: Maximum Grades. Optimum Learning. Minimum Time. Reviews
What Smart Students Know: Maximum Grades. Optimum Learning. Minimum Time. Reviews
| 331 of 344 people found the following review helpful:  Why couldn't I have found this book in first grade?, By This review is from: What Smart Students Know: Maximum Grades. Optimum Learning. Minimum Time. (Paperback) Do you have any idea how much easier my life would have been? An incredible book, it points out the irony that of all the things we are taught and study in school the one thing we don't study is perhaps the most important of all: HOW TO STUDY! I am an intelligent person, but I have never done well in school. An occasional A, a more common B, and often Cs or less. What a surprise to read this book and find that I actually have what the author terms the "attitude of a smart student." This attitude is comprised of a love of learning, a willingness to learn, and the knowledge that no one teaches you better than you teach yourself -- because we all learn in different ways, and only we know how we learn best. There is a difference, however, between being a smart person and a smart student. Attitude alone is not enough to succeed in the school game if you do not know all the rules. "A smart student knows that school is a game, but it is an important game," writes... Read more 151 of 158 people found the following review helpful:  Great--if you can keep it up, By This review is from: What Smart Students Know: Maximum Grades. Optimum Learning. Minimum Time. (Paperback) Robinson's book presents a totally new approach to studying that had never occured to me before, but which makes a lot of sense and really works. The only problem is, it's really time consuming to do this method, especially at first, which makes it hard to stick with it long enough for it to make a difference. I would recommend reading it right before you start a new school year or semester; it's easier to change if you do it right from the beginning. It's definitely an advanced way of studying--what I mean by that is, this method is for people who already have the basics down. If you know how to take notes, keep your locker organized, and keep up with your reading, and just want to be more efficient, this book is for you. If you first need to work on being generally more responsible about school, start with another book. :-) 74 of 76 people found the following review helpful: Start studying right!, By This review is from: What Smart Students Know: Maximum Grades. Optimum Learning. Minimum Time. (Paperback) I am going to be a first year in medical school in the fall and bought several books to help me get maximum benefit with minimum time spent studying. Because medical school consists of so much material in a short period of time, I needed to learn study techniques that were unlike my old ones-read, take notes, reread until the test. I have read this book and started implimenting the techniques. They really work. I agree that it would be better to start before a semester begins because the techniques are vastly different from how normal students prepare for exams and would be hard to impliment while taking classes. It is well worth it, though, especially if you are in or are planning to go to college or graduate school. It is a must have. |
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