The Active Learner - Brown, Sallie A.

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Résumé :
This text offers a metacognitive approach that develops an awareness of students' thought processes, study strategies, attitudes, and habits. It discusses how students can learn more in less time and with greater ease and confidence, and the book's modular format accommodates the emerging needs of any learning environment.

Practice exercises are keyed to two new text excerpts. Together with an array of study-reading techniques, the authors introduce proven strategies for vocabulary building, memory improvement, test-taking skills, and library research strategies. The book incorporates the latest research in learning theory and features an array of optional strategies, resulting in great flexibility of presentation and application for instructors.

The authors consider student goals, lifestyles, and learning styles as factors that affect student understanding. Students take brief diagnostic surveys followed by guided practice in strategies to improve performance on certain tasks.

The Third Edition offers the following additional improvements:
* A new chapter that covers the stages of researching and writing a term paper.
* A new glossary section.
* A new chapter for creating a personal study profile.
* A revised section for finding sources in the library, including suggestions for efficient online searches.
* A journal entry at the end of each chapter....

Sommaire:

• Stage One: Study Strategies and Techniques


• Take Inventory: Learning How You Learn


• Inventory One: Personal Profile


• Inventory Two: Lifestyle Goals


• Inventory Three: Learning and Teaching Styles


• Inventory Four: Present Study Inventory


• Inventory Five: Preferred Teaching Styles


• Summary of Inventories


• Summary Map of Stage One


• Journal Entries: Introduction


• Stage Two: Evaluate Present Study Strategies and Time Management


• Stage Three: Successful Study Strategies


• Step One: Appreciating the Big Picture at College


• Step Two: Separate Main Ideas From Details


• Step Three: Learn Study Strategies for Diverse Disciplines


• Step Four: Read for Meaning


• Step Five: Develop Your Vocabulary


• Step Six: Improve Your Lecture and Textbook Notes


• Step Seven: Review and Memorize


• Step Eight: Improving Your Test-Taking Skills


• Step Nine: Use Your Library


• Step Ten: Write a Research Paper


• Stage Four: Create a Personal Study Profile


• History Excerpt: American Life in the Roaring Twenties, 1919-1929


• Psychology Excerpt: Stress and Health Psychology