| View Larger Image | What Smart Students Know: Maximum Grades. Optimum Learning. Minimum Time. | Paperbackby Adam Robinson (Author)
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| | Binding: | Paperback | | Publisher: | Three Rivers Press | | Edition: | 1st Edition | | Page Count: | 288 Pages | | Publication Date: | July 27, 1993 | | Sales Rank: | 8,904th |
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Product Description
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. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 71 reviews)
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Good points and suggestions, not enough time to apply them in real life by Zhanna Sarkisyan (Los Angeles, CA)  2 Stars
September 06, 2009
My title of this review says it all. He makes some really good points and helpful suggestions. His twelve step can be helpful, only in the perfect World. Unfortunately, we don't live in the perfect World, as we don't have enough time to apply all of his concepts. It would probably take less time to read the assigned chapters rather than to follow his 12 steps. I do get what he says. He says to weed out the unimportant information and only to concentrate on the useful information. The only advice I will adopt are to pay attention to headings, titles, anything in bold, first and last paragraph of each chapter, questions by the author, graphs, illustrations, summaries and such. I'm only going to focus on what is important to me by skimming, rather than reading every little word. That's the only advice I am able to take from this book. I don't have the time or the energy to be so interractive, as he suggests. Instead what I find useful in studying is finding sample tests I can take on a subject, rather than coming up with my own questions and such. It's easier to study from sample tests and basically, sample test cover the most useful information. I also find his lecture note taking tips useful. In other words, just read the book but only apply the concepts you're comfortable with and use the information that you're able to use into your studying skills.
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Excellent for Adult Students. by Rafael Gonzalez  5 Stars
July 28, 2009
This book along with "How to Become a Straight-A Student" are the two most helpful books especially for a the adult student returning back to college.
Getting these two books will prepare you for getting back to school from the work world. As a returning student at 50 years of age, I found this book filled with excellent ways of thinking and preparing for the world of academia.
This books covers the reality of "Formal Education" and what you need to know, and how it differs from the REAL WORLD of working and learning in the workplace.
Must have book for adult students who are returning to college!!!
Rafael G.
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Excellent Book by AmazonJoe 5 Stars
June 04, 2009
This book is such a good book for anyone who wants to improve their study skills and pick up good study tips. I always wanted to know why some college students excelled in just about every class, now I got some great insight. If you want improve your study skills in school, then this book is for you.
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Greatest $20 bucks youll spend by DOmed (irvine, CA) 5 Stars
March 06, 2009
This is an excellent book that makes you realize why you remember some facts and not others. It provides you a step by step guide to LEARNING more, not just memorizing. I can't recommend this book enough. I increased from scoring average to two standard deviations above average just by reading this book. This book is not a set of techniques, but is a WAY OF THINKING. So buy it, read it and spend a little extra time internalizing the concepts and internalizing everything you read/learn and remember to LINK IT TO YOUR CURRENT UNDERSTANDING/KNOWLEDGE!
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Remember what you've learned! by John J. Kidd (Telford, PA) 5 Stars
January 10, 2009
I still remember watching that Paper Chase movie years ago when Professor Kingsfield was asked... "how are your students doing." Professor Kingsfield simply replied, "The same old SLOPPY minds. But I shall be taking care of that in the weeks to come!"
... and the professor was referring to college students and graduates now in law school, who couldn't express themselves very well! With this book by Adam Robinson, you'll never have to worry about a sloppy mind again...
For those of you going for pre-law and law school ambitions, THIS BOOK IS A MUST! Why? This book forces you to think! Not simply to regurgitate the information fed to you in a classroom and parrot it back on an essay exam to impress the professor who will stay behind teaching, while YOU soon graduate and have to deal with the real world issues out there.
Having taught in both classrooms and teaching adults who are much more savvy than their younger counterparts, this book gives you an edge. Don't like to ask all twelve questions? No problem, simply leave some of them out. If you simply can't answer question number two without reading the book to help you, then you know you haven't really LEARNED the material.
Can't count on both hands how many times I've called upon students to tell me what they've learned from a course and they give me this "deer in the headlight look." I taught from this book in one classroom session and comprehension levels went through the roof! Not to mention that their grades substantially improved.
As a former military instructor, civilian classroom teacher, and someone who believes in "learning the content without focusing so much on the grade," this book is a must for my students!
I've read some of the other books written by other authors who criticize Adam Robinson for some of his methods. While entitled to their somewhat unjustified critiques, I dare any of these other authors to get up in a classroom (or a courtroom for that matter), and give me a complete briefing on a subject they had in college and be able to coherently recall what they've learned, express themselves articulately, and defend their arguments clearly.
Socrates and Professor Kingsfield (Paper Chase movie) would be proud!
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