How to be a Better Student: Easy-to-use Strategies and Skills from The Academic Weight Room

Here is a secret. Most top students are not necessarily gifted with superior intellect or extraordinary talent, but rather they are normal people who apply specific skills and systems to their learning. Skills and systems that can be acquired and honed to maximize performance. A number of strategies have been shown not to work; the three biggest culprits are re-reading notes, re-writing notes, and re-reading the chapter.

How to be a Better Student is a book for college-level students, as wel...