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Become the confident superlearner you've always wanted to be! At school or at work, we are constantly challenged by having to acquire new skills and ideas as those we've learned become obsolete. By mastering the seven basic elements of complete study skills presented in this book, you can tap into your hidden potential for maximum performance and increased learning power.

Study Smarter, Not Harder debunks many of the myths associated with studying techniques. The practical exercises in this guide are immediately useful, making studying efficient and painless. This book will help you achieve your goals, whether you are aiming to pass the next exam, get into a postsecondary institution or a graduate program, or upgrade your job skills.

Study Smarter, Not Harder answers questions such as:

* How quickly can I learn the fundamentals of good studying?
* Will speed-reading solve my problems?
* Do women and men need to learn different study skills?
* If I forget today what I read yesterday, what am I doing wrong?
* How can I improve my memory and concentration?
* Is cramming for exams such a bad idea?
* How do I cope with a boring instructor?

At any age, at any time in life, you can increase your intelligence and learning ability. Study Smarter, Not Harder will show you how to learn -- which is the most valuable skill you will ever learn.

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Pragmatically this is a waste of time.

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After finishing the book I feel robbed of my money and my time. Although the author does provide some helpful tips, he wastes a lot of space stating the obvious, repeating himself NUMEROUS times, and filling the margins with absolutely useless random quotes whose purpose is only to consume space and make the book look larger. This book is for the novice and for those who believe everything they read. The author is only marketing the lure of good study skills, he doesn't actually teach them to you. One may think the book looks nice, big, inviting, and there are many pages. But a lot of it is repeated b.s. If you would like better books check out "What smart students know" and "How to become a straight-A student"

Lots of information	Customer Rating:
This book has lots of sound advise. It does, however, repeat itself a lot, and it also doesn't seem to realize that we don't have all the time in the world. The trick is to chose the techniques that work best for you on a particular subject and be flexible. On the whole, it is a good book.

Now in an updated second edition

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Now in an updated second edition marking the tenth anniversary of its publication, Study Smarter, Not Harder is a straightforward self-teaching guide to expanding one's memory, firing up one's brain, and learning the tips, tricks, and techniques to study with maximum effectiveness and minimum time expenditure. From learning the art of study reading (which is very different from "speed reading"!), to the importance being aware of one's own alertness cycle and the point of mental diminishing returns, harnessing the #1 study skill of the ability to focus, and more, Study Smarter, Not Harder absolutely lives up to its title. Highly recommended not only for high school and college students, but also anyone preparing for a new career.

Do it right the first time

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Every year I try to learn a few new methods of "remembering" more of what I study. Usually I've gone to the memory books. However, you soon realize that mnemonics alone aren't enough. The real task is to figure out better ways of integrating new material with the knowledge you already have. Until reading Study Smarter, Not Harder the best I had come across was Kenneth Higbee's Your Memory. Higbee is excellent on mnemonics and has a very nice chapter on study skills. Kevin Paul takes the opposite tack, having very little on memorization but much on the study environment, the psychology of the learner, and specific approaches to various methods of study. Paul's entire books is filled with practical advice, very little is presented and left as abstraction. If you want to learn to maximum potential the first time, study this book first!

Excellent study advice

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I was all the way into graduate school before I finally figured some of these nuggets of wisdom out for myself. Many listed in this book are some I had not thought of. Our first grandchild is a freshman in college this fall (2007), so I purchased the book for him. After commenting in margins and highlighting with Post-it tabs, I mailed it to him. I plan to purchase two more for his younger brothers, freshman and sophomore in high school. Each child needs it at his study desk for reference.