Study Skills and Test-Taking Strategies for Medical Students Find and Use Your Personal Learning Style
Study Skills and Test-Taking Strategies for Medical Students: Find and Use Your Personal Learning Style provides techniques that identify and apply the medical student's personal learning-style to specific study skills and exam-taking strategies so that understanding, analysis, synthesis, and r...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer New York
1992, 1992
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Edition: | 1st ed. 1992 |
Series: | Oklahoma Notes
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Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- One • Learning Styles
- Purpose
- Taking Control of the Examination Process
- Learning Style Questionnaire
- Determining Your Type
- Perceptual Preference
- Summary
- References
- Suggested Readings
- Two • Time Management and Memory
- Purpose
- Time Management
- The Memory Curve
- Schedule Construction
- Selecting Study Tasks
- Using Your Learning Style
- Time Accountability
- Time Log
- Personal Time Pie
- Study Tricks and Treats
- Summary
- References
- Suggested Readings
- Three • Taking Notes
- Purpose
- Taking Classroom Notes
- Labeling Notes
- Taking Textbook Notes
- Organizational Components
- Some Suggested ”Shorthand” Symbols to Speed Note-Taking
- Summary
- References
- Four • Problem-Solving
- Purpose
- Know Yourself
- Define The Problem
- Devise A Strategy-Form Subgoals
- Execute the Strategy
- Evaluate Your Progress
- Summary
- References
- Suggested Readings
- Five • Preparing for National Board Examinations
- Purpose
- Mind Your Mind
- The Exam
- Review Strategies
- Integrating Subjects: Organ System/Pathology Review
- Four-Step Strategy
- Summary
- References
- Six • Stress Management
- Purpose
- Causes of Transitory Stress
- Self-Efficacy
- Signs of Stress
- Stress Reduction Techniques
- Demonstration of Negative or Positive Thinking
- Stress-Reduction Exercises
- Summary
- References
- Suggested Readings
- Seven • Test-Taking • Discrimination Skills
- Purpose
- Equipment
- The Examinee
- The Exam
- Three Steps in the If-All-Else-Fails Department
- Guessing and Analyzing
- Performance Analysis-Test-Taking
- Summary
- References
- Suggested Readings
- Eight • Organizing and Working in a Study Group
- Purpose
- Some Dos and Donts of Groups
- Group Study Tasks • Organ System Review
- Application of The Problem-Solving Model ToGroups
- References
- Suggested Readings