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Summary: How you learn will never be the same
Review: Robinson's manifesto on learning changed the way I viewed my education forever. And no, I'm not on the payroll!! I am a 2nd year medical student who found that the hours that I studied at times seemed wasted when I came to an exam. After being frustrated by little yield from my studies I found this book. The system helped me to focus my studies as well as prepare me for present and final exams. My grades in med school went from mid 70's to high 80's, low 90's. Without a doubt this book will change the way you view your learning forever.
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Summary: Didn't work for me
Review: The book is well-written and organized, but the problem is the techniques are so time-consuming, if you did all of them, you'd never finish your work on time. It doesn't really deal with the boredom factor very well though it claims to.Textbooks are boring. He claims that its our approach to the textbook. This belies the fact that some textbooks are full of completely irrelevant information. There is no way to relate to it. Maybe his ideas about organizing information help. argh.
Well, whatever the magic secret is, the book alone isn't enough. I think the other people who liked the book had some knowledge or ability that, added to this book, made it all come together, but me.. no.
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Summary: Reality Check for all the wrong ways you studied before!
Review: There is no magic between the lines in the book. If you wish to find out what went wrong in your studies and how come you thought you understood something and ended up with less than what you tried, here in this book the author tells you point blank: "How you can build up a study habbit suited for the western education system". If you have ever attended a college course and managed poorly, here you can find out about a handful of necessary questions you need to ask every time you tackle a subject. Once you know these, the rest comes easy. I implemented his methods on my 8 year old and believe me I saw the results immediately. My gradeschool son is now taking small notes and writes little sentences for science and social studies. My hat is off to Adam Robinson!
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Summary: A MUST-HAVE for any student.
Review: This book contains many techniques that will help any student from eigth grade to graduate school. Skills absolutely necessary to every student, like how to really take notes, how to determine what the instructor wants in a paper, how to decipher what's useful in the text and how to anticipate what will be on the exams, and MORE! I wish I had this book back in High School; I wouldn't have had to work so hard! I'm in graduate school now, and it's uncanny how applying the techniques from this book has exponentially increased my ability to understand the material and even better, to demonstrate to the professor's satisfaction my comprehension of the material
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Summary: Learning, Not Studying, are the Means and the Goal
Review: This book could reshape a student's thinking about education, for example, blaming a teacher or a school for not teaching still does not help students learn. The student must learn to want and find learning. This book shows the student several ways to put knowledge in the student's head as part of the student's day. What the teacher or school board is doing or not doing may help or hinder the student but at the end of the day, what matters is what the student put in his or her head as an act of the student's responsibility for himself or herself. My guess is the author (perhaps he has a touch of Luddite as expressed in his take on computers in the last part of the book) prefers verbal to math subjects. That is why the math suggestions may touch a responsive chord for math haters. The book provides concrete techniques.
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Summary: Great Principles
Review: This book does a wonderful job of describing principles of learning success. It describes ways to learn well but also how to enjoy the process! It is all broken down into 12 simple principles that can be applied in any academic setting. Another book that is great for doing well in school is SURVEY OF 300 A+ STUDENTS: A+ STUDENTS DESCRIBE THEIR STRATEGIES (Kenneth Green) which takes it to the next level.
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Summary: An Invaluable Guide for Parents and Kids
Review: This book is amazing! Written by Adam Robinson, a nationally renowned expert on student testing issues, this thoughtful and entertaining volume is loaded with insights into how the best students achieve their A's, and friendly advice designed to help other students translate those insights into higher grades for themselves.
Mr.Robinson's fresh approach to homework and and other school performance issues is must reading for high school students and parents looking for concrete ways to help their offspring better cope with school demands and improve their grades and scores.
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Summary: GREAT BOOK
Review: This book made a HUGE difference for me. I was a poor student in highschool. I was a poor student in my short college career. At the age of 30 I decided that it was time to figure out why I had so much trouble with school. This book helped me learn how to think and listen in school. I was a C/D student. After I read this book, I became an A student. It is a fact that we are not born with the knowledge of how to study. It is a learned behavior. I think every parent should read this book and teach their children how to study. If you are student who struggles with school, you need this book.
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Summary: Fantastic
Review: This book should be read by every teacher, educator, lecturer and student.
I have been dogging through my studies for years until I found this book.
Now I have heaps of fun and actually LEARN for once, instead of stuffing
myself full of facts. Thanks Adam Robinson. My life is a lot more better
because of you.
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Summary: This is THE key - 10 Stars to unlock school!
Review: This book unlocks the foundations of school and education from grade school to college. The insights are shocking and apply to students instantly. Teachers should be required to read this because 99% of them have no idea the foundation of their own teaching. For example, there are only four types of classes, problem solving techniques, information organization classes, interpretation classes, and those you learn by doing. This explodes standard classifications of types of courses and unlocks the way to study for math v english v business v art. The book was very very helpful for a graduate student MBA and for his 14 year old son.
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