Success Skills: Strategies for Study and Lifelong Learning

Marks-Beale, Abby

ISBN 10: 0538723777 / ISBN 13: 9780538723770

Published by South-Western Educational Pub (edition 2), 2001

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Success Skills: Strategies for Study and Lifelong Learning
• Publisher: South-Western Educational Pub (edition 2)
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0538723777
• ISBN 13: 9780538723770
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 2.
• Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

Success Skills equips users with learning success strategies required in today's academic and workplace environments. With a focus on learning how to learn, thinking skills, communication skills, technology and managing information, this text is divided into five key areas: learning how to learn; becoming an active reader; listening, memory and note-taking mastery; testing and critical thinking skills; information gathering, research and writing skills. With Success Tip Strategies and Internet activities, this book will develop key techniques necessary to achieve success in one's education and career.

About the Author

Abby Marks Beale is the founder of The Corporate Educator (formerly The Reading Edge), a speaking and training business that specializes in helping busy people work smarter, faster, and just plain better. She is also the creator of "Rev It Up Reading," a popular open enrollment workshop that helps experienced readers get up to speed with what they read. Her extensive client list includes Fortune 500 companies, associations, schools, government agencies, and individuals. She is a member of the ASCD Faculty (Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development), an exclusive team of expert consultants who craft, design, and deliver individualized professional development programs for educators. Abby is also the author of 10 Days to Faster Reading (Warner Books, 2001). Abby holds a B.A. in Spanish from Boston University and an M.S. in Adult Learning from Southern Connecticut State University. For more information, log on to Abby's web site at www.TheCorporateEducator.com.