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31st Annual Conference on the First-Year Experience Feb 17-21, 2012 San Antonio, Texas The Study Skills Handbook – A new approach to actjve learning for fjrst-year students and beyond Jennifer Schmidt Suzannah Burywood Project Editor Publisher j.schmidt@palgrave.com s.burywood@palgrave.com

Overview • Stella Coturell • Who is this book for? • The Study Skills Handbook – Unique approach – Personalized, learner-centered learning – Actjve, partjcipatory learning – Visual learning – Refmectjve learning – Core skills – Online materials • Why should I use this book? • What next?

Stella Coturell • Current role and background • Other tjtles • Aims and motjvatjon

Who is this book for? • First-year students on academic skills courses • Struggling students • Conscientjous students • Adult and returning students • Internatjonal students • Visual learners • Dyslexic students Everyon Everyon e! e!

The Study Skills Handbook US reviewer feedback: “If you need a truly “One of the most comprehensive study comprehensive study skills skills book, The Study resources ever published. Skills Handbook is the The attention to the visual one!” design is unmatched.” T odd Campbell Cora Dzubak North Georgia College Penn State York & State University “Complete guide to “Most study skills books being a successful say the same thing. student” This book has many Arthur Ford topics I hadn’t read about in other books.” Hunter College, CUNY Anonymous “A book on study skills “This book not in college which only "shows" but appears to be written allows students for actual, real-life college to ‘do’.’’ students!’’ Anonymous Anonymous

Unique Approach • “Each person has their own unique formula for academic success” Actjve Personalized Learner-centered Partjcipatory Learning Refmectjve Visual

Personalized, Learner-Centered Learning • No ‘one-size-fjts-all’ • Students are unique in how they learn • The book allows them to identjfy methods that work for them • Empowering

Actjve, Partjcipatory Learning

Visual Learning • Multj-sensory learning • Memory joggers • Visual learners • Dyslexic students

Refmectjve Learning • Students take responsibility for their learning • Applicatjon of personal skills to academic skills and vice versa • Relatjng individual skills development to future career ambitjons

Core skills Time management Employability Critical thinking T est-taking E-learning Memory Numeracy Groupwork Reading Presentations Note-taking Writing Referencing Research projects Dealing with stress

Online components htu tup://us.macmillan.com/TheStudySkillsHandbo ok Goes live in August

Why should I use this book? Internatjonal Core Unique bestseller skills approach Self- Visual refmectjon No-nonsense, design practjcal advice Relevant, Interactjve personalize Confjdence d learning -building Accessible $25 Motjvatjonal

What next? 1) Visit our booth (#35) 2) Promotjonal sample chapter: htup://us.macmillan.com/series/PalgraveStudySkills 3) Pre-order an examinatjon copy. 4) Look out for the book in stores and online from August 2012