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COLLEGE LEARNING
WAYS & WHYS
Frank A. Logan
University of New Mexico
Contents
Introduction
Vocabulary
Commitment
Conclusion
On "Having What It Takes ... To Learn"
Personal Problems
Coping with Personal Problems
On Getting Started
Useful Tid-bits
Sexual Behavior
Addictive Drugs. . .Alcohol
The Primacy Principle
Conclusions
On "Moderation"
Attention
Attention: A Response
Attention: A Learnable Response
The Nature of Knowledge
Conclusion
On "Your Memory Bank"
Verbal Fluency
Verbal/Formal Discipline
Processing Verbal Information
Generating Verbal Information
Mental Time-sharing
Conclusions
On One Role of Motivation
Learning from Textbooks
Where to Study
Conclusions
On Imitation
Learning from Lectures
Conclusion
Consolidation Hypothesis
Preparing for Exams
Why give exams in college?
Preparing for Exams: Tactic 1: Organization
Preparing for Exams: Tactic 2: Mnemonics
Preparing for Exams: Tactic 3: Rehearsal
Preparing for Exams: Tactic 4: Negatives
Conclusions
Cognitive Relativity
On Taking Exams
Feedback
Cheating
Conclusions
On Anxiety Motivation
General Conclusions
Why college?
Creatures of Habit
Primacy
The Wandering Mind
Overshadowing
Appendices
On Time Management
A weekly schedule
Wasted Minutes
Vocabulary Pre-Test
Commitment by Contract
Logic and Problem Solving
On Paraphrasing
Grammar
Reading and Redundancy
Vocabulary
Enlarging your lexicon
On Mnemonics
Acronyms
Acrostics
Mental Imagery
Verbal Mediation
On Writing
Science and Behavior
Popular Misconceptions
Determinism
The Experimental Method
Objectivity
Correlational Evidence
Conclusions
On Self-Control
Statistics
Final Examination
Vocabulary
About this document ...
Derek Hamilton
2000-09-05
