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Effective Learning : Additional Materials

Here you can find some useful study strategies, tips and inspiration.

ADDITIONAL MATERIALS

  “The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and starting on the first one.”

― Mark Twain

The study skills handbook / Stella Cottrell

LB2395 .C68 2013
If you are serious about succeeding on your course, The Study Skills Handbook is your essential companion. This book will help you to develop core study skills in time management, academic writing, critical thinking and more.

Think like a freak: the authors of Freakonomics offer to retrain your brain / Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner.

BF449 .L48 2014

With a blend of captivating storytelling and unconventional analysis, the authors take us inside their thought process and teach us all to think a bit more productively, more creatively, more rationally—to think, that is, like a Freak.

Smarter faster better : the secrets of being productive in life and business / Charles Duhigg.

BF431 .D8185 2016

At the core of Smarter Faster Better are eight key productivity concepts—from motivation and goal setting to focus and decision making—that explain why some people and companies get so much done.

Creativity works! : unleash your creativity beat the robot and work happily ever after / Coen Luijten & Joris van Dooren.

HD53 .L85 2018

In Creativity Works! the authors explain what creativity is and why we are less creative than we would like to be. In this book you’ll practise basic skills to become creative and learn how a smart creative process can be designed and executed.

The gift : creativity and the artist in the modern world / Lewis Hyde.

GN449.6 .H93 2007

The Gift is a brilliantly orchestrated defense of the value of creativity and of its importance in a culture increasingly governed by money and overrun with commodities.

Make it stick : the science of successful learning / Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger, Mark A. McDaniel.

LB1060 .B768 2014

To most of us, learning something "the hard way" implies wasted time and effort. Drawing on recent discoveries in cognitive psychology and other disciplines, the authors offer concrete techniques for becoming more productive learners.

Great at work : how top performers do less, work better, and achieve more / Morten T. Hansen.

BF481 .H36 2018

Why do some people perform better at work than others? This deceptively simple question continues to confound professionals in all sectors of the workforce. Morten Hansen reveals the answers that can be applied by anyone looking to maximize their time and performance.
 

Imagine : how creativity works / Jonah Lehrer.

BF408 .L455 2012

Jonah Lehrer demonstrates that creativity is not a single gift possessed by the lucky few. It’s a variety of distinct thought processes that we can all learn to use more effectively.

Steal like an artist : 10 things nobody told you about being creative / Austin Kleon.

BF408 .K55 2012

An inspiring guide to creativity in the digital age, Steal Like an Artist presents ten transformative principles that will help readers discover their artistic side and build a more creative life.

Critical thinking skills: developing effective analysis and argument / Stella Cottrell.

BF441 .C68 2011
This guide helps students to develop reflective thinking skills, improve their critical analysis and construct arguments more effectively.

Critical thinking skills for dummies / by Martin Cohen.

LB1590.3 .C64 2015

These days, strong critical thinking skills provide a vital foundation for academic success, and Critical Thinking Skills For Dummies offers a clear and unintimidating introduction to what can otherwise be a pretty complex topic.

Metaliteracy : reinventing information literacy to empower learners / Thomas P. Mackey and Trudi E. Jacobson.

ZA3075 .M327 2014

The concept of metaliteracy expands the scope of traditional information skills to include the collaborative production and sharing of information in participatory digital environments.

Ultralearning : master hard skills, outsmart the competition, and accelerate your career / Scott H. Young

HF5381 .Y698 2019

Learn a new talent, stay relevant, reinvent yourself, and adapt to whatever the workplace throws your way. Ultralearning offers nine principles to master hard skills quickly. This is the essential guide to future-proof your career and maximize your competitive advantage through self-education.

Indistractable : how to control your attention and choose your life / Nir Eyal, with Julie Li.

BF323.D5 E93 2019

Empowering and optimistic, Indistractable provides practical, novel techniques to control your time and attention - helping you live the life you really want. Eyal reveals the hidden psychology driving us to distraction and lays bare the secret of finally doing what you say you will do with a four-step, research-backed model.

HBR guide to being more productive : focus on the right work, stop procrastinating, get more done.

HD56 .H425 2017

Arm yourself with the advice you need to succeed on the job, with the most trusted brand in business. Packed with how-to essentials from leading experts, the HBR Guides provide smart answers to your most pressing work challenges.

HBR guide to getting the right work done.

HD69.T54 H374 2012
In the HBR Guide to Getting the Right Work Done, you’ll discover how to focus your time and energy where they will yield the greatest reward. Not only will you end each day knowing you made progress―your improved productivity will also set you apart from the pack.

Keys to college success / Carol Carter, Sarah Lyman Kravits.

LB2343.32 .C367 2015

Keys to College Success  sets the standard for connecting academic success to success beyond school, showing students how to apply strategies within college, career, and life.

College reading and study skills / Kathleen T. McWhorter, Brette McWhorter Sember.

LB2395.3 .M386 2013

The text focuses on reading and learning as a cognitive process, encouraging students to approach reading as an active mental process of selecting, processing, and organizing information to be learned.

The ultimate study skills handbook / Sarah Moore

LB2395 .U48 2010eb

The Ultimate Study Skills Handbook will help you succeed from the first week of your studies through to graduation. Covering all the core skills you will need to help you make the most of your university course, The Ultimate Study Skills Handbook is your key to success.

Passing exams for dummies / Patrick Sherratt.

LB2395.2 .S44 2013eb

This essential guide provides expert tips on how to change your mindset, improve how you learn and revise, control your anxiety, and get good marks.

How to use your reading in your essays / Jeanne Godfrey.

LB2369 .G63 2013

This practical guide enables and empowers students to use academic sources in a supportive and contextualized way.

Cite them right : the essential referencing guide / Richard Pears, Graham Shields.

PN171.F56 P43 2013
This book is renowned as the most comprehensive yet easy-to-use guide to referencing available.

How to write research papers / Sharon Sorenson.

LB1047.3 .S267 2002

Offers guidance to writing a research paper and discusses choosing a topic, finding sources, organizing material, drafting the paper, and preparing the final copy.

Air & light & time & space : how successful academics write / Helen Sword.

P301.5.A27 S94 2017
Helen Sword interviewed one hundred academics worldwide about their writing background and practices. Relatively few were trained as writers, she found, and yet all have developed strategies to thrive in their publish-or-perish environment.