McGuire Saundra Yancy - Teach yourself how to learn: strategies you can use to ace any course at any level

Praise for Teach Yourself How to Learn

Archimedes said, Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I will move the world. Students willingness to work hardand students will work hard if the work is worth itis the lever. Dr. McGuires practical strategies are the fulcrum. Hard work plus bad strategies gets you almost nowhere. But hard work plus effective strategies? You can go out and change the world with what you learn!Victoria Bhavsar, Director of the Faculty Center for Professional Development and the eLearning Team, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

McGuire hits it out of the park with this book written for students. She easily connects to them through her conversational style, empathy, case studies and a strong belief in their power to succeed. She shares strategies for learning through graphics and activities that ensure their active engagement. She fully understands the importance of readability as she fills the text with questions. This book explodes with energy and passion and should be on every students bookshelf.Martha E. Casazza, Educational Consultant, TRPPAssociates, CLADEA Founding Fellow

Time and time again, I brought Dr. McGuire to several historically Black colleges and universities, such as Johnson C. Smith University, Dillard University, Cheyney University, and Bennett College, to expose students and faculty to proven strategies, as described in this book, that students can use to teach themselves how to learn. I also shared these strategies with my daughter and her friends while they were in medical school at East Carolina University. Simply put, these strategies work!Phyllis Worthy Dawkins, President, Bennett College

Dr. McGuire has extended her expertise directly to students in this companion to Teach Students How to Learn. After impacting faculty and academic support professionals approach to helping students learn best, she now introduces and guides students to deeper understanding of concepts at different levels. By reframing their approach to studying in college using her methods, they can become better motivated, manage their study time effectively, earn higher grades, and develop successful college careers.Johanna Dvorak, Director Emerita, Educational Support Services, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Educational Research Consulting, LLC.

Teach Yourself How to Learn can be a life changer. With this book, students will gain the insights and concrete techniques that are the foundations of effective learning and studying. No less important, the book is written so that students will want to read it. The information is conveyed without jargon and in a style that relates to students experiences. I believe that students who read this book will be able to optimize their educational experiences and become enthusiastic and effective life-long learners.Mark McDaniel, Center for Integrative Research on Cognition, Learning, and Education, Washington University in St. Louis; and coauthor of Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning

This book is going to help so many students!!! Dr. McGuire is a master storyteller armed with the science of learning. From each chapter to the next, strategies are strategically laid out in a way to help any learner in any course. Read one chapter or the entire book, and if you follow the suggestions provided you will see a difference in not only what you learn but also, more importantly, how you think about learning.Todd Zakrajsek, Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine; and Executive Director of the Academy of Educators in the School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

TEACH YOURSELF HOW TO LEARN

TEACH YOURSELF
HOW TO LEARN

Strategies You Can Use to Ace Any Course at Any Level

Saundra Yancy McGuire
with Stephanie McGuire

Foreword by Mark McDaniel

COPYRIGHT 2018 BY
STYLUS PUBLISHING, LLC.

Published by Stylus Publishing, LLC.

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Sterling, Virginia 20166-2102

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying, recording, and information storage and retrieval, without permission in writing from the publisher.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: McGuire, Saundra Yancy, author. |
McGuire, Stephanie, author.

Title: Teach yourself how to learn strategies you can use to ace any course
at any level / Saundra Yancy McGuire with Stephanie McGuire ; foreword by Mark McDaniel.

Description: First edition. |

Sterling, Virginia : Stylus Publishing, LLC., [2018] |
Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2017026863 (print) |

LCCN 2017052540 (ebook) |

ISBN 9781620367582 (ePub, mobi) |

ISBN 9781620367575 (uPDF) |

ISBN 9781620367551 (cloth : alk. paper) |

ISBN 9781620367568 (pbk. : alk. paper) |

ISBN 9781620367575 (library networkable e-edition) |

ISBN 9781620367582 (consumer e-edition)

Subjects: LCSH: Learning, Psychology of. | Study skills. | Motivation in education. | Metacognition.

Classification: LCC LB1060 (ebook) |

LCC LB1060 .M385 2018 (print) |

DDC 370.15--dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017026863

13-digit ISBN: 978-1-62036-755-1 (cloth)

13-digit ISBN: 978-1-62036-756-8 (paperback)

13-digit ISBN: 978-1-62036-757-5 (library networkable e-edition)

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To my grandchildren, Joshua, Ruth, Daniel, and Joseph, whose pursuit of academic excellence continues the endeavors of preceding generations and honors the legacy of their great-great grandmother, Effie Jane Gordon Yancy.

CONTENTS

Mark McDaniel

MY JOURNEY
I Was Once In Your Shoes

METACOGNITION
What It Is and How It Can Turbocharge Your Learning

APPENDIX A
Compilation of Strategies for Students

APPENDIX B
Books and Links Recommended for Students

APPENDIX C
Learning Strategies Inventory

APPENDIX D
Dramatic Individual Student Improvement

APPENDIX E
Selected Student Feedback

APPENDIX F
Study Tools

FOREWORD

I n many ways, this is an exciting time to be a student. A plethora of engaging materials are available to stimulate students thinking and to capture their interest. Elementary and middle school students can learn about radiocarbon dating by reading comic book narratives (Hunt & Swogger, n.d.). To learn neuroscience, more advanced students can interact with Bettys Brain (a computer program in which a student teaches Betty about her brain and then poses questions to determine if Betty accurately understands the neuroscience concepts the student is trying to teach; Leelawong & Biswas, 2008). College students can enroll in flipped classrooms in which cooperative learning occurs in small discussion groups within the context of a larger class (e.g., Talanquer & Pollard, 2010). Moreover, teachers at every educational level are becoming familiar with and adjusting their instruction to align with the scientific principles of learning.