How to study in college
by Walter Pauk · first published 1900
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xxvi, 342 p. : 24 cm
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I'll go on a tangent and then converge and hope this will be useful. The first book I have read after college was "How to Study in College" by Walter Pauk. After a bad experience, I wondered how I could have done it better and I wondered if there was a meta resource that would have helped me learn better. I asked wondered if I could think…
on “Ask HN: How many failures it took you to be successful?” ↗…reasons: it always opens a door -if it has a name, it can be searched effectively- and it always amazes me how come I didn't think of it before. For instance, after graduation, I read a book titled "How to Study in College". Why didn't I ask such an obvious question before. I learned many things, one of which is the Cornell Note-taking method. I've always been interested in how to search for, acquire, and keep knowledge,…
on “Not All Practice Makes Perfect” ↗The cited "How to Study in College" can be found in PDF form via Google. I like this tip, it seems handy.
on “The Cornell Note-taking System (2001)” ↗