New!   Effective Study Methods:  A Modular Approach   by Kathleen D. Kroll   ISBN 1-58874-439-4    List Price: $24.95

This groundbreaking text combines the best of both worlds.   Eight thirty-minute videos on two CD’s model strategic learning practices to students..  The accompanying textbook provides immediate application and supplementary information.

The materials work successfully in a variety of environments.  The video and textbook package is effective when used in a traditional classroom or independently in a lab or counseling situation.

The author teaches a hybrid class in which students view the videos outside the classroom, enjoying added flexibility and control over their time.   In the classroom, the instructor engages the students by focusing on hands-on activities such as small group discussion and case studies.

This curriculum has been successfully used at Purdue University for over twenty years.   Pre-posttest percentile results on the Learning and Study Strategies Inventory (LASSI) average an increase of 20 or more percentile points.  This result for the 1 credit class is similar to or higher than a 3 credit hour study strategies class, demonstrating its time and cost effectiveness.
 
Videos
Video topics include:

• Staying Focused and Improving Concentration
• Taking Notes During Lecture
• Time Management
• Reading Efficiency
• How to Organize your Textbook Reading
• Making and Using Study Guides
• Guidelines for Taking a Multiple Choice Exam
• Test Taking Skills – Writing an Essay Exam

The videos are filmed within a workshop situation.  Students see others in similar situations asking extemporaneous questions.  To see 30 second to one minute clips, click on the following link http://www.cla.purdue.edu/asc/indstudy.asp#AV.  You can install the free Quicktime player at http://www.apple.com/quicktime/.

Table of Contents (Teacher's Edition)

1. Student Information Sheet
2. LASSI Guide
3. Whip Smart – Tricks of the Trade for Better Grades
4. Premodule – Stress Management
5. Module 1 – Taking Notes During a Lecture
6. Module 2 – Time Management
7. Module 3 – Choose One: Staying Focused OR Reading Efficiency  (alternative may be used as an extra credit assignment)
8. Module 4 – How to Organize your Textbook Reading
9. Mid 8-week Assignment:  Physchology Chapter, History Chapter excerpt, Chemistry Chapter excerpt, Mathematics Chapter excerpt
10. Module 5 – Making and Using Study Guides: Aids to Preparing for an Exam
11. Module 6 – Guidelines for Taking a Multiple Choice Exam
12. Module 7 – Test Taking Skills:  Writing an Essay Exam
13. Final Project Assignment and Sample Final Project
14. Teacher's Manual
15. Transparencies
16. Appendix