Learning Strategies for Health Careers Students - Revised Reprint

The skills you need to succeed in the classroom and in the workplace

Susan Marcus Palau (Author), Marilyn Meltzer (Author)

9781416042709, Elsevier Health Sciences

Paperback / softback, published 29 November 2007

368 pages
27.6 x 21.5 x 2.4 cm, 0.75 kg

Dozens of step-by-step strategies help you improve your skills in areas such as reading comprehension, writing, math, and studying. With this book, you'll build your vocabulary, understand basic mathematics and solve word problems, take effective notes, manage study time, and raise your test scores. You'll also learn to organize your ideas so you can write more clearly and effectively for school and work-related reports.

• Fifteen reading selections taken from health care textbooks let you practice the strategies you've learned.
• A variety of exercises offer practice with the same kinds of assignments you'll encounter at school.
• An answer key allows you to check your work.
• A vocabulary chapter introduces the medical and non-medical terms you need to know.
• A glossary offers rapid, at-a-glance access to important terms.

UNIT I Reading Strategies

1. Identifying the Three Levels of Understanding

2. Recognizing Details

3. Developing Vocabulary

4. Monitoring and Improving Comprehension

5. Reading the Textbook

UNIT II Writing Strategies

6. Organizing Ideas

7. Writing the First Draft

8. Rewriting the Final Draft

UNIT III Mathematics Strategies

9. Learning Computation Skills

10. Understanding Algebra, Geometry, and the Metric System

11. Solving Word Problems

UNIT IV Study Strategies

12. Managing Time

13. Learning Active Listening Skills

14. Taking Notes

15. Improving Test Scores

UNIT V Reading Selections

References

Glossary

Answer Key

Index

Subject Areas: Nursing & ancillary services [MQ]