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This Book Will Not Be on the Test

The Study Skills Revolution

Paul Smith Rivas

The problem with higher education today is that colleges are not transparent about their students’ academic lives, so families don’t know what their students should experience or accomplish in college. This book is part on-the-ground college insider tell-all memoir and part study skills bible. It’s brutally honest, relatable, entirely free of jargon, and alerts parents to a huge problem in American education today—high school doesn’t prepare students to thrive in college. Offering explicit study skills solutions for the academic, financial, and mental health problems caused by this unfortunate reality, This Book Will Not Be on the Test helps students, parents, teachers, and administrators have more rewarding experiences in schools, to the great benefit of themselves and their school communities. It shows students how to learn more and earn better grades in less time so that they can make the most of their college investment; it shows what parents can expect from their kids’ college experiences; and it shows administrators what the schoolwork is really like at the level below or above their current professional context. Every parent will recognize their college-bound children somewhere in this book.

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Pages: 156 • Trim: 6¼ x 9½

978-1-4758-4559-4 • Hardback • February 2019 • $38.00 • (£30.00)

978-1-4758-4561-7 • eBook • February 2019 • $36.00 • (£30.00)

Subjects: Education / Higher, Education / Student Life & Student Affairs, Education / Counseling / Career Development, Family & Relationships / Life Stages / Teenagers

This Book Will Not Be on the Test

The Study Skills Revolution

Hardback

eBook

Summary

The problem with higher education today is that colleges are not transparent about their students’ academic lives, so families don’t know what their students should experience or accomplish in college. This book is part on-the-ground college insider tell-all memoir and part study skills bible. It’s brutally honest, relatable, entirely free of jargon, and alerts parents to a huge problem in American education today—high school doesn’t prepare students to thrive in college. Offering explicit study skills solutions for the academic, financial, and mental health problems caused by this unfortunate reality, This Book Will Not Be on the Test helps students, parents, teachers, and administrators have more rewarding experiences in schools, to the great benefit of themselves and their school communities. It shows students how to learn more and earn better grades in less time so that they can make the most of their college investment; it shows what parents can expect from their kids’ college experiences; and it shows administrators what the schoolwork is really like at the level below or above their current professional context. Every parent will recognize their college-bound children somewhere in this book.

Details

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Pages: 156 • Trim: 6¼ x 9½

978-1-4758-4559-4 • Hardback • February 2019 • $38.00 • (£30.00)

978-1-4758-4561-7 • eBook • February 2019 • $36.00 • (£30.00)

Subjects: Education / Higher, Education / Student Life & Student Affairs, Education / Counseling / Career Development, Family & Relationships / Life Stages / Teenagers

Author

Paul Smith Rivas is the director of Smith Rivas Study Skills & Academic Coaching. He studied literature in Mexico City, backpacked from Spain to Syria via Morocco and Wales, performed stand-up comedy in Spanish in Buenos Aires, and traveled from Argentina to the United States by bus.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Jeff Landeck
Preface
Acknowledgments
Part 1: The Big Picture
Chapter 1- Introduction
Chapter 2- Seven Rules for Getting Your Money’s Worth and Having an Awesome Time in College
Part 2: Common Cases
Chapter 3- Kids with No Plan
Chapter 4- Kids with Ill-Conceived Plans
Chapter 5- Kids Who Don’t Apologize or Write Thank-You Notes
Chapter 6- Kids Who Don’t Test Well
Chapter 7- Kids Who Procrastinate
Chapter 8- Kids with ADHD
Chapter 9- Kids with Slow Processing Speed
Part 3: Special Cases
Chapter 10- Kids Who Think Learning Styles Exist
Chapter 11- Unmotivated Kids
Chapter 12- Hard Cases
Chapter 13- Athletes
Chapter 14- Women with Low Confidence
Chapter 15- High-Performing Kids
Part 4: Study Skills Solutions
Chapter 16- Time Management
Chapter 17- Reading
Chapter 18- Notetaking
Chapter 19- Tests
Chapter 20- Papers
Part 5: Next Steps
Chapter 21- Conclusion
Appendix
About the Author

Reviews

As college costs continue to soar, it’s become even more important to get the most out of your time on campus. You can get on top of schoolwork, participate in rewarding extracurriculars, and prepare yourself for an exciting post-college life by following the steps in this smart, practical book.
— Daniel H. Pink, author of "Drive" and "A Whole New Mind"

Paul Rivas has a gift for understanding what it takes to unlock a young person’s academic potential. In this book is his invaluable guidance, for every type learner: something every college-bound student, and their parents, should read.
— Judy Woodruff, The PBS NewsHour

A tremendous, on-the-ground application of the science of learning that entertains and inspires.
— Ulrich Boser, author of "Learn Better" and "The Leap: The Science of Trust and Why It Matters"

Paul Rivas takes research about how people learn and translates it into effective practices that students can implement and use to succeed in their classes.
— Stephen L. Chew, psychology professor and chair, Samford University

Every kid who wants to be a highly successful college athlete should read this book.
— Ryan Spilborghs, former Major League Baseball player

This book is exactly what international students need to thrive in American universities.
— Nomvula Mbambo, Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls ’12, Brown University ’17

Life lasts a lot longer than football. NFL hopefuls with superior study skills have more time to work on their game in the short term and more time to develop life skills for the long term.
— Jamall Broussard, former NFL player

Building good time management habits when it comes to your schoolwork and sport leads to accountability, which determines who can and cannot get it done when it’s time to perform!
— Orlando Johnson, former NBA player

Features

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