Fiona Mcpherson: 15 books
by Dr Fiona McPherson
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2010
Perfect Memory Training is essential reading for anyone who wants to strengthen their powers of recall. Written by Dr Fiona McPherson, a psychologist with years of experience in the field, it explains how memories are created and stored, sets out a range of techniques to help you improve these processes,...
How to learn
The 10 principles of effective revision and practice
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2013
Working ‘hard’ is not enough. To be an effective student, you need to work ‘smart’.
This book is for students who are serious about being successful in study, and teachers who want to know how best to help their students learn. For being a successful student is far more about being...
Letters to Emma
Early Oamaru through the eyes of the Sumpter family
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2014
The ‘black 1880s’ were a hard time for many in New Zealand, and this was felt across society — for young men struggling to establish themselves and ‘patriarchs’ alike.
Such a patriarch was George Sumpter, prominent citizen of Oamaru, sometime Mayor, Provincial Representative, father...
by Fiona McPherson
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2014
Being smart helps. Working hard helps more. But working effectively helps most of all.
There's a great deal that research can now tell us about how to study effectively. For 20 years, I've been reporting on research into memory and learning, and explaining how these findings can be translated...
Effective Notetaking
Strategies to help you study effectively
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2012
You can predict how well a student will do simply on the basis of their use of effective study strategies.
This book is for college students who are serious about being successful in study, and teachers who want to know how best to help their students learn.
Being a successful student...
by Fiona McPherson
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2018
A new type of dictionary. An indispensable reference for language learners within the Indo-European language family, as well as for any who love words and want to deepen their understanding of English, or any of these other languages.
This dictionary records words from 32 languages, covering...
Planning to Remember
How to remember what you're doing and what you plan to do
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2011
Do you have problems remembering birthdays and anniversaries, appointments and errands?
Do you sometimes find yourself in a room, and wonder why you're there?
Do you end up doing things twice because you've forgotten you've already done them?
Of all the memory failures that plague...
by Fiona McPherson
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2017
This version of Mnemonics for Study (2nd ed.) has an extensive English-Italian glossary (750 words) to assist Italian readers. The relevant glossary is provided after each section, and these section glossaries are all included in the Table of Contents for easy reference. A complete glossary in alphabetical...
Study Skills Box Set
containing Effective Notetaking, Mnemonics for Study, How to Learn, and Successful Learning Simplified
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018
A successful student uses effective strategies. This box-set includes 4 workbooks on study skills. The first looks at taking notes — a broad category that encompasses many strategies, not simply the obvious ones such as how to format your notes, use headings and highlighting, how to summarize, how...
How to Approach Learning
What teachers and students should know about succeeding in school
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2015
Academic success is rooted in a number of factors, of which 'intelligence' is only one. Attitude and beliefs, and knowledgeable strategy use, are critical. This is the core message of this collection of articles and research reports on study skills from the author's websites, arranged and edited for...
by Fiona McPherson
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2016
Maybe you're getting older. Maybe you're stressed, or chronically tired, or just overwhelmed. Whatever the reason, you're finding it harder to remember things that matter to you. The Memory Journal is designed to help you.
I've been writing about memory and learning skills for 25 years. I'm...
by Fiona McPherson
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2018
This highly visual workbook takes you, step by step, through the process of learning the Russian alphabet. It uses several strategies to help learners achieve mastery quickly and thoroughly. These strategies include:
grouping
visual mnemonics
test questions to help you practice
vocabulary lists...
by Fiona McPherson
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018
This version of Mnemonics for Study (2nd ed.) has an extensive English-Italian glossary (750 words) to assist Italian readers. The relevant glossary is provided after each section, and these section glossaries are all included in the Table of Contents for easy reference. A complete glossary in alphabetical...
by Fiona McPherson
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018
A successful student uses effective strategies.
Being a successful student is far more about being a smart user of effective strategies than about being 'smart'. In fact it is possible to predict how well a student will do simply on the basis of their use of study strategies.
Mnemonics...
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