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Towards Excellence…How to Study: A Guide book for Students

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Reviewed:: Jan 6, 2026 by Faculty Development

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Overview:

This is a free eBook designed to help learners develop effective study habits, time management skills, and strategies for academic success.

Appendices give inspirational quotes to ponder

Excerpts from ‘110 Rules of Civility’ by George Washington, the First American President,
Excerpts from the famous letter written by Abraham Lincoln to his son’s teacher, saying how the boy should be educated.

These Appendixes enhance the value of the book, and will be appreciated by the readers.

Type of Material:

Open (Access) Textbook

Electronic book / eBook

Recommended Uses:

The material can be used as a teaching guide in the following ways:

Self-paced reading,
Academic skills workshops,
Supplemental resource for first-year students.

Technical Requirements:

Download entire book as PDF from this site

Use of browser, internet connection, subscribe to the free version of bookboon.

Identify Major Learning Goals:

Analyzes the pressures faced by the students, various fears, and academic and personal difficulties experienced by the students.

Improve study techniques, enhance concentration, manage time efficiently, and develop self-directed learning skills.

Target Student Population:

College General Ed, College Lower Division, College Upper Division, Graduate School, Faculty supporting student success programs.

Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:

None specifically. However, basic literacy and familiarity with academic environments would be of value.

Content Quality

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Strengths:

The material presents easy-to-implement ideas that describe advice, description of situations or emotions that are generated in the learning process.

Concerns:

Concepts are standard and widely accepted in academic success literature. However, there are many changes in education. The book is a series of lectures over years. May not always be accurate.

Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool

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Strengths:

Highly relevant for learner development and retention strategies.

The material explains the subject and its scope. Numerous vignettes are used to describe and classify the different situations that students face.
Reading the book can help students understand learning pressures.

Concerns:

Limited interactivity; lacks references to evidence-based research.

Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty

Rating:

Strengths:

Easily accessible; simple download and navigation.

The platform that hosts the content is intuitive, it simulates the pages of a book, which makes it easy to read even from the devices.

Concerns:

No multimedia or adaptive features; static format.

Being a free content it has many ads inserted in the content, some are misleading and eliminate the reading facilities that bookboon offers, since they appear on the full pages and create distractions.

Other Issues and Comments:: If downloaded, the resource may be less distracting for users
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