ISBN: 0872010740 9780872010741

Category: Business & Economics / General

Page count: 293

Introduction -- Part 1 The A.S.K attitude -- The ASK attitude -- Self-perception -- Actively Seek Knowledge (ASK) -- Part 2 Individual learning styles -- Self-quiz: what's my 'learning style'? V, A or K: which are you? -- A listener's autobiography: your story -- Multitracking: using all the pathways -- Thinking-style inventory -- Be adaptable to the learning situation -- Part 3 -- Planning for lifelong learning -- Learning goal worksheet -- A time and a place to learn -- Part 4 -- Learning to listen, listening to learn -- Learning to listen, listening to learn -- A different approach -- Listening distraction inventory -- Listening as a three-stage process -- Part 5 -- New learning technology -- New learning technology -- Audiotape -- Video and videotape -- Videodisc technology -- Computer-Assisted Instruction (CAI) -- Part 6 Learning from printed materials-reading -- Learning from printed materials -- The four step process -- Improving your concentration -- Part 7 Making the most of your memory -- Making the most of your memory -- Mind mapping for memory -- The name game -- Beat the forgetting curve -- Processing new information -- Memory and aging -- External memory aids -- Time management and memory -- Part 8 -- Lifelong learning options -- Learning on the job.