About the Author
Barbara Stewart brings the following qualifications and experience as the author of Simple Study Skills for Success. She:
- is a certified teacher with over 20 years teaching experience in public and private schools across the country
- currently directs and teaches study skills and offers academic coaching at a private high school in Seattle, WA.
- conducts study skill workshops throughout the Seattle area for middle/high school students and parents
- is a learning consultant to middle school and high schools in how to effectively teach and implement study skills within the school curriculum
- has successfully mentored students in how to understand and apply essential study skills within the school-wide curriculum
- uses her expertise and insight as a teacher/learning consultant and mentor, to help parents and teachers apply study skill concepts within the context of the classroom and the home
- has mastered the ability to explain study skill concepts in a clear and concise manner to help students become confident, independent learners
Note From the Author
Dear Students,
This book, Simple Study Skills for Success, was written specifically with you, the serious student in mind. It is my hope that you will approach this book with an open mind. It is one thing to study the techniques contained in these chapters, but it is clearly another thing to put them into practice. Remember, you will need discipline and courage to try new things for this book to make a difference in your schoolwork.
Within these pages, you will find the tools necessary for becoming more organized, a more effective reader, a more successful test taker, and much more. Adopt a few of the methods given, and you will see immediate results. As you succeed with a few techniques, you will probably decide to experiment with more. You must decide how you will use these strategies. The more you use them, the more progress you will make.
Enjoy the new challenges ahead,
Barbara Stewart, B.A., MCS.
Study Skills/Learning Consultant
