Teaching Study Skills and Supporting Learning--------------------------------------------------This work sets study skills development in context, outlining goodteaching practices and positive learning environments that enhancestudent skills. It addresses such skills as supportive infrastructures,induction practices, orientation of students to HE, and supportingat risk students. The book offers a range of activities for teachingstaff to adapt when teaching study skills to individuals or groups.Topics covered include: managing learning, interactive group skills,writing skills, revision and exam strategies, memory, thinking skills,and developing skills of critical analysis.--------------------------------------------------Author Biography: STELLA COTTRELL is Director for Lifelong Learningat the University of Leeds, UK. She is author of the best-selling TheStudy Skills Handbook, as well as The Exam Skills Handbook, CriticalThinking Skills and Skills for Success, a key text on personal developmentplanning.