Walter Pauk is the author of Main Idea (1985), Clarifying Devices (1985), How to Study in College and Ruggiero Becoming a Critical Thinker and College Survival Student Planner Two Thousand and Two, Two Thousand and Three (2002), A Skill at a Time Series: Using the signal words (1975), A Skill at a Time Series: Perceiving the author's intent (1975).