Full Description
For freshman orientation courses in Student Success and Study Skills.This text is a multi-faceted instructional program that gives first-year students the essential tools they require to learn productively and succeed academically. In addition to providing highly effective study and test preparation skills, the book also trains students to think analytically, critically, and strategically. It systematically offers a range of specific, easy-to-learn and -use methods for identifying, understanding, and solving the day-to-day problems individuals are likely to encounter in college and in life.
Contents
Taking a Look in Mirror1. Learning Styles. 2. Managing Time, Recording Assignments, and Solving Problems. 3. Getting Organized. 4. Creating A Study Sanctuary. PRODUCTIVELY. 5. Power Reading. 6. Turbocharging Your Reading Compreshension. 7. Taking Notes from Textbooks. 8. Taking Notes From Lectures. 9. Taking Tests. III. APPLYING STRATEGIC INTELLIGENCE: GETTING WHAT YOU WANT, NEED, AND DESERVE. 10. Goals and Priorities. 11. Developing a Personal Strategy. 12. Handling the Educational System and Your Finances. 13. Decisions, Consequences, and Outcomes. 14. Being Smart. Appendix I. Writing Research Papers. Appendix II. Reproducible Forms.
