What is included with this book?
Note: Each chapter includes Increasing Your Yield: Readings for Practical Application and Compounding Your Interest: Further Readings | |
Each Reading is followed by Before You Read Activities and After You Read activities | |
Making the Initial Investment Understanding What It Means to Be a College Student What to Expect from Your Professors and What They Expect of You Getting Critical: Switching to College-Level Thinking Finding Your Place on Campus: Diversity and New Experiences in College Finding and Using Campus Resources Finding a Mentor A Major Decision: Thinking Early and Often About Majors and Careers A Quick Overview of Which Majors Lead to Which Careers Reading and Study Tips: Education Unique Features and Comprehension Strategies | |
A Textbook Case: "Changing Definitions of Discipline" | |
Life After College: "Why I Entered Teaching, Why I Stay" | |
Current Issues: "Parents in a Haze?" | |
Motivations and Expectations for Your Investment Managing Your Time Avoiding the Costly Art of Procrastination Knowing Yourself as a Learner The Ins and (Mostly) the Outs of Cheating Your Choice of Major Figuring Out Your QPA Withdrawing from a Course: When and Why Incompletes--When to Take Them, What to Do Later Reading and Study Tips: Business Unique Features and Comprehension Strategies | |
A Textbook Case: "Gender Differences in Leadership Style" | |
Life After College: "How to Design the Perfect Product" | |
Current Issues: "School Lies" | |
Earning the Grade by Reading and Note Taking at the College Level Previewing Your Textbooks Using Guide Questions To Highlight or Not to Highlight Annotating Your Textbooks Outlining Summarizing What You Have Read Assessing Your Professors' Lecture Style--and What It Means for You Quick and Dirty Note-Taking Strategies Reviewing Your Notes Combining Textbook and Lecture Notes for the Best Study Guide Ever Reading and Study Tips: Physical Sciences Unique Features and Comprehension Strategies | |
A Textbook Case: "Observations of Black Holes" | |
Life After College: "Careers in Biotech: Inventing the Future" | |
Current Issues: "Species on Ice" | |
Earning the Grade on Tests Objective Tests Subjective Tests Other Types of Tests Memorization Cramming Test Anxiety Reading and Study Tips: Psychology Unique Features and Comprehension Strategies | |
A Textbook Case: "The Nature of Memory" | |
Life After College: "Don't See Yourself as an Associate?" | |
Current Issues: "The Great Person-Hole Cover Debate" | |
Critical Thinking Strategies for the Academic Investor Becoming a Critical Thinker Every Day Fact versus Opinion Arguments Making an Effective Argument Recognizing Bias in Arguments Fallacies Gathering Evidence Solving Problems in the Real World Reading and Watching the News Critically Reading and Study Tips: Speech Communications Unique Features and Comprehension Strategies | |
A Textbook Case: "Ethical Speaking" | |
Life After College: "For These ESPN Aides, Every Night a Highlight" | |
Current Issues: "The Other Side of the Glass" | |
Being Prepared to Write Papers and Give Presentations in College Understanding the Assignment (For a Paper or Presentation) Brainstorming Narrowing Your Topic for a Paper or Presentation of Realistic Scope What a Thesis Statement Really Should Be Organizing Your Supporting Paragraphs or Points Using the Computer to Do Research Tricks of the Trade: Refining and Delivering the Product Citing Sources MLA and APA Guidelines: What You Need to Get Started Reading and Study Tips: English Unique Features and Comprehension Strategies | |
A Textbook Case: "The Story of an Hour" | |
Life After College: "Hot Jobs for Writers" | |
Current Issues: "R ur txt msgs :( or OK?" | |
Keeping a Balance Gaining Confidence as a Student and as a Person Your Social Life and Your Academic Life: A Balancing Act Diversifying Your Experiences: Taking Advantage of the Diversity on Your Campus Service Learning/Volunteering Reading and Study Tips: Visual and Performing Arts Unique Features and Comprehension Strategies | |
A Textbook Case: "Art During the Early Caliphates: Architecture" | |
Life After College: " 'Degas & America': Career Canvas for Curators" | |
Current Issues: "Growing Up as a Volunteer" | |
Banking on Your Health Staying Healthy When the Going Gets Rough NEWS: Nutrition, Exercise, Water, Sleep Understanding the Health Risks of College Students Reading and Study Tips: History Unique Features and Comprehension Strategies | |
A Textbook Case: "Black Republicanism: Gabriel's Rebellion" | |
Life After College: "Two Moons Dreams of Being a Museum Curator" | |
Current Issues: "A 'Superspreader' of SARS: How One Woman Touched Off Beijing Outbreak" | |
The Bottom Line: Managing Your Money in College Managing Your Finances Keeping a Budget Working versus Not Working Student Loan Debt Scholarships Credit Card Debt Pitfalls to Avoid: Life Lessons from Those Who Have Been There Reading and Study Tips: Math Unique Features and Comprehension Strategies | |
A Textbook Case: "Exponents and Scientific Notation" | |
Life After College: "Working Your Degree: Applied Mathematics" | |
Current Issues: "Protect Yourself from Identity Theft" | |
The Payoff: Your Career and Your Future Thinking Ahead: What You Should Be Doing Now Keeping Up with Current Events How Your Major Defines Your Career Choice, and How It Doesn't Professional Organizations Internships Thinking About Graduate School? | |
What People Really Do on the Job Every Day Thinking Out of the Box When Preparing for Your Career Reacute;sumeacute;s and Cover Letters | |
The Interview Process Social Skills of the Successful Person Reading and Study Tips: Technology Unique Features and Comprehension Strategies | |
A Textbook Case: "Arithmetic Operators and Operator Precedence" | |
Life After College: "Creating a Brave New World Wide Web" | |
Current Issues: "The Virus of Youthful Irresponsibility | |
Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved. |
The New copy of this book will include any supplemental materials advertised. Please check the title of the book to determine if it should include any access cards, study guides, lab manuals, CDs, etc.
The Used, Rental and eBook copies of this book are not guaranteed to include any supplemental materials. Typically, only the book itself is included. This is true even if the title states it includes any access cards, study guides, lab manuals, CDs, etc.