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9780534272449

Light on the Path A Christian Perspective on College Success

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    9780534272449

  • ISBN10:

    0534272444

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2005-03-23
  • Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
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Summary

This unique textbook covers the traditional topics of a College Success course but presents certain topics in a manner that is in greater harmony with the Christian spirit. While other texts may, in fact, cover certain topics in a way that is contradictory to the teachings of the church, this text encourages spiritual development throughout the college experience.

Table of Contents

Preface xvii
Putting Light on the Path
1(20)
Advantages of a College Education
2(1)
Challenges for First-Year Students
3(1)
Guidance from This Book and God's Word
4(2)
A Word of Encouragement
6(1)
Plan to Succeed
6(3)
Spiritual Health
6(1)
Academic Habits
7(1)
Physical Health
8(1)
Relationships
8(1)
Effective Goal Setting
9(4)
Write Intention Statements
9(1)
Turn Your Intention Statements into Goal Statements
10(1)
Develop an Action Plan
11(1)
Implement the Action Plan
12(1)
And Then There Is Motivation
13(3)
Exercises for Success
16(3)
First-Year Student Fears
16(1)
Success and Survival Plan
17(1)
Goal Setting and Implementation
18(1)
Picture Your Motivation
19(1)
Spiritual Reflection Journal
19(1)
Time in Prayer
19(1)
On the Net
19(2)
Turning the Light on Higher Education
21(20)
The Purpose of Higher Education
22(2)
World View and Higher Education
24(2)
Rationalism
25(1)
Romanticism
25(1)
Empiricism and Pragmatism
25(1)
Existentialism
26(1)
The Christian World View and Higher Education
26(2)
Planning Your Academic Program
28(6)
The Outline of an Academic Program
29(2)
Registering for Your Classes
31(2)
Academic Policies
33(1)
Your Academic Advisor
34(2)
Exercises for Success
36(2)
The History of My School
36(1)
Our School Seal
36(1)
World View Summary Report
36(1)
Ongoing Issues in Higher Education
36(1)
Identifying Key Campus Resources
37(1)
Critical Dates
38(1)
Spiritual Reflection Journal
38(1)
Time in Prayer
38(1)
On the Net
39(2)
Making Time for Everything
41(18)
My Perceptions
43(1)
My Actual Time Use
44(1)
How Is Your Habit?
45(1)
Building a Better Time Plan
46(6)
The Semester Plan
46(2)
The Weekly Plan
48(2)
The Daily Plan
50(2)
Distractions and Procrastination
52(3)
Distractions
52(1)
Procrastination
53(2)
Exercises for Success
55(1)
Create Your Plan
55(1)
Assess Your Weekly Plan
55(1)
Examine Other Plan
56(1)
What Distracts You?
56(1)
Spiritual Reflection Journal
56(1)
Time in Prayer
57(1)
On the Net
57(2)
Defining My Style of Learning
59(18)
Initial Impressions of My Learning Style
61(1)
Verbal, Visual, and Kinesthetic Modes of Learning
62(3)
Verbal
62(1)
Visual
62(1)
Kinesthetic
62(1)
Verbal Learners
63(1)
Visual Learners
63(1)
Kinesthetic Learners
64(1)
Learning Styles and Personality Type
65(8)
Extravert/Introvert Scale
66(1)
Sensing/Intuitive Scale
67(1)
Thinking/Feeling Scale
68(1)
Judging/Perceiving Scale
69(4)
You and Your Instructors
73(1)
Exercises for Success
74(1)
Applying What I Know about My Learning Style
74(1)
Fitting My Style to My Classes
74(1)
Spiritual Reflection Journal
75(1)
Time in Prayer
76(1)
On the Net
76(1)
Pursuing Careful Thought
77(16)
Know the Facts
79(1)
Logically Organize the Facts
80(2)
Creatively Think beyond the Facts
82(1)
Critically Question the Facts
83(4)
Effective Thinking Is a Symphony
87(1)
Grow as an Effective Thinker
88(1)
Exercises for Success
89(2)
Analogies
89(1)
Box Challenge
90(1)
Creative Circle Sculpture
90(1)
What Can You Do with That?
91(1)
Critical Reaction to a Television Commercial
91(1)
Spiritual Reflection Journal
91(1)
Time in Prayer
91(1)
On the Net
92(1)
Engaging in the Classroom: Listening and Taking Notes
93(20)
Why Take Notes?
94(1)
Be Attentive
95(3)
Attendance
95(1)
Preparation
96(1)
Staying Connected
96(2)
Proceed with a System
98(9)
Outlines
99(1)
Paragraphs
99(1)
Cornell Recall Columns
99(2)
Visual Maps
101(3)
General Tips for Any Note-Taking System
104(3)
Taking Notes during Science and Math Classes
107(1)
End with Review
107(2)
When?
107(1)
How?
108(1)
Exercises for Success
109(2)
Stare and Compare
109(1)
Defeating My Distractions
109(1)
Fit the System to Your Class
109(1)
Note-Taking Experiment
110(1)
Spiritual Reflection Journal
111(1)
Time in Prayer
111(1)
On the Net
111(2)
Reading to Remember
113(20)
Not Every Kind of Reading Is the Same
115(1)
Picking the Right Time and Place to Read
116(5)
Right Time
117(2)
Length of Time
119(1)
Right Place
119(2)
Reading with Intention
121(4)
Preview the Reading
122(1)
Question the Reading
123(1)
Pursue the Answers to the Questions
124(1)
Recycle Your Reading
125(4)
Design a Reading Record
125(3)
Design a Recycling Plan
128(1)
Exercises for Success
129(1)
Design Your Own Textbook Reading System
129(1)
Develop Your Vocabulary by Building a Word Wall
130(1)
Spiritual Reflection Journal
130(1)
Time in Prayer
130(1)
On the Net
131(2)
Scoring on Your Exams
133(22)
Design an Exam Preparation Plan
135(5)
Define the Scope of the Exam
135(1)
Determine the Type of Exam
135(1)
Establish a Preparation Schedule
136(2)
Employ Effective Review Techniques
138(1)
Improve Your Memorization Skills
139(1)
Design an Exam-Taking Strategy
140(9)
The First Five Minutes
141(1)
Writing the First Answers
141(1)
Strategies for Different Formats
142(7)
Manage Your Anxiety
149(1)
Keeping It Honest
150(1)
Exercises for Success
151(2)
Find Your Challenges
151(1)
Build an Exam Plan
152(1)
Dissecting an Essay Question
153(1)
Interview a Successful Upper-Class Friend
153(1)
The Price of Dishonesty
153(1)
Spiritual Reflection Journal
153(1)
Time in Prayer
153(1)
On the Net
154(1)
Saying It Just Right: Writing and Speaking Successfully
155(20)
Improve Your Writing Skills
156(7)
Understand the Assignment
157(1)
Create a Writing Schedule
158(1)
Get Ready to Write
158(3)
Writing the First Draft
161(1)
Revising the Draft
161(2)
Improve Your Speaking Skills
163(7)
Understand the Assignment
163(3)
Basic Structure of Speech
166(1)
Delivery
167(1)
Anxiety
168(1)
Practicing
169(1)
Research Tools You Can Use
170(2)
Reference Materials
170(1)
Popular Magazines and Newspapers
170(1)
Scholarly Journals
171(1)
Books
171(1)
Internet Sources
171(1)
Reference Librarians
171(1)
Exercises for Success
172(2)
Create a Writing Schedule
172(1)
Find the Writing Center
172(1)
Study Speaking by Other People
173(1)
What Is the Penalty for Plagiarism?
173(1)
Take a Library Tour
173(1)
Try Out Your Research Skills
173(1)
Spiritual Reflection Journal
174(1)
Time in Prayer
174(1)
On the Net
174(1)
Making the Tough Decisions: The Role of Christian Values
175(16)
Not All Decisions Are the Same
176(1)
A Decision-Making Process
177(4)
Step One: Clarify the Circumstances and the Question You Need to Answer
178(1)
Step Two: Clarify the Options
178(1)
Step Three: Identify the Pros and Cons of Each Option
179(1)
Step Four: Decide and Proceed in Confidence
180(1)
My Aesthetic, Moral, and Personal Values
181(3)
Aesthetic Values
181(1)
Moral Values
181(1)
Personal Values
182(2)
Rethinking My Personal Values
184(3)
To Act Justly
185(1)
To Love Mercy
186(1)
To Walk Humbly with Your God
186(1)
Exercises for Success
187(3)
It Is Decision Time
187(1)
Identifying My Personal Values
187(1)
Personal Values and a Moral Dilemma
188(1)
Micah 6:8 and My Personal Values
189(1)
Spiritual Reflection Journal
190(1)
Time in Prayer
190(1)
On the Net
190(1)
Seeking and Maintaining Healthy Relationship
191(20)
Different Types of Relationships
192(7)
New Friendships and Old Friendships
193(1)
Romance in College
194(1)
College and the Married Student
195(1)
Parents
196(1)
Living with Roommates
197(1)
Faculty Connections
197(2)
Living with Difference and Celebrating Diversity
199(2)
Stereotypes
199(1)
Prejudice
200(1)
You and Diversity
200(1)
Maintaining Healthy Relationships
201(5)
The Qualities of Healthy Relationships
201(1)
Managing Conflict in Relationships
202(4)
Exercises for Success
206(3)
Examine Your Critical Relationships
206(1)
How to Say ``I Love You'' without Having Sex
206(1)
Interview Your Instructors
206(1)
My Favorite Kind of Professor
207(1)
Expand the Diversity in Your Relationships
208(1)
Spiritual Reflection Journal
209(1)
Time in Prayer
209(1)
On the Net
209(2)
Maintaining the Temple: Physical and Mental Wellness
211(20)
Physical Health Habits
212(10)
Sleep
212(3)
Diet
215(2)
Exercise
217(2)
Alcohol and Drug Use
219(3)
Mental Health Habits
222(6)
Stress
222(3)
Suicide
225(1)
Responding to Personal Tragedy
226(2)
Exercises for Success
228(1)
Create a Sleep Diary
228(1)
Keep a Diet Diary
228(1)
Design a Weekly Exercise Plan
228(1)
Alcohol and the Law
228(1)
Design a Stress Management Plan
229(1)
Prevent the Suicide of a Friend
229(1)
Personal Tragedy Preparation List
229(1)
Spiritual Reflection Journal
229(1)
Time in Prayer
229(1)
On the Net
230(1)
Seeking Satisfaction in My Career
231(18)
The World of Work in Your Future
233(1)
Discovering, Confirming, and Changing Your Choice
234(7)
What Is My Work Personality?
234(2)
What Are My Work Values?
236(1)
How Do I Personalize My Career Choice?
237(2)
How Does My Christianity Affect My Career Choice?
239(2)
Living College Life to Get an Interview
241(5)
Get Personal Experience
242(1)
Gather Your Evidence and Support Team
242(1)
Prepare Your Resume and Cover Letter
243(2)
Get Ready for the Interview
245(1)
Exercises for Success
246(2)
Developing a Mission Statement
246(1)
Exploring Your Career Personality and Values
246(1)
Vocational Interview
246(1)
Career Evaluation
246(1)
Writing Your Resume
247(1)
Spiritual Reflection Journal
248(1)
Time in Prayer
248(1)
On the Net
248(1)
Index 249

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