Your College Experience : Strategies for Success Concise Edition

by Gardner; Jewler; Barefoot

• ISBN13: 9780312683023
• ISBN10: 0312683022
• Edition: 8th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-01-05
• Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's

Summary

Authored by three of the nation's leading experts on the first-year experience, this Concise version ofYour College Experiencecontinues a 20-year tradition of straightforward, realistic, and intelligent coverage of the skills students need to succeed in college. This less expensive, more streamlined concise edition contains the chapters and topics instructors across the country identified as being most relevant to all kinds of students at all kinds of schools. Gardner, Jewler, and Barefootaddress the goals of today's seminar courses: helping students develop a clear sense of purpose in college, assisting them in making the right choice of academic major, and engaging them in learning especially through the use of technology in a manner that is both inviting and informative.

Table of Contents

Part 1: Setting the Stage for College Success

Chapter 1 Exploring Your Purpose for Attending College

        The College Experience

        Why College Is Important to Our Society

        Why College Is Important For You

        Outcomes of College

        How College Graduates Are Different

        How College Differs from High School

        Challenges and Opportunities for Adult and Returning Students

        First-Year Motivation and Commitment

        What’s Your Purpose in College?

 

Chapter 2 Managing Your Time and Money

        Taking Control of Your Time

        Setting Priorities to Achieve Your Goals

        Staying Focused

        Overcoming Procrastination

        Maintaining a To-Do List

        Making Sure Your Schedule Works for You

        Organizing Your Day

        Managing Your Money

        Developing a Budget

        Credit Cards, Debit Cards, and College

 

Chapter 3 Discovering How You Learn: A Primer for Lifelong Learning

        Learning about Learning Styles

        Multiple Intelligences

        The VARK (Visual, Aural, Read/Write, and Kinesthetic) Learning Styles Inventory

        The VARK Questionnaire

        When Learning Styles and Teaching Styles Are in Conflict

        Learning with a Learning Disability

 

Chapter 4 Majors And Careers: Making The Right Choice

        Careers and the New Economy

        Aligning Your Sense of Purpose and Your Career

        Your Career Planning Timetable

        Starting Your Search for a Major and a Career

        Skills Employers Look For

        Finding a Job While in College

        Steps to Obtaining a Job and Beginning a Career

        Getting Off to a Good Start in the Workplace

 

Part 2: Achieving Academic Success

 

Chapter 5 Engagement with Learning

        Benefits of Engagement

        The One-Minute Paper and Other Tips for Engagement

        Maximizing Team Learning

        The Many Uses of Learning Teams

        Using Learning Teams to Study Effectively in Math and Science

        Working with Your College Instructors

        If Things Go Wrong between a Professor and You

        Finding a Mentor

 

Chapter 6 Thinking Critically

        College Helps You Develop Critical-Thinking Skills

        Walking through the Process

        Critical Thinking and a Liberal Education

        Four Aspects of Critical Thinking

        How College Encourages Critical Thinking

        Critically Evaluating Information on the Internet

 

Chapter 7 Listening, Note-Taking, and Participating

        Understanding Lecture Material

        Participating in Class

 

Chapter 8 Reading and Remembering

        A Simple Plan for Textbook Reading

        Adjusting Your Reading Style

        Developing Your Vocabulary

        If English Is Not Your First Language

        Memory and Learning

 

Chapter 9 Doing Your Best on Exams and Tests

        Studying for Tests

        Academic Honesty

 

Part 3: Achieving Lifelong Success

 

Chapter 10 Developing Values

        Defining Values

        Challenges to Personal Values in College

        Changing Society, Changing Values

        Service Learning and Values

        Values and You

 

Chapter 11 Diversity: Appreciating Differences Among Us

        The Importance of Understanding Diversity

        Multiculturalism in Higher Education

        Diversity Enriches Us All

 

Chapter 12 Staying Healthy in College and in Life

        Managing Stress

        Nutrition and Weight Management

        Sexual Health

        Making Decisions about Alcohol

        Tobacco—The Other Legal Drug

        Prescription Drug Abuse and Addiction

        Illegal Drugs