Learning Skills for College and Life

by Watson, David L.; Watson, Malia

• ISBN13: 9780534561611
• ISBN10: 0534561616
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-10-01
• Publisher: Cengage Learning

Summary

LEARNING SKILLS FOR COLLEGE AND LIFE is devoted to the self-development of learning skills. Students learn how to deal with psychological stumbling blocks, to cope with their ambivalence and anxiety about learning skills, to solve problems, to structure the environment to encourage desired behavior, to take small steps, and to get feedback on their progress. It is easy to tell first-year students what to change but it is challenging to explain how to change. David Watson meets this challenge. Speaking more as a mentor than an academician, Watson shows the reader how to carry out self-change projects to build new skills.

Table of Contents

Part I: Getting Started	1	(19)
School's Hidden Agenda: Learning Strategies	3	(16)
Part II: Time Management: How to Control Your Time and Life	19	(46)
Your Goals for Your Life	21	(12)
Planning to Meet Your Goals	33	(16)
Taking Action	49	(16)
Part III: Being There: Important Basics	65	(44)
Attitudes about Yourself and Others	67	(18)
Class Attendance, Note Taking, and Participation	85	(14)
Critical Thinking	99	(10)
Part IV: Reading and Research: Exercise for the Mind	109	(52)
Increasing Reading Skill	111	(16)
Strategies for Reading Well	127	(20)
Using Libraries and Computers for Research	147	(14)
Malia G. Watson
Part V: Studying: Work Smarter, Not Harder	161	(50)
Concentrating on Your Work	163	(8)
Making Material Meaningful	171	(16)
Organizing for Better Memory	187	(14)
Studying in Special Situations: Mnemonics, Math, Science, and Literature	201	(10)
Part VI: Taking Tests: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly	211	(38)
Preparing for Tests	213	(12)
Staying Calm and Focused	225	(10)
During and after the Test	235	(14)
Part VII: Improving Verbal Skills: Gaining Control over Words	249	(58)
Gaining Control over Written Words	251	(22)
Gaining Control over Spoken Words	273	(8)
Increasing Your Vocabulary	281	(10)
Spelling: Putting Your Best Foot Forward	291	(16)
Part VIII: Lifelong Learning	307	(18)
Lifelong Learning	309	(16)
Notes	325	(14)
Index	339