P.O.W.E.R. Learning: Foundations of Student Success and Connect Access Card

by Feldman, Robert

• ISBN13: 9781259656088
• ISBN10: 125965608X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Package
• Copyright: 2015-03-09
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

Summary

P.O.W.E.R. Learning is the only research-based student success series with a unifying system for critical thinking and problem solving. P.O.W.E.R. Learning: Foundations of Student Success utilizes this P.O.W.E.R. framework to maximize students' potential for success in college and life addressing the diverse, 2-year student population by providing direct, practical solutions to the challenges that students face as they navigate college and prepare for their careers. Using the scientifically-based, yet simple and class-tested principles of the P.O.W.E.R. (Prepare, Organize, Work, Evaluate, and Rethink) system, students gain a sense of mastery and achievement as they move through the text; with the growth of their confidence comes the increased intellectual enthusiasm and personal discipline needed for them to excel.

Table of Contents

1. P.O.W.E.R. Learning: Becoming an Expert Student

2. Making the Most of Your Time

3. Taking Notes

4. Taking Tests

5. Reading and Remembering

6. Choosing Your Courses and Academic Program

7. Technology and Information Competency

8. Transfer Strategies: Making the Leap from Community College to a Four-Year School

9. Diversity and Relationships 

10. Money Matters

11. Juggling: Stress, Family, and Work

12. Careers

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