Striving for Excellence in College

by Browne, M. Neil; Keeley, Stuart M.

• ISBN13: 9780134588780
• ISBN10: 0134588789
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-09-01
• Publisher: Pearson College Div

Summary

Striving for Excellence in College does what no other learning skills book does: it treats academic excellence as attainable by most students and trusts students' capacity to be better learners than is ordinarily assumed possible. This text merges critical thinking and active learning in an understandable partnership and includes over fifty tips that previously only the best students knew. Learning requires more than skills - the student's emotional makeup and the class environment are at least as important for learning excellence. Browne and Keeley, authors of Asking the Right Questions, bring their unusually readable writing style to this text that will help students become more active learners and better critical thinkers.

Table of Contents

PREFACE	V
1 MOUNTAINS MUST BE CLIMBED TO REACH THE OTHER SIDE	1	(8)
PART I: EMOTIONS	9	(46)
2 TAKING CHARGE OF YOUR OWN LEARNING	9	(10)
3 RESISTING THE NEED TO BE ENTERTAINED	19	(10)
4 RESISTING MENTAL HABITS THAT INTERFERE WITH ACTIVE LEARNING	29	(8)
5 TAKING PRIDE IN DOUBT	37	(18)
PART II: KNOWLEDGE	55	(44)
6 ASKING QUESTIONS TO HELP MAKE SENSE OF THE REASONING	45	(10)
7 ASKING QUESTIONs TO EVALUATE THE REASONING	55	(10)
8 ASKING QUESTIONS THAT MAKE CONNECTIONS	65	(6)
9 PREPARING FOR A CLASS WHERE ACTIVE LEARNING TAKES PLACE	71	(6)
10 TAKING NOTES FOR ACTIVE LEARNING	77	(12)
11 SEARCHING FOR CLARITY IN TEXTS, LECTURES, DISCUSSIONS, AND ASSIGNMENTS	89	(10)
PART III: EXTERNAL CONDITIONS	99	(22)
12 FINDING PEERS WHO RESPECT ACTIVE LEARNING	99	(22)
13 ADJUSTING TO PROFESSORS WHO SEEM NOT TO ENCOURAGE ACTIVE LEARNING	105	(8)
14 DISCOVERING MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES	113	(8)
LOOKING BACK AND MOVING FORWARD	121