Top
Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
Purchase Benefits
Free Shipping On Orders Over $35!
Get Rewarded for Ordering Your Textbooks! Enroll Now
Customer Reviews Read Reviews
Write a Review
What is included with this book?
John Szarlan received his M.A. in psychology and special education from Clark University. Mr. Szarlan joined the Department of Counseling Services at the University of Connecticut in 1994 as a learning skills counselor and served as a part of the Institute for Teaching and Learning’s design group that concentrated on helping students understand how to learn more effectively. Mr. Szarlan was a noted presenter at professional conferences, especially the First Year Experience National Conferences. Mr. Szarlan was the coauthor of
“Case Studies for First-Year Experience Students.” Mr. Szarlan was the driving force behind “Striving for Excellence” and passed away unexpectedly before the book was finished.
Suman Singha received a Ph.D. from Cornell University; his research has focused on plant biotechnology and developmental physiology. In 1990, he accepted the position of Professor and Head of the Department of Plant Science at the University of Connecticut, and was appointed Associate Dean in 1995. Dr. Singha was named an American Council on Education Fellow in 2000. Since then he has served as interim Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education and Vice Provost for Academic Administration. He was named Senior Vice Provost at the University of Connecticut in 2008. Dr. Singha has been recognized for teaching excellence and is the co-author of “Case Studies for First-Year
Experience Students.”
Scott W. Brown received his Ph.D. from Syracuse University in Psychology, focusing on the field of educational psychology. Since joining the University of Connecticut in 1980, Dr. Brown has served as a Professor of Educational Psychology and the Head of the Educational Psychology Department from 1994 to 2001. He was named a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science in 2004 and as an inaugural Fellow of the American Educational Research Association in 2008. Dr. Brown’s research interests include learning, cognition and problem solving. Currently he is co-director of the GlobalEd 2 project, promoting learning in social studies, science and writing for middle school students.
To the Student
To the Instructor
START RIGHT
Start Right Checklist
Action Step: Start Right Checklist
Supportive Services at Your School
Action Step: Identify Your Support Services
Action Step: Who Can Help?
The Unwritten Rules
Fix It Now
CHAPTER 1 WHO AM I?
Why Am I in College
What’s Your Mind-set about Being in College?
Expectations and the Achievement Process
Action Step: What am I Doing?
What’s Your Mind-set about Your Expectations?
Action Step: What are Your Expectations about College?
Action Step: Unmet Expectations
Values
Identifying Your Values
Action Step: Most-Admired Person
Action Step: Least-Admired Person
Action Step: Putting Them Together
Action Step: Most and Least-Liked Aspects about Myself
Action Step: What I Like about Myself
Action Step: What I Don’t Like about Myself
Action Step: Putting It Together
Personality Type
What is a Preference?
Developing Non-Preferred Behavior
Determining Your Personality Preferences
Extraversion (E) - Introversion (I) Preference
Sensing (S) - Intuition (N) Preferences
Thinking (T) - Feeling (F) Preferences
Judging (J) - Perceiving (P) Preferences
Chapter Review Activities
Self Evaluation
Striving for Excellence TOC-2
CHAPTER 2 STEPS TO GOAL ACHIEVEMENT
Open Forum
Goals
Action Step: Measure Your Achievement Motivation
Identify Need
Demonstrating a Need to Achieve
Action Step: Five Year Goals
Develop a Successful Mindset
Explanatory Style
Moving Toward Optimism
Action Step: Analyze Your Explanatory Style
The A-B-C’s of Behavior
Developing Rational Beliefs
The Best Explanatory Style
Action Step: Unrealistic Optimism
Thoughts, Feelings and Achievement
Action Step: Five Year Goals
Plan for Success
Action Step: Consider the Sacrifices
Action Step: Evaluate Your Skills
Action Step: Identify Your Blocks to Course Selection
Support Services at Your School
Action Step: Five Year Goals
Action Step: Identify your Blocks in Your Five Year Goals
Action Step: Draw on Your Resources to Address the Five Year Goals Blocks
Implement Action-Feedback-Modification Cycle
Achievement Plan for Each Course
Chapter Review Activities
Self Evaluation
CHAPTER 3 TIME MANAGEMENT
Initial Scenario
Open Forum
Personal Skills Assessment
Managing Yourself
Action Step: Identify Your Priorities
Time Management Matrix
Action Step: Beliefs, Behavior, and Priorities
Action Step: Monitoring what you do
Type and Matrix Planning
Action Step: Construct Your Matrix
Weekly Planning
Action Step: Weekly Planning with the Matrix
Time Planning
Action Step: Modifying My Schedule
Striving for Excellence TOC-3
Semester Planning
Action Step: Identify Your “Busy Period” Blocks
Daily To-Do Lists
Action Step: To Do List Activities and the Time Matrix
Procrastination
Tips for Time Management
Action Step: How Can You Save Time?
Structure Your Study Time
Action Step: How are you Most Effective?
Chapter Review Activities
Self Evaluation
CHAPTER 4 MEMORY, CONCENTRATION & LEARNING
Personal Skills Assessment
Open Forum
A Note about Learning
Memory
Receiving Information
Retrieving Information
Action Step: Practice Relaxation
Active Learning Strategies for the Classroom
Minimizing External Distractions
Strategies for Overcoming Blocks to Concentration While Studying
Action Step: Identify Your Dominant Learning Sense
Learning Techniques
Action Step: Using the Learning Strategies
Learning Math and Science
Action Step: The Practical Value of Math and Science
Chapter Review Activities
Self Evaluation
CHAPTER 5 READING AND WRITING PAPERS
Personal Skills Assessment
Open Forum
Effective Reading
Action Step: Using SQ4R
Action Step: The Value of Reading Before the Lecture
Reading for Literature Courses
Reading for Math and Science Courses
Research Paper
Chapter Review Activities
Self Evaluation
CHAPTER 6 TAKING LECTURE NOTES
Personal Skills Assessment
Striving for Excellence TOC-4
Open Forum
Taking Lecture Notes
Action Step: Using Different Note Taking Formats
Extracting Main Ideas From a Lecture
Instructor’s Teaching Style
Action Step: Analyzing Your Instructor
Lecture Notes: Math and Science
Action Step: Taking Notes in Math and Science
Chapter Review Activities
Self Evaluation
CHAPTER 7 TESTS
Initial Scenario
Personal Skills Assessment
Open Forum
Tests
What’s Your Mind-set for Exams?
Studying for Tests
Action Step: What Do You Know?
Action Step: Test Prep Schedule
Let’s Start Studying
Action Step: Evaluate Your Study Group
Action Step: Preparing for Essay Exams
Test Taking
Taking Math and Science Tests
Test Analysis
Action Step: Test Analysis Worksheet
Performance Anxiety
Chapter Review Activities
Self Evaluation
CHAPTER 8 STRESS MANAGEMENT
Personal Skills Assessment
Open Forum
Take Care of Yourself
Stress
Managing Stress
Action Step: Identify Your Fears
Action Step: Overcoming Fear
Action Step: How Can You Reduce Stress?
Exercise
Action Step: Start Exercising
Nutrition
Action Step: Activities for Health
Eating Disorders
Striving for Excellence TOC-5
Sleep
Substance Abuse
Making a Responsible Decision about Sex
Chapter Review Activities
Self Evaluation
CHAPTER 9 PROBLEM SOLVING, CRITICAL THINKING, AND CREATIVITY
Personal Skills Assessment
Open Forum
Making Effective Choices
Action Step: Putting it All Together
Improve Success Be Creative and Think Critically
Action Step: Developing Critical Thinking and Creativity
Problem Solving and Decision Making
Action Step: Finding Opportunities
Action Step: Accepting Reality and Moving Forward
Chapter Review Activities
Self Evaluation
CHAPTER 10 COMMUNICATION
Personal Skills Assessment
Open Forum
Personal Communication
Listening
Action Step: Practice Effective Listening
Action Step: Practicing Effective Communication
Working With People
Action Step: Analyze Your Groups
Action Step: Using Type to Evaluate Your Group
Public Speaking
Chapter Review Activities
Self Evaluation
CHAPTER 11 RELATIONSHIPS
Personal Skills Assessment
Open Forum
Personal Considerations
Relationships
Action Step: Qualities of a Mutually Beneficial Relationship
Action Step: Relationships and Your Personality
Action Step: Exploring Your Relationship
Action Step: Qualities I Look for in a Relationship
Conflict
Action Step: Practicing Conflict Resolution
Assertiveness
Action Step: Moving Toward Assertiveness
Striving for Excellence TOC-6
Diversity
Action Step: Seeking Differences
Action Step: Valuing Opposites
Chapter Review Activities
Self Evaluation
CHAPTER 12 FOCUS YOUR DIRECTION AND MOVE FORWARD
Choosing a Major
Action Step: What Skills Will You Learn in College?
Action Step: Imagine Your Career
Action Step: What Do You Like To Do?
Action Step: What are Your Skills?
Action Step: Putting it All Together
Career Planning for First Semester Students
Action Step: Clubs and Organizations
Chapter Review Activities
Self Evaluation
YOUR ACHIEVEMENT JOURNAL
Why Journal?
Goal Related Activities
Planned Activities
Blocks
Reflections
Goals
ACHIEVEMENT JOURNAL
Mid Semester Check
RETROSPECTIVE THE NEW BEGINNING
Did You Achieve Your Goal?
GOAL ANALYSIS SHEET
APPENDIX
Appendix A College Terminology
Appendix B Calculating Your GPA
Appendix C Transferring
Appendix D Money Management
Appendix E Developing Your Schedule
Appendix F Other Basic Considerations
Striving for Excellence TOC
The New copy of this book will include any supplemental materials advertised. Please check the title of the book to determine if it should include any access cards, study guides, lab manuals, CDs, etc.
The Used, Rental and eBook copies of this book are not guaranteed to include any supplemental materials. Typically, only the book itself is included. This is true even if the title states it includes any access cards, study guides, lab manuals, CDs, etc.
Need Help? Copyright © 1999-2024