On Course Study Skills Plus Edition
About this book
ON COURSE: STRATEGIES FOR CREATING SUCCESS IN COLLEGE AND IN LIFE, STUDY SKILLS PLUS, 3rd Edition, empowers you with the tools you need to take charge of your academic and lifelong success. A self-assessment at the beginning of the text helps you identify behaviors and beliefs you may wish to change in order to achieve more of your potential in college and in life. Through short articles and distinctive guided journal entries, the author encourages you to explore and develop eight keys to your success: personal responsibility, self-motivation, self-management, interdependence, self-awareness, lifelong learning, emotional intelligence, and self-esteem. As you develop these skills, you'll find yourself making more effective choices and achieving greater success. The "Toolbox for Active Learners" provides numerous study skills that will help you excel in all of your college courses. As you learn these new strategies, you'll have the opportunity to practice applying them to solve academic challenges. With improved critical and creative problem-solving, you'll be able to achieve greater success in all parts of your life. Another self-assessment before and after the "Toolbox for Active Learners" will show you how much you've learned about being an effective learner.
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Table of contents
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Travel with Me
- Ch 1: Getting On Course to Your Success
- Ch 2: Accepting Personal Responsibility
- Ch 3: Discovering Self-Motivation
- Ch 4: Mastering Self-Management
- Ch 5: Employing Interdependence
- Ch 6: Gaining Self-Awareness
- Ch 7: Adopting Lifelong Learning
- Ch 8: Developing Emotional Intelligence
- Ch 9: Staying On Course to Your Success
- Study Skills: A Toolbox for Active Learners
- Bibliography
- Index
