Download or read book Navigating Your Future written by Bruce J. Colbert and published by . This book was released on 2013-08-14 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you interested in a well rounded approach to success, including both academic and personal fulfillment? The first six chapters focus on how to do well “within yourself” or intrapersonal skills with topics such as stress management, positive attitude, time management, and goal setting. The middle chapters are devoted to academic skills including learning styles, critical/creative thinking, improving memory, and test taking. The last four will deal with succeeding “within your program and beyond” and address communication, group interaction, team building, job-seeking, and leadership development. 0321952499 / 9780321952493 Navigating Your Future: Interactive Journey to Personal and Academic Success Plus NEW MyStudentSuccessLab 2013 Update -- Access Card Package Package consists of: 0131960849 / 9780131960848 Navigating Your Future: Interactive Journey to Personal and Academic Success 0321943252 / 9780321943255 NEW MyStudentSuccessLab 2013 Update -- Valuepack Access Card

Download or read book Navigating Your Future written by Bruce J. Colbert and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 2007-12 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you interested in a well rounded approach to success, including both academic and personal fulfillment? This working textbook and integrated CD engages students in assessing their current academic and workplace skills and developing specific action plans to ensure both academic and personal success. The first six chapters focus on how to do well “within yourself†or intrapersonal skills with topics such as stress management, positive attitude, time management, and goal setting. The middle chapters are devoted to academic skills including learning styles, critical/creative thinking, improving memory, and test taking. The last four will deal with succeeding “within your program and beyond†and address communication, group interaction, team building, job-seeking, and leadership development.

Download or read book Academic Transformation written by De Sellers, Ph.d. and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 2014-08-26 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ALERT: Before you purchase, check with your instructor or review your course syllabus to ensure that you select the correct ISBN. Several versions of Pearson's MyLab & Mastering products exist for each title, including customized versions for individual schools, and registrations are not transferable. In addition, you may need a CourseID, provided by your instructor, to register for and use Pearson's MyLab & Mastering products. Packages Access codes for Pearson's MyLab & Mastering products may not be included when purchasing or renting from companies other than Pearson; check with the seller before completing your purchase. Used or rental books If you rent or purchase a used book with an access code, the access code may have been redeemed previously and you may have to purchase a new access code. Access codes Access codes that are purchased from sellers other than Pearson carry a higher risk of being either the wrong ISBN or a previously redeemed code. Check with the seller prior to purchase. -- The latest research on cognitive theory paired with readable and practical lessons on study skills to create a balanced approach to learning strategies. Academically rigorous yet engaging and practical, Academic Transformation successfully balances cognitive theory and research with realistic and proven skills that readers can deftly apply to their college careers. Utilizing a narrative tone, eye-catching design, and plentiful real-life examples, this text bestows students with life lessons covering the subjects of motivation, procrastination, time management, stress management, and behavior redirection – all while giving readers a solid understanding of why certain strategies lead to goal achievement. The new second edition has been restructured and revised based on intensive feedback from college and university faculty members across the country that used the first edition text in their classrooms. The new text incorporates some of the latest research in brain-based learning and cognitive psychology and the corresponding learning strategies that are supported by these findings. In addition, the newly revised second edition of Academic Transformation has been updated to be particularly responsive to the distinctive issues and pressures of today's post-modern students.

Download or read book College Experience Compact The Books a la Carte Edition Plus New Mystudentsuccesslab written by Amy Baldwin and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 2014-12-29 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NOTE: This edition features the same content as the traditional text in a convenient, three-hole-punched, loose-leaf version. Books a la Carte also offer a great value; this format costs significantly less than a new textbook. Before purchasing, check with your instructor or review your course syllabus to ensure that you select the correct ISBN. Several versions of Pearson's MyLab & Mastering products exist for each title, including customized versions for individual schools, and registrations are not transferable. In addition, you may need a CourseID, provided by your instructor, to register for and use Pearson's MyLab & Mastering products. Used books, rentals, and purchases made outside of Pearson If purchasing or renting from companies other than Pearson, the access codes for Pearson's MyLab products may not be included, may be incorrect, or may be previously redeemed. Check with the seller before completing your purchase. For courses in First-Year Experience/University Studies/University Perspectives, Student Success/College Success/Study Skills, and Student Development offered in one credit or blended/online student success programs. This package includes MyStudentSuccessLab(tm). Combines student success skills with the world's leading method for growing greater GRIT (Growth, Resilience, Instinct and Tenacity) Part of the Experience Series for college students in a one credit or blended/online student success program, The College Experience Compact, Second Edition incorporates the GRIT framework, supplying learners with powerful success strategies and tools for college completion and career success--get in, get through, get out, and get paid. The authors recognize that understanding what it takes to succeed in college is one thing, but having the personal GRIT to make it happen is what makes the difference. Framed in a practical, situational manner, the book helps students navigate what to do, when do it, and where to go for support. It provides scientifically grounded yet practical tips and tools students need to grow greater GRIT, which research shows as the most powerful predictor of success in school and beyond. Students 'Get in, Get through' using a firm foundation of distinctive features to stay in, and get through, college with academic, social, and transitional skills. In order to 'Get out, Get paid' it equips students with ablend of professional and GRIT-based mindset required to successfully graduate and enter a career that fulfills their educational and personal goals. Personalize Learning with MyStudentSuccessLab(tm) MyStudentSuccessLab is an online homework, tutorial, and assessment program designed to work with this text to engage students and improve results. Within its structured environment, students practice what they learn, test their understanding, and pursue a personalized study plan that helps them better absorb course material and understand difficult concepts. Visit http://www.pearsonhighered.com/baldwin-experience-info/ to learn more about the Experience Series. 0134067568 / 9780134067568 The College Experience Compact, Books a la Carte Edition Plus NEW MyStudentSuccessLab Package consists of: 0134038797 / 9780134038797 The College Experience Compact, Books a la Carte Edition 0321943252 / 9780321943255 NEW MyStudentSuccessLab - Access Card

Download or read book The College Experience written by Amy Baldwin and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 2013-01-24 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For First-Year Experience, College Success, and Student Development courses. Written specifically for 1 credit hour student success courses and/or those with blended and online students, it addresses the needs and challenges of students as digital learners. It aligns with learning outcomes from both the Student Success CourseConnect online course and MyStudentSuccessLab. Designed for use as a stand alone text or a print companion with one of these technologies for hybrid, online, or 1 credit hour student success courses. The College Experience Compact provides students with the "unwritten rules" for college success to help them develop a plan to handle any situation. Student success doesn't just happen. Instead, it is a combination of motivation, preparation, knowledge, persistence, and relationships. No matter how prepared some students are for the academic challenges of college, they may not always be ready for the cultural challenges that include understanding professors' expectations and navigating financial issues that are part of the experience. Written to provide clear, concise, and practical information and concepts through a unique Feature set, students are prompted to review important college documents such as the syllabus, consider how to make good choices and maintain their personal integrity, and analyze their own situations and apply the content to new ones. Specifically, students will learn what college expectations are and how to exceed them. 0321886100 / 9780321886101 College Experience Compact, The Plus NEW MyStudentSuccessLab 2012 Update -- Access Card Package Package consists of: 0321856767 / 9780321856760 NEW MyStudentSuccessLab 2012 Update -- Value Pack Access Card 0321856910 / 9780321856913 College Experience Compact, The

Download or read book Keys to College Success written by Carol J. Carter and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 2019-11-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NOTE: This edition features the same content as the traditional text in a convenient, three-hole-punched, loose-leaf version. Books a la Carte also offer a great value; this format costs significantly less than a new textbook. Before purchasing, check with your instructor or review your course syllabus to ensure that you select the correct ISBN. Several versions of Pearson''s MyLab & Mastering products exist for each title, including customized versions for individual schools, and registrations are not transferable. In addition, you may need a CourseID, provided by your instructor, to register for and use Pearson''s MyLab & Mastering products. Used books, rentals, and purchases made outside of Pearson If purchasing or renting from companies other than Pearson, the access codes for Pearson''s MyLab products may not be included, may be incorrect, or may be previously redeemed. Check with the seller before completing your purchase. Keys to College Success Compact sets the standard for connecting academic success to success beyond school, showing students how to apply strategies within college, career, and life. Offers Keys tried-and-true emphasis on thinking skills and problem-solving, re-imagined with two goals in mind: One, a risk and reward framework that reflects the demands today''s students face, and two, a focus on student experience specific to 1 credit or blended/online with a more extensive research base and increased metacognition. Keys to College Success Compact helps students take ownership, develop academic and transferable skills, and show the results of commitment and action so they are well equipped with the concentration, commitment, focus, and persistence necessary to succeed. Success CourseConnect (http://www.pearsoncourseconnect.com) is one of many award-winning CourseConnect online courses designed by subject matter experts and credentialed instructional designers. MyStudentSuccessLab (http://www.mystudentsuccesslab.com) helps students to ''Start strong, Finish stronger'' by acquiring the skills they need to succeed for ongoing personal and professional development . Teaching & Learning Experience: Strategies for College, Career, and Life Success Keys to College Success Compact provides the established KEYS set of tools for success -- an understanding of how coursework connects to career and life goal achievement, and analytical, creative, and practical thinking coverage that empowers a range of cognitive ability. This program provides: · Personalized Learning with MyStudentSuccessLab: Whether face-to-face or online, MyStudentSuccessLab helps students build the skills they need through peer-led video interviews, interactive practice exercises, and activities that provide academic, life, and professionalism skills. · College Connection to Career and Life Goals: Infused with a fresh focus on risk and reward, showing that the reward of success in the modern world demands a risk of vision and persistent effort over time. It raises the bar to show students that they must risk action to grow, thrive, and contribute in order to make their college investment pay off in gainful employment, meaningful work, and community involvement. · Thinking Skills coverage:Comprehensive content with research references lend credibility and perspective to concepts, targeted exercises that explore personally relevant situations in context, and sustained focus throughout each topic. · Tailored to the 1-credit hour or Blended/Online Program experience: Acknowledges global economic change and instability and hones in on student concerns about employability skills and debt management so the 1 credit hour or blended/online course experience is framed in practical, work-relevant and time conscious ways. Also Available with MyStudentSuccessLab(tm) This title is also available with MyStudentSuccessLab-an online homework, tutorial, and assessment program designed to work with this text to engage students and improve results. Within its structured environment, students practice what they learn, test their understanding, and pursue a plan that helps them better absorb course material and understand difficult concepts. NOTE: You are purchasing a standalone product; MyStudentSuccessLab does not come packaged with this content. If you would like to purchase both the physical text and MyStudentSuccessLab, search for: 0321952561 / 9780321952561 Keys to College Success Compact Plus NEW MyStudentSuccessLab Update - Access Card Package (NOT Books a la Carte Edition) Package consists of: * 0321943252 / 9780321943255 NEW MyStudentSuccessLab without Pearson eText - Valuepack Access Card * 0321857429 / 9780321857422 Keys to College Success Compact MyStudentSuccessLab should only be purchased when required by an instructor.

Download or read book The First Generation College Experience written by Amy Baldwin and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 2013-08-04 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ALERT: Before you purchase, check with your instructor or review your course syllabus to ensure that you select the correct ISBN. Several versions of Pearson's MyLab & Mastering products exist for each title, including customized versions for individual schools, and registrations are not transferable. In addition, you may need a CourseID, provided by your instructor, to register for and use Pearson's MyLab & Mastering products. Packages Access codes for Pearson's MyLab & Mastering products may not be included when purchasing or renting from companies other than Pearson; check with the seller before completing your purchase. Used or rental books If you rent or purchase a used book with an access code, the access code may have been redeemed previously and you may have to purchase a new access code. Access codes Access codes that are purchased from sellers other than Pearson carry a higher risk of being either the wrong ISBN or a previously redeemed code. Check with the seller prior to purchase. -- The First Generation Experience is the only college success book written specifically to serve first generation students. It is for students who need a little extra attention and support to have a firm footing in the academic world. It is about helping those students who have felt disenfranchised, disengaged, and disappointed by the educational system to empower themselves with the knowledge and the skills necessary to imagine and realize and new future. It is also a book about change, specifically transformation. The word itself has multiple meanings in different academic disciplines, but the idea of transformation most closely applies to the intentional process by which we help students change as individuals, as scholars, and as citizens of their communities. 0321944070 / 9780321944078 First-Generation College Experience, The Plus NEW MyStudentSuccessLab 2013 Update -- Access Card Package, 1/e Package consists of: 0321943252 / 9780321943255 NEW MyStudentSuccessLab 2013 Update -- Value Pack Access Card 013707123X / 9780137071234 First-Generation College Experience, The

Download or read book Keys to Effective Learning written by Carol Carter and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 2016-03-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "For courses in Study Skills, Student Success, Freshman Seminar, or University 101. " Fosters self-directed skills and habits for success that students need Challenged by technological, academic, financial, and interpersonal issues, students need the habits of success persistence, planning, questioning, connecting, coaching for their professional and personal future. "Keys to Effective Learning" nurtures these skills in students entering college by focusing on buildingaccountability, teamwork, andcritical/creative thinking skillsthat can be applied to anyacademic or workplace setting. All features and exercises now incorporate coaching on skills such as initiative, motivation, and goal setting to support self-management. For example, in each chapter, Habits for Success promote problem solving and boost success. Each chapter also includes a unique and inspiring story that shows how a real person used the Habit discussed to meet a challenge and achieve a goal. Academic coaching language and powerful questions throughout reinforce the application of the skills presented. Also available with MyStudentSuccessLab This title is also available with MyStudentSuccessLab, an online homework, tutorial, and assessment program designed to engage students and improve results. Within its structured environment, students practice what they learn, test their understanding, and pursue a plan that helps them better absorb course material and understand difficult concepts. Whether face-to-face or online, MyStudentSuccessLab personalizes learning to help students build the skills they need through peer-led video interviews, interactive practice exercises, and activities that provide academic, life, and professionalism skills. Note: You are purchasing a standalone product; MyLab & Mastering does not come packaged with this content. Students, if interested in purchasing this title with MyLab & Mastering, ask your instructor for the correct package ISBN and Course ID. Instructors, contact your Pearson representative for more information. If you would like to purchase both the physical text and MyLab & Mastering, search for: 9780134420073 / 0134420071 Keys to Effective Learning: Developing Habits for Success Plus MyStudentSuccessLab with Pearson eText Access Card Package, 7/e Package consists of: 9780134405513 / 013440551X Keys to Effective Learning: Developing Habits for Success 0133944093 / 9780133944099 MyStudentSuccessLab with Pearson eText Inside Star Sticker 0133944107 / 9780133944105 MyStudentSuccessLab with Pearson eText Access Card "

Download or read book Diversity Consciousness written by Richard D. Bucher and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This empowering study on human diversity helps readers develop the ability to understand, respect, and value diversity--and demonstrates how opening one's mind to the views of other peoples and cultures is central for a quality education and successful career. Personalizing the learning experience by integrating a variety of real-life student experiences and perspectives, it discusses topics in a style that promotes self-reflection and dialogue that is inclusive and not condescending. Complete with self-reflective journal questions, case studies, and interactive exercises, it discusses diversity and workplace issues--such as teamwork, conflict management, leadership, racism, prejudice, and communication; and zeros in on the relationship between an employee's success and his/her ability to develop flexible thinking to positively and effectively deal with a variety of diversity issues."--Amazon.com.

Download or read book Practical Object oriented Design in Ruby written by Sandi Metz and published by Pearson Education. This book was released on 2013 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Complete Guide to Writing More Maintainable, Manageable, Pleasing, and Powerful Ruby Applications Ruby's widely admired ease of use has a downside: Too many Ruby and Rails applications have been created without concern for their long-term maintenance or evolution. The Web is awash in Ruby code that is now virtually impossible to change or extend. This text helps you solve that problem by using powerful real-world object-oriented design techniques, which it thoroughly explains using simple and practical Ruby examples. This book focuses squarely on object-oriented Ruby application design. Practical Object-Oriented Design in Ruby will guide you to superior outcomes, whatever your previous Ruby experience. Novice Ruby programmers will find specific rules to live by; intermediate Ruby programmers will find valuable principles they can flexibly interpret and apply; and advanced Ruby programmers will find a common language they can use to lead development and guide their colleagues. This guide will help you Understand how object-oriented programming can help you craft Ruby code that is easier to maintain and upgrade Decide what belongs in a single Ruby class Avoid entangling objects that should be kept separate Define flexible interfaces among objects Reduce programming overhead costs with duck typing Successfully apply inheritance Build objects via composition Design cost-effective tests Solve common problems associated with poorly designed Ruby code

Download or read book Keys to Community College Success written by Carol Carter and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Keys to Community College Success is an established first year experience textbook, designed for use with courses related to the college transition and student success for two-year college students, and featuring a tried-and-true college-career-life connection and emphasis on thinking skills and problem-solving. This eighth edition adds a COVID-19 update -- a ten-page frontmatter section with up-to-the-minute information on digital and distributed learning as well as wellness and self-management strategies in the time of COVID-19. Update topics include synchronous and asynchronous learning elements, navigating technology and course websites, coping with stress in a time of crisis, and more. This text is built around a risk and reward theme, showing students how risking action to grow, thrive, and contribute can lead to the rewards of learning, meaningful employment, and community involvement. Inspiring case studies open and close each chapter and show how a two-year college student faced and surmounted a challenge by taking a calculated risk. Thinking skills coverage is another text-wide framework; comprehensive content with research references lend credibility and perspective to concepts, targeted exercises that explore personally relevant situations in context, and sustained focus throughout each topic. The text is tailored to the two-year program experience; throughout the text, detail-level adjustments made in language, concepts, and topics have been made to reflect the needs and concerns of the two-year student. Coverage of resources, topics, and research, including work by Robert Sternberg, Carol Dweck, and Martin Seligman, supports concepts. The twelve chapters cover all major student success topics -- adjusting to college; values, goals, and time; learning how you learn; critical, creative, and practical thinking; reading and information literacy; listening and note taking; memory and studying; test taking; diversity and communication; wellness and stress management; managing money; and planning for career success. Exercises and features incorporate coaching language and intent, building accountability for the student, guiding the student to create personally relevant work, and asking powerful questions that encourage reflection and the development of self-knowledge.

Download or read book The Career Fitness Program written by Diane Sukiennik and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 2013-08-05 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ALERT: Before you purchase, check with your instructor or review your course syllabus to ensure that you select the correct ISBN. Several versions of Pearson's MyLab & Mastering products exist for each title, including customized versions for individual schools, and registrations are not transferable. In addition, you may need a CourseID, provided by your instructor, to register for and use Pearson's MyLab & Mastering products. Packages Access codes for Pearson's MyLab & Mastering products may not be included when purchasing or renting from companies other than Pearson; check with the seller before completing your purchase. Used or rental books If you rent or purchase a used book with an access code, the access code may have been redeemed previously and you may have to purchase a new access code. Access codes Access codes that are purchased from sellers other than Pearson carry a higher risk of being either the wrong ISBN or a previously redeemed code. Check with the seller prior to purchase. -- Firmly focused on today's career realities and economy - with sufficient breadth to help students choose, change, or confirm career choices and encourage growth for all ages, backgrounds, and circumstances. The Career Fitness Program is a top to bottom renovation, reaffirming, recasting, refocusing, and reframing this best-seller to revitalize content, graphics, photos, and layout to address the changing needs of students. It is user-friendly, easy to read, and suitable for both two- and four-year college students. It goes beyond facts and figures by offering critical questions that help students focus on, 'What's in it for them', to discover their best career fit. The organization follows the standard sequence of the decision-making process and career search process - Personal Assessment, The World of Work, and The Job Search - which enables use in short term courses or workshops while still giving students a comprehensive text for reference, and is easily customizable. 0321944011 / 9780321944016 Career Fitness Program, The: Exercising Your Options Plus NEW MyStudentSuccessLab 2013 Update -- Access Card Package Package consists of 0132762331 / 9780132762335 Career Fitness Program, The: Exercising Your Options 0321943252 / 9780321943255 NEW MyStudentSuccessLab 2013 Update -- Value Pack Access Card

Download or read book Keys to Success written by Carol J. Carter and published by Pearson Canada. This book was released on 2015-07-01 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Note: If you are purchasing an electronic version, MyStudentSuccessLab does not come automatically packaged with it. To purchase MyStudentSuccessLab, please visit www.MyStudentSuccessLab.com or you can purchase a package of the physical text and MyStudentSuccessLab by searching for ISBN 10: 0133405516 / ISBN 13: 9780133405514. Keys sets the standard for connecting academic success to success beyond school, showing students how to apply strategies within college, career, and life. Keys retains its’ tried-and-true emphasis on thinking skills and problem solving, re-imagined with two goals in mind: One, a risk and reward framework that reflects the demands today’s students face, and two, a focus on student experience specific to institution with a more extensive research base.

Download or read book Cornerstones for Community College Success written by Robert M. Sherfield and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides step-by-step guidance on delivering effective language and literacy lessons and assessing students' progress using the International English series to ensure reading comprehension, writing and speaking and listening skill are taught effectively and consistently. It includes clear guidance on using all the student book features including ideas to launch each unit, advice on getting the most from the text extracts and end of unit tests and longer revision tests with all answers tohelp you access students' progress easily. A CD-ROM supports your planning and assessment needs and included audio recordings of text extracts, customisable planning and assessment checklists, and digital versions of all student book extracts for your interactive whiteboard.

Download or read book Cornerstones for Community College Success written by Robert M. Sherfield and published by Pearson College Division. This book was released on 2013-08-05 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ALERT: Before you purchase, check with your instructor or review your course syllabus to ensure that you select the correct ISBN. Several versions of Pearson's MyLab & Mastering products exist for each title, including customized versions for individual schools, and registrations are not transferable. In addition, you may need a CourseID, provided by your instructor, to register for and use Pearson's MyLab & Mastering products. Packages Access codes for Pearson's MyLab & Mastering products may not be included when purchasing or renting from companies other than Pearson; check with the seller before completing your purchase. Used or rental books If you rent or purchase a used book with an access code, the access code may have been redeemed previously and you may have to purchase a new access code. Access codes Access codes that are purchased from sellers other than Pearson carry a higher risk of being either the wrong ISBN or a previously redeemed code. Check with the seller prior to purchase. -- For First Year Experience, Student Success, and Introduction to College courses. Written specifically for students attending two year programs, it addresses the needs and challenges of students in community and technical colleges. Cornerstones for Community College Success is known for its concrete and practical strategies that students can apply to all college classes, the world of work, and life in general, it addresses the "why" of learning and the power of positive change. Offers hallmark coverage of Bloom's taxonomy, SQ3R integration, Information and Financial literacy. Major defining topics include first generation students, adult learners, making successful transitions, and planning for success in the second year and beyond. The ancillary materials are designed to assist instructors in delivering a top-level student success course. 0321944208 / 9780321944207 Cornerstones for Community College Success Plus NEW MyStudentSuccessLab 2013 Update -- Access Card Package Package consists of 0321943252 / 9780321943255 NEW MyStudentSuccessLab 2013 Update -- Value Pack Access Card 0321860594 / 9780321860590 Cornerstones for Community College Success

Download or read book Keys to Effective Learning written by Carol Carter and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on developing effective learning techniques to help readers excel in school, in their careers, and throughout their lives as lifelong learners. Unlike traditional study skills books, this one emphasizes how people learn effectively byinvolving them in the active process of mastering their mental abilities and their personal confidence. The authors outline getting ready to learn through self-awareness, goal setting and time management, as well as, critical and creative thinking, targeting success in school through reading and studying, listening and memory, taking notes and test taking, quantitative learning, researching and writing, gathering and communicating ideas, as well as, creating life success. For individuals interested in effective learning techniques.

Download or read book Keys to Success written by Carol Carter and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers information, exercises, strategies, and self-assessments to help students develop critical thinking skills and learn to manage time and resources, ask questions, solve problems, and prepare for the demands of college-level learning; and includes step-by-step guidance to help students develop a career and internship networking site.