Elevate personal performance and academic excellence for first-year or transition students!
Thriving in College & Beyond assists students in making a smooth transition into college, through college, and from college. The text follows the idea that college should be approached strategically with a strong liberal arts and general education foundation in order to develop the student as a whole person. Students will learn strategies that they can apply across different academic and personal situations. Not only will they learn what the strategies are, but also why these strategies work.
Topics covered in this book include:
- Personal success strategies and using campus resources to support them
- The value of a liberal arts and general education, and development of students as a whole person.
- Knowing yourself and making wise choices for college courses and college major.
- The learning process and strategies for learning.
- Memory improvement and test-taking strategies.
- Higher-level thinking.
- Diversity and it's importance for personal development.
- Career success.
- Time and money management.
- Interpersonal relationships.
- Health and wellness (physically and spiritually).
NEW TOPICS
- Math Anxiety
- Science Phobia
- Anger Management
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
NEW CHAPTERS
- Motivation
- Goal Setting
- Social & Emotional Intelligence
Each book includes an access code for My Power Learning online learning style assessment and learning style report. Students can become a "Power Learner" by understanding their learning style and using it to their advantage.
Optional - with the adoption of this text, you will have the option of including Folio180. This online student portfolio provides a single location for students to collect their activities, accomplishments and supporting documentation in a single location during their college careers.
Also available in a concise version for 1- or 2-credit courses "Thriving in College & Beyond: Concise Version"
Brief Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
About the Authors
Introduction
Chapter 1
Touching All the Bases: An Overview and Preview of the Most Powerful Principles of College Success
Chapter 2
Liberal Arts: The Meaning, Purpose, and Value of General Education
Chapter 3
Goal Setting, Motivation, and Character
Chapter 4
Time Management
Chapter 5
Strategic Learning, Studying, and Test Taking: Deep-Learning Strategies
Chapter 6
Achieving Peak Levels of Academic Performance: Taking Tests, Writing Papers, and Making Presentations
Chapter 7
Higher-Level Thinking: Moving Beyond Factual Knowledge to Higher Levels of Critical and Creative Thinking
Chapter 8
Social and Emotional Intelligence: Relating to Others and Regulating Emotions
Chapter 9
Diversity: Learning About and from Human Differences
Chapter 10
Educational Planning and Decision Making: Making Wise Choices About Your College Courses and College Major
Chapter 11
Career Exploration, Planning, and Preparation
Chapter 12
Managing Money and Minimizing Debt
Chapter 13
Health and Wellness
Glossary
Learning the Language of Higher Education: A Dictionary of College Vocabulary
References
Index