About This Book
Letter to Students From the Authors
About the Authors
Preface
A Revision Focused on Practical Strategies to Help Students Be Successful From the Start
Key Chapter-by-Chapter Revisions
Extensive Resources for Instructors
Student Resources
Acknowledgments
Contributors
Part 1: Foundations
Quiz: What is Your Purpose for Attending College?
Introduction with Student Profile
Assessing Your Strengths and Setting Goals: Why Go to College?
Why This Course and This Textbook Are Important
Why Should I Take This Course?
Aren’t All the Topics in This Book Common Sense?
Hasn’t This Information Been Covered Already in High School?
What Am I Going to Get Out of This Course?
The College Experience
Why College Is Important to Our Society
Why College Is Important for You
Setting Goals for Your College Experience and Beyond
Getting Started
Setting Smart Goals
Choosing a Major
Connecting Majors and Careers
Aligning Your Sense of Purpose and Your Career
Tech Tip: E-Mail Etiquette
Making the Transition
Challenges and Opportunities for Adult and Returning Students
First-Year Motivation and Commitment
Checklist for Success
Build Your Experience
Stay on Track
Stay One-Minute Paper
Applying What You’ve Learned
Building Your Portfolio
Where to Go for Help
Introduction with Student Profile
Assessing Your Strengths and Setting Goals: Time Management
Common Time-Management Problems
Procrastination
Distractions
Overextending Yourself
Loss of Motivation
Time-Management Goals
Prioritize
Find a Balance
Getting Organized
Use a Planner
Chart a Weekly Timetable
Maintain a To-Do List
Tech Tip: Get Organized, Digitally
Making Your Schedule Work for You
Create a Workable Class Schedule
Schedule Your Classes in Blocks
Checklist for Success
Build Your Experience
Stay on Track
One-Minute Paper
Applying What You’ve Learned
Building Your Portfolio
Where to Go for Help
Introduction with Student Profile
Assessing Your Strengths and Setting Goals: Emotional Intelligence
What Is Emotional Intelligence?
Perceiving and Managing Emotions
Assessing Your Emotional Intelligence
Categorizing the Skills of Emotional Intelligence
Intrapersonal Skills
Interpersonal Skills
Adaptability
Stress Management
General Mood and Effective Performance
How Emotions Affect Success
Emotional Intelligence and College Success
Tech Tip: Say Yes to Twitter
Improving Your Emotional Intelligence
Strategies to Improve Ei
Handling Stress
Checklist for Success
Build Your Experience
Stay on Track
One-Minute Paper
Applying What You’ve Learned
Building Your Portfolio
Where to Go for Help
Introduction with Student Profile
Assessing Your Strengths and Setting Goals: How You Learn
Tools for Measuring Your Learning Style
The Vark Learning Styles Inventory
Vark Questionnaire, Version 7.0
Use Vark Results to Study More Effectively
The Kolb Inventory of Learning Styles
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
How to Use Your Strongest—and Weakest—Preferences
Multiple Intelligences
Multiple Intelligences Inventory
When Learning Styles and Teaching Styles Conflict
Learning Disabilities
Attention Disorders
Cognitive Learning Disabilities
Tech Tip: Connect
Checklist for Success
Build Your Experience
Stay on Track
One-Minute Paper
Applying What You’ve Learned
Building Your Portfolio
Where to Go for Help
Part 2: Preparing to Study
Quiz: How will your study skills prepare you to do well in college?
Introduction with Student Profile
Assessing Your Strengths and Setting Goals: Critical Thinking
What Is Critical Thinking, and Why Is It Important?
Defining Critical Thinking
Becoming a Critical Thinker
Ask Questions
Consider Multiple Points of View
Draw Conclusions
Faulty Reasoning: Logical Fallacies
Bloom’s Taxonomy
Bloom’s Six Levels of Learning
Bloom’s Taxonomy and Your First Year of College
Collaboration and Critical Thinking
Thinking Critically About Arguments
Critical Thinking in College and Life
Understanding Your and Your Opposition’s Assumptions
Examine the Evidence
Tech Tip: Research Wisely
Checklist for Success
Build Your Experience
Stay on Track
One-Minute Paper
Applying What You’ve Learned
Building Your Portfolio
Where to Go for Help
Introduction with Student Profile
Assessing Your Strengths and Setting Goals: Reading to Learn
A Plan for Active Reading
Previewing
Strategies for Marking Your Textbook
Reading with Concentration
Reviewing
Strategies for Reading Textbooks
Math Texts
Science Texts
Social Science and Humanities Texts
Supplementary Material
Tech Tip: Embrace the E-Book
Improving Your Reading
Monitoring Your Reading
Developing Your Vocabulary
If English Is Not Your First Language
Checklist for Success
Build Your Experience
Stay on Track
One-Minute Paper
Applying What You’ve Learned
Building Your Portfolio
Where to Go for Help
Introduction with Student Profile
Assessing Your Strengths and Setting Goals: Getting the Most Out of Class
Become Engaged in Learning
Before Class
Participate in Class
Listen Critically and with an Open Mind
Speak Up
Take Effective Notes
Note-Taking Formats
Note-Taking Techniques
Review Your Notes
Compare Notes
Class Notes and Homework
Tech Tip: Take Notes Like a Rock Star
Checklist for Success
Build Your Experience
Stay on Track
One-Minute Paper
Applying What You’ve Learned
Building Your Portfolio
Where to Go for Help
Introduction with Student Profile
Assessing Your Strengths and Setting Goals: Studying
Study to Understand and Remember
How Memory Works
Connecting Memory to Deep Learning
Myths About Memory
Tech Tip: Embrace the Cloud
Improving Your Memory
Mnemonics
Using Review Sheets, Mind Maps, and Other Tools
Summaries
Checklist for Success
Build Your Experience
Stay on Track
One-Minute Paper
Applying What You’ve Learned
Building Your Portfolio
Where to Go for Help
Introduction with Student Profile
Assessing Your Strengths and Setting Goals: Test Taking
Preparing for Tests and Exams
Prepare Physically
Prepare Emotionally
Prepare for Test Taking
Prepare for Math and Science Exams
Taking Tests and Exams
Essay Questions
Multiple-Choice Questions
Fill-in-the-Blank Questions
true/false Questions
Matching Questions
Types of Tests
Problem-Solving Tests
Machine-Scored Tests
Computerized Tests
Laboratory Tests
Open-Book and Open-Note Tests
Take-Home Tests
Tech Tip: Fear Not the Online Test
Overcoming Test Anxiety
Test Anxiety Quiz
Types of Test Anxiety
Symptoms of Test Anxiety
Strategies for Combating Test Anxiety
Getting the Test Back
Cheating
What Is Cheating?
Why Students Cheat and the Consequences of Cheating
Checklist for Success
Build Your Experience
Stay on Track
One-Minute Paper
Applying What You’ve Learned
Building Your Portfolio
Where to Go for Help
Introduction with Student Profile
Assessing Your Strengths and Setting Goals: Information Literacy and Communication
Information Literacy
Learning to Be Information Literate
What’s Research—and What’s Not?
Employing Information Literacy Skills
Choosing, Narrowing, and Researching a Topic
Using the Library
Take Advantage of Everything Your Library Has to Offer
Ask a Librarian
Figure Out What You Need and Find It
Keywords
Sources
The Internet
Tips for Using Electronic Resources Like a Pro
Tech Tip: Check Your Engine
Evaluating Sources
Relevance
Authority
Bias
A Note on Internet Sources
Making Use of What You Find
Synthesizing Information and Ideas
About Plagiarism
Cite Your Sources and Avoid Plagiarism
From Research to Writing
Steps to Good Writing
Step One: Freewriting to Discover What You Want to Say
Step Two: Writing or Drafting
Step Three: Rewriting and Revising
Know Your Audience
Speaking
Checklist for Success
Build Your Experience
Stay on Track
One-Minute Paper
Applying What You’ve Learned
Building Your Portfolio
Where to Go for Help
Part 3: Preparing for Life
Quiz: How will what you learn and what you experience in college prepare you for life?
Introduction with Student Profile
Assessing Your Strengths and Setting Goals: Relationships
Building Relationships with College Instructors
What Your Instructors Expect From You
What You Can Expect From Your Instructors
Make the Most of the Learning Relationship
Understanding Academic Freedom
When Things Go Wrong Between You and an Instructor
Friendships in and Beyond College
Roommates
Social Media
Tech Tip: Maintain Some Mystery
Getting Serious with Relationships
Breaking Up
Relationships You Should Avoid
Family Connections
Marriage and Parenting During College
Relationships with Your Parents
Get Involved
To Greek or Not to Greek?
Working
Community Service
Checklist for Success
Build Your Experience
Stay on Track
One-Minute Paper
Applying What You’ve Learned
Building Your Portfolio
Where to Go for Help
Introduction with Student Profile
Assessing Your Strengths and Setting Goals: Diversity
Understanding Diversity and the Source of Our Beliefs
Ethnicity, Culture, Race, and Religion
Age
Learning and Physical Abilities
Gender
Sexuality
Economic Status
Seeking Diversity on Campus
The Curriculum
Student-Run Organizations
Fraternities and Sororities
Career/Major Groups
Political/Activist Organizations
Special-Interest Groups
Discrimination, Prejudice, and Insensitivity on College Campuses
Raising Awareness
What You Can Do to Fight Hate on Campus
Challenge Yourself to Experience Diversity
Tech Tip: The Case for Volunteering
Checklist for Success
Build Your Experience
Stay on Track
One-Minute Paper
Applying What You’ve Learned
Building Your Portfolio
Where to Go for Help
Introduction with Student Profile
Assessing Your Strengths and Setting Goals: Wellness
Managing Stress
Diet and Exercise
Sleep
Taking Control
Other Ways to Relieve Stress
Mental Health
Depression
Suicide
Nutrition and Weight Management
Healthy Eating
Eating Disorders
Sexual Health
Sexually Transmitted Infections
Negotiating for Safer Sex
Birth Control
Tech Tip: Surf for Health
Substance Abuse
Making Decisions About Alcohol
Tobacco: The Other Legal Drug
Checklist for Success
Build Your Experience
Stay on Track
One-Minute Paper
Applying What You’ve Learned
Building Your Portfolio
Where to Go for Help
Introduction with Student Profile
Assessing Your Strengths and Setting Goals: Money
Living on a Budget
Creating a Budget
Cutting Costs
Getting Financial Aid
Types of Aid
Qualifying for Aid
How to Avoid Losing Your Funding
Achieving a Balance Between Working and Borrowing
Advantages and Disadvantages of Working
Student Loans
Managing Credit Wisely
Understanding Credit
Debit Cards
Tech Tip: Protect Your Identity
Planning for the Future
Checklist for Success
Build Your Experience
Stay on Track
One-Minute Paper
Applying What You’ve Learned
Building Your Portfolio
Where to Go for Help
Part 4: Next Steps
Quiz: What do you know about your major and your intended career?
Introduction with Student Profile
Assessing Your Strengths and Setting Goals: Majors and Careers
Careers and the New Economy
Characteristics of Today’s Economy
Building the Right Mind-Set for What Lies Ahead
The Role of Self-Exploration in Career Planning
Factors That Affect Career Choices
Exploring Your Interests
Planning for Your Career
Getting Experience
Experiential Learning Opportunities
Working in College
Tech Tip: Conducting Industry Research
Job-Search Strategies
Market Yourself
Build a Résumé
Write a Cover Letter
Interviewing
Skills Employers Seek
Content Skills
Transferable Skills
Key Competencies
Maintaining Your Momentum as a Successful Student
Checklist for Success
Build Your Experience
Stay on Track
One-Minute Paper
Applying What You’ve Learned
Building Your Portfolio
Where to Go for Help
Glossary
Credits