- ISBN: 9781319029197 | 1319029191
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 10/14/2016
Your College Experience Concise gives you the practical help you need to triumphantly transition to college.
John N. Gardner brings unparalleled experience to students as an author. The recipient of his institution's highest award for teaching excellence, John has over forty years of experience directing and teaching in the most widely emulated first-year seminar in the country, the University 101 course at the University of South Carolina (USC), Columbia. John is universally recognized as one of the country's leading educators for his role in initiating and orchestrating an international reform movement to improve the beginning college experience, a concept he coined as "the first-year experience." He is the founding executive director of the National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition at USC, as well as the Policy Center on the First Year of College and the John N. Gardner Institute for Excellence in Undergraduate Education (www.jngi.org), both based in Brevard, N.C. Betsy O. Barefoot is a writer, researcher, and teacher whose special area of scholarship is the first-year seminar. During her tenure at USC from 1988 to 1999, she served as co-director for research and publications at the National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition. She also taught University 101 and graduate courses on the first-year experience and the principles of college teaching. She conducts first-year seminar faculty training workshops around the world and is frequently called on to evaluate first-year seminar outcomes. Betsy is co-director and senior scholar in the Policy Center on the First Year of College and Vice President of the John N. Gardner Institute for Excellence in Undergraduate Education both in Brevard, N.C. In her Policy Center role she led a major national research project to identify institutions of excellence in the first college year. She currently works with both two- and four-year campuses in evaluating all components of the first year.
Part I Foundations
1. Why Go to College?
The Value of a College Education
The College Experience
Exploring Purpose and Setting Goals
Academic Planning
Build your Experience
2. Time Management
Managing Your Time
Using Time-Management Tools
Procrastination
Setting Priorities
Appreciating the Value of Time
Build your Experience
3. Emotional Intelligence
What Is Emotional Intelligence?
Emotional Intelligence in Everyday Life
Developing Emotional Intelligence
How Emotions Influence Success
How to Improve Your Emotional Intelligence
Build your Experience
4. How You Learn
Learning Styles and the Tools Used for Measuring Them
When Learning Styles and Teaching Styles Conflict
Learning Disabilities
Build your Experience
Part II Preparing to Study
5. Thinking in College
College-Level Thinking: Higher and Deeper
Becoming a Critical Thinker
Applying Bloom’s Taxonomy
Build your Experience
6. Reading to Learn
A Plan for Active Reading
Strategies for Reading Textbooks
Improving Your Reading
Build your Experience
7. Getting the Most Out of Class
Become Engaged in Learning
Prepare for Class
Participate in Class
Take Effective Notes
Build your Experience
8. Studying
Studying in College: Making Choices and Concentrating
How Memory Works
Improving Your Memory
Studying to Understand and Remember
9. Test-taking
Getting Ready . . .
Tips for Test Taking
TYPES of Tests
Types of Questions
Overcoming Test Anxiety
Cheating
10. Information Literacy and Communication
Information Literacy
Choosing, Narrowing, and Researching a Topic
Using the Library
Evaluating Sources
Using Your Research in Writing
The Writing Process
Using Your Research in Presentations
Part III Preparing for Life
11. Diversity
Thriving in Diverse Environments
Seeking Diversity in College
Overcoming Discrimination, Prejudice, and Insensitivity on College Campuses
12. Money
Living on a Budget
Understanding Financial Aid
Achieving a Balance between Working and Borrowing
Managing Credit Wisely
Planning for the Future
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