Light on the Path A Christian Perspective on College Success

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ISBN: 9780534272449 | 0534272444
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Copyright: 3/23/2005

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This unique textbook covers the traditional topics of a College Success course but presents certain topics in a manner that is in greater harmony with the Christian spirit. While other texts may, in fact, cover certain topics in a way that is contradictory to the teachings of the church, this text encourages spiritual development throughout the college experience.

Preface

xvii

Putting Light on the Path

(20)

Advantages of a College Education

(1)

Challenges for First-Year Students

(1)

Guidance from This Book and God's Word

(2)

A Word of Encouragement

(1)

Plan to Succeed

(3)

Spiritual Health

(1)

Academic Habits

(1)

Physical Health

(1)

Relationships

(1)

Effective Goal Setting

(4)

Write Intention Statements

(1)

Turn Your Intention Statements into Goal Statements

(1)

Develop an Action Plan

(1)

Implement the Action Plan

(1)

And Then There Is Motivation

(3)

Exercises for Success

(3)

First-Year Student Fears

(1)

Success and Survival Plan

(1)

Goal Setting and Implementation

(1)

Picture Your Motivation

(1)

Spiritual Reflection Journal

(1)

Time in Prayer

(1)

On the Net

(2)

Turning the Light on Higher Education

(20)

The Purpose of Higher Education

(2)

World View and Higher Education

(2)

Rationalism

(1)

Romanticism

(1)

Empiricism and Pragmatism

(1)

Existentialism

(1)

The Christian World View and Higher Education

(2)

Planning Your Academic Program

(6)

The Outline of an Academic Program

(2)

Registering for Your Classes

(2)

Academic Policies

(1)

Your Academic Advisor

(2)

Exercises for Success

(2)

The History of My School

(1)

Our School Seal

(1)

World View Summary Report

(1)

Ongoing Issues in Higher Education

(1)

Identifying Key Campus Resources

(1)

Critical Dates

(1)

Spiritual Reflection Journal

(1)

Time in Prayer

(1)

On the Net

(2)

Making Time for Everything

(18)

My Perceptions

(1)

My Actual Time Use

(1)

How Is Your Habit?

(1)

Building a Better Time Plan

(6)

The Semester Plan

(2)

The Weekly Plan

(2)

The Daily Plan

(2)

Distractions and Procrastination

(3)

Distractions

(1)

Procrastination

(2)

Exercises for Success

(1)

Create Your Plan

(1)

Assess Your Weekly Plan

(1)

Examine Other Plan

(1)

What Distracts You?

(1)

Spiritual Reflection Journal

(1)

Time in Prayer

(1)

On the Net

(2)

Defining My Style of Learning

(18)

Initial Impressions of My Learning Style

(1)

Verbal, Visual, and Kinesthetic Modes of Learning

(3)

Verbal

(1)

Visual

(1)

Kinesthetic

(1)

Verbal Learners

(1)

Visual Learners

(1)

Kinesthetic Learners

(1)

Learning Styles and Personality Type

(8)

Extravert/Introvert Scale

(1)

Sensing/Intuitive Scale

(1)

Thinking/Feeling Scale

(1)

Judging/Perceiving Scale

(4)

You and Your Instructors

(1)

Exercises for Success

(1)

Applying What I Know about My Learning Style

(1)

Fitting My Style to My Classes

(1)

Spiritual Reflection Journal

(1)

Time in Prayer

(1)

On the Net

(1)

Pursuing Careful Thought

(16)

Know the Facts

(1)

Logically Organize the Facts

(2)

Creatively Think beyond the Facts

(1)

Critically Question the Facts

(4)

Effective Thinking Is a Symphony

(1)

Grow as an Effective Thinker

(1)

Exercises for Success

(2)

Analogies

(1)

Box Challenge

(1)

Creative Circle Sculpture

(1)

What Can You Do with That?

(1)

Critical Reaction to a Television Commercial

(1)

Spiritual Reflection Journal

(1)

Time in Prayer

(1)

On the Net

(1)

Engaging in the Classroom: Listening and Taking Notes

(20)

Why Take Notes?

(1)

Be Attentive

(3)

Attendance

(1)

Preparation

(1)

Staying Connected

(2)

Proceed with a System

(9)

Outlines

(1)

Paragraphs

(1)

Cornell Recall Columns

(2)

Visual Maps

101

(3)

General Tips for Any Note-Taking System

104

(3)

Taking Notes during Science and Math Classes

107

(1)

End with Review

107

(2)

When?

107

(1)

How?

108

(1)

Exercises for Success

109

(2)

Stare and Compare

109

(1)

Defeating My Distractions

109

(1)

Fit the System to Your Class

109

(1)

Note-Taking Experiment

110

(1)

Spiritual Reflection Journal

111

(1)

Time in Prayer

111

(1)

On the Net

111

(2)

Reading to Remember

113

(20)

Not Every Kind of Reading Is the Same

115

(1)

Picking the Right Time and Place to Read

116

(5)

Right Time

117

(2)

Length of Time

119

(1)

Right Place

119

(2)

Reading with Intention

121

(4)

Preview the Reading

122

(1)

Question the Reading

123

(1)

Pursue the Answers to the Questions

124

(1)

Recycle Your Reading

125

(4)

Design a Reading Record

125

(3)

Design a Recycling Plan

128

(1)

Exercises for Success

129

(1)

Design Your Own Textbook Reading System

129

(1)

Develop Your Vocabulary by Building a Word Wall

130

(1)

Spiritual Reflection Journal

130

(1)

Time in Prayer

130

(1)

On the Net

131

(2)

Scoring on Your Exams

133

(22)

Design an Exam Preparation Plan

135

(5)

Define the Scope of the Exam

135

(1)

Determine the Type of Exam

135

(1)

Establish a Preparation Schedule

136

(2)

Employ Effective Review Techniques

138

(1)

Improve Your Memorization Skills

139

(1)

Design an Exam-Taking Strategy

140

(9)

The First Five Minutes

141

(1)

Writing the First Answers

141

(1)

Strategies for Different Formats

142

(7)

Manage Your Anxiety

149

(1)

Keeping It Honest

150

(1)

Exercises for Success

151

(2)

Find Your Challenges

151

(1)

Build an Exam Plan

152

(1)

Dissecting an Essay Question

153

(1)

Interview a Successful Upper-Class Friend

153

(1)

The Price of Dishonesty

153

(1)

Spiritual Reflection Journal

153

(1)

Time in Prayer

153

(1)

On the Net

154

(1)

Saying It Just Right: Writing and Speaking Successfully

155

(20)

Improve Your Writing Skills

156

(7)

Understand the Assignment

157

(1)

Create a Writing Schedule

158

(1)

Get Ready to Write

158

(3)

Writing the First Draft

161

(1)

Revising the Draft

161

(2)

Improve Your Speaking Skills

163

(7)

Understand the Assignment

163

(3)

Basic Structure of Speech

166

(1)

Delivery

167

(1)

Anxiety

168

(1)

Practicing

169

(1)

Research Tools You Can Use

170

(2)

Reference Materials

170

(1)

Popular Magazines and Newspapers

170

(1)

Scholarly Journals

171

(1)

Books

171

(1)

Internet Sources

171

(1)

Reference Librarians

171

(1)

Exercises for Success

172

(2)

Create a Writing Schedule

172

(1)

Find the Writing Center

172

(1)

Study Speaking by Other People

173

(1)

What Is the Penalty for Plagiarism?

173

(1)

Take a Library Tour

173

(1)

Try Out Your Research Skills

173

(1)

Spiritual Reflection Journal

174

(1)

Time in Prayer

174

(1)

On the Net

174

(1)

Making the Tough Decisions: The Role of Christian Values

175

(16)

Not All Decisions Are the Same

176

(1)

A Decision-Making Process

177

(4)

Step One: Clarify the Circumstances and the Question You Need to Answer

178

(1)

Step Two: Clarify the Options

178

(1)

Step Three: Identify the Pros and Cons of Each Option

179

(1)

Step Four: Decide and Proceed in Confidence

180

(1)

My Aesthetic, Moral, and Personal Values

181

(3)

Aesthetic Values

181

(1)

Moral Values

181

(1)

Personal Values

182

(2)

Rethinking My Personal Values

184

(3)

To Act Justly

185

(1)

To Love Mercy

186

(1)

To Walk Humbly with Your God

186

(1)

Exercises for Success

187

(3)

It Is Decision Time

187

(1)

Identifying My Personal Values

187

(1)

Personal Values and a Moral Dilemma

188

(1)

Micah 6:8 and My Personal Values

189

(1)

Spiritual Reflection Journal

190

(1)

Time in Prayer

190

(1)

On the Net

190

(1)

Seeking and Maintaining Healthy Relationship

191

(20)

Different Types of Relationships

192

(7)

New Friendships and Old Friendships

193

(1)

Romance in College

194

(1)

College and the Married Student

195

(1)

Parents

196

(1)

Living with Roommates

197

(1)

Faculty Connections

197

(2)

Living with Difference and Celebrating Diversity

199

(2)

Stereotypes

199

(1)

Prejudice

200

(1)

You and Diversity

200

(1)

Maintaining Healthy Relationships

201

(5)

The Qualities of Healthy Relationships

201

(1)

Managing Conflict in Relationships

202

(4)

Exercises for Success

206

(3)

Examine Your Critical Relationships

206

(1)

How to Say ``I Love You'' without Having Sex

206

(1)

Interview Your Instructors

206

(1)

My Favorite Kind of Professor

207

(1)

Expand the Diversity in Your Relationships

208

(1)

Spiritual Reflection Journal

209

(1)

Time in Prayer

209

(1)

On the Net

209

(2)

Maintaining the Temple: Physical and Mental Wellness

211

(20)

Physical Health Habits

212

(10)

Sleep

212

(3)

Diet

215

(2)

Exercise

217

(2)

Alcohol and Drug Use

219

(3)

Mental Health Habits

222

(6)

Stress

222

(3)

Suicide

225

(1)

Responding to Personal Tragedy

226

(2)

Exercises for Success

228

(1)

Create a Sleep Diary

228

(1)

Keep a Diet Diary

228

(1)

Design a Weekly Exercise Plan

228

(1)

Alcohol and the Law

228

(1)

Design a Stress Management Plan

229

(1)

Prevent the Suicide of a Friend

229

(1)

Personal Tragedy Preparation List

229

(1)

Spiritual Reflection Journal

229

(1)

Time in Prayer

229

(1)

On the Net

230

(1)

Seeking Satisfaction in My Career

231

(18)

The World of Work in Your Future

233

(1)

Discovering, Confirming, and Changing Your Choice

234

(7)

What Is My Work Personality?

234

(2)

What Are My Work Values?

236

(1)

How Do I Personalize My Career Choice?

237

(2)

How Does My Christianity Affect My Career Choice?

239

(2)

Living College Life to Get an Interview

241

(5)

Get Personal Experience

242

(1)

Gather Your Evidence and Support Team

242

(1)

Prepare Your Resume and Cover Letter

243

(2)

Get Ready for the Interview

245

(1)

Exercises for Success

246

(2)

Developing a Mission Statement

246

(1)

Exploring Your Career Personality and Values

246

(1)

Vocational Interview

246

(1)

Career Evaluation

246

(1)

Writing Your Resume

247

(1)

Spiritual Reflection Journal

248

(1)

Time in Prayer

248

(1)

On the Net

248

(1)

Index

249

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