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-- For First-Year Experience, Student Success, and Introduction to College courses that are1 credit hour and/or those with blended and online students. Aligned with learning outcomes from both Student Success CourseConnect and MyStudentSuccessLab, it is designed as a stand alone book or a print companion with one of these technologies.
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.
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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.
BRIEF T.O.C.
Lesson 1 The Rewards of College: Taking Risks that Move You Toward Success
Lesson 2 Time Management: Being In Control of Your Schedule
Lesson 3 Financial Literacy: Managing Your Money
Lesson 4 Critical, Creative, and Practical Thinking: Solving Problems and Making Decisions
Lesson 5 Learning How You Learn: Making the Most of Your Abilities
Lesson 6 Listening and Note Taking: Taking In and Recording Information
Lesson 7 Active Reading: Making Meaning from Your Materials
Lesson 8 Memory and Test Taking: Studying to Retain and Show What You Learn
Lesson 9 Diversity and Communication: Making Relationships Work
Lesson 10 Information Literacy: Evaluating Sources Effectively
Lesson 11 Wellness and Stress Management: Staying Healthy in Mind and Body
Lesson 12 Careers and More: Building a Successful Future
Index
FULL T.O.C.
About the Authors
Preface
Supplemental Resources
Acknowledgments Lesson 1 The Rewards of College: Taking Risks that Move You Toward Success
Why Is College a Risk, and What Reward Does It Offer?
§ The Culture of College
§ Connect with People
§ Connect with Technology and Written Resources
§ What You Can Gain from College
What Skills and Attitudes Can Help You Succeed?
· The Three Thinking Skills of Successful Intelligence
· The Growth Mindset
· Emotional Intelligence
Get Practical: Use Emotional Intelligence to Get Involved
How Do You Set and Achieve Goals?
· Establish Values
· Long-term Goals
· Short-term Goals
· Create SMART Goals
· Work Toward Goals
· Get Ready to Risk
Risk Action for College, Career, and Life Rewards
Lesson 2 Time Management: Being In Control of Your Schedule
Who Are You as a Time Manager?
· Identify Your Preferences
· Assess Your Needs
How Can You Schedule and Prioritize?
· Choose a Planner
· Establish Priorities
· Build a Schedule
· Link Tasks to Long-term Goals
· Make To-Do Lists
· Manage Your Schedule
How Can You Handle Time Traps?
· Confront Procrastination
· Set Effective Limits
Get Creative: Think Your Way Out of Time Traps
· The Myth of Multi-Tasking Risk Action for College, Career, and Life Rewards
Lesson 3 Financial Literacy: Managing Your Money
What Does Money Mean in Your Life?
§ How You Perceive and Use Money
§ Needs vs. Wants
How Can You Create and Use a Budget?
§ Figure Out What You Earn
§ Figure Out What You Spend
§ Evaluate the Difference
§ Adjust Spending or Earning
§ Juggle Work and School
How Can You Make the Most of Financial Aid?
§ Know What Aid is Available
§ Apply for Aid
§ Think Critically About Aid
What Will Help You Use Credit Cards and Debit Cards Wisely?
§ How Credit Cards Work
§ Watch for Problems
§ Manage Credit Card Debt
§ Build a Good Credit Score Get Analytical: Examine Credit Card Use
How Can You Plan for a Solid Financial Future?
· Save and Invest Your Money
· Begin Saving for Retirement Risk Action for College, Career, and Life Rewards
Lesson 4 Critical, Creative, and Practical Thinking: Solving Problems and Making Decisions
Why Is It Important to Ask and Answer Questions?
How Can You Improve Your Analytical Thinking Skills?
· Gather Information
· Break Information Into Parts
· Examine and Evaluate
· Make Connections
How Can You Improve Your Creative Thinking Skills?
· The Five Ingredients of Creativity
· Go Beyond Brainstorming
· Shift Your Perspective
· Take Risks
Get Creative: Activate Your Creative Powers
How Can You Improve Your Practical Thinking Skills?
§ Put Emotional Intelligence to Work
§ Practical Thinking Means Action
How Can You Solve Problems and Make Decisions Effectively?
· Solve a Problem
· Make a Decision
Risk Action for College, Career, and Life Rewards
Lesson 5 Learning How You Learn: Making the Most of Your Abilities
Why Explore Who You Are as a Learner?
· Use Assessments to Learn About Yourself
· Use Assessments to Make Choices and to Grow
What Tools Can Help You Assess How You Learn and Interact with Others?
· Assess Your Multiple Intelligences with Pathways to Learning
· Assess Your Style of Interaction with the Personality Spectrum
How Can You Use Your Self-knowledge?
· Classroom Choices
Get Analytical: Improve a Classroom Experience
· Study Choices
· Technology Choices
· Workplace Choices
Risk Action for College, Career, and Life Rewards
Lesson 6 Listening and Note Taking: Taking In and Recording Information
How Can You Become a Better Listener?
· Manage Listening Challenges
How Can You Improve Your Note-Taking Skills?
· Prepare
· Record Information Effectively During Class
· Review and Revise
What Note-Taking Formats Can You Use?
· Outlines
· Cornell T-note Format
· Mind Map
· Charting Method
· Electronic Strategies
Get Practical: Face a Note-taking Challenge Risk Action for College, Career, and Life Rewards
Lesson 7 Active Reading: Making Meaning from Your Materials
What Sets You Up for Reading Comprehension?
§ Take an Active and Positive Approach
§ Organize Your Study Area for Maximum Focus
§ Expand Your Course Vocabulary
How Can SQ3R Improve Your Reading?
· Step 1: Survey
· Step 2: Question
· Step 3: Read
· Step 4: Recite
· Step 5: Review
Get Creative: Use SQ3R to Make a Connection
How Can You Take Notes from Reading Materials?
· Taking Notes from a Text
· Create a Summary of Reading Material
· Combine Class and Reading Notes into a Master Set Risk Action for College, Career, and Life Rewards
Lesson 8 Memory and Test Taking: Studying to Retain and Show What You Learn
How Can You Remember What You Study?
§ When, Where, and Who: Choosing Your Best Setting
§ What and Why: Evaluating Study Materials
§ How: Using Study Strategies
Get Practical: Answer Your Journalists’ Questions
· Mnemonic Devices
How Can Preparation Improve Test Performance?
· Gather Information
· Schedule Study Time and Set a Goal
· Review Using Study Strategies
· Work Through Test Anxiety
What General Strategies Can Help You Succeed on Tests?
· Test Day Strategies
· Objective Questions
· Subjective Questions Risk Action for College, Career, and Life Rewards
Lesson 9 Diversity and Communication: Making Relationships Work
How Can You Develop Cultural Competence?
§ Action #1: Value Diversity
§ Action #2: Identify and Evaluate Personal Perceptions and Attitudes
§ Action #3: Be Aware of What Happens When Cultures Interact
§ Action #4: Build Cultural Knowledge
§ Action #5: Adapt to Diverse Cultures
How Can You Communicate Effectively?
§ Be Strategic
§ Know How to Give and Take Criticism
Get Analytical: Give Constructive Criticism
§ Plug into Communication Technology Without Losing Touch
How Do You Work Effective in a Team?
§ Lead and Collaborate Effectively
§ Set and Achieve Goals as a Team
§ Manage Conflict Risk Action for College, Career, and Life Rewards
Lesson 10 Information Literacy: Evaluating Sources Effectively
How Can You Be an Information Literate Reader and Researcher?
§ Map Out the Possibilities
§ Search for Information at the Library
§ Search for Information Online
Get Creative: Broaden Your Search
How Can You Respond Critically to What You Read?
§ Focus on Important Information
§ Ask Questions to Evaluate Arguments
§ Evaluate Every Source
How Do You Write and Research with Academic Integrity?
§ Plagiarism and the Role of Electronic Materials
§ Crediting Authors and Sources
Risk Action for College, Career, and Life Rewards
Lesson 11 Wellness and Stress Management: Staying Healthy in Mind and Body
How Can Focusing on Health Help You Manage Stress?
§ Eat Well
§ Get Exercise
§ Get Enough Sleep
§ Address Mental Health Issues
Get Practical: College Stress Exploration
How Can You Make Effective Decisions about Alcohol, Tobacco, and Drugs?
§ Alcohol
§ Tobacco
§ Drugs
§ Facing Addiction
How Can You Make Effective Decisions about Sex?
§ Birth Control
§ Sexually Transmitted Infections
Personal Safety Strategies Risk Action for College, Career, and Life Rewards
Lesson 12 Careers and More: Building a Successful Future
How Can You Prepare for Career Success?
§ Consider Your Personality and Strengths
§ Investigate Career Paths
§ Explore Majors
§ Build Knowledge and Experience
§ Know What Employers Want
§ Create a Strategic Plan
How Can You Conduct an Effective Job Search?
· Use Available Resources
· Use an Organized, Consistent Strategy
· Your Resume, Cover Letter, and Interview
How Can You Continue to Grow as a Risk Taker and Thinker?
§ Continue to Activate Your Successful Intelligence Get Analytical: Evaluate Your Growth
§ Learn for Life with a Growth Mindset
§ Cope with Change and Challenge Risk Action for College, Career, and Life Rewards