(Ebook) Taking Charge of Your Learning A Guide to College Success 1st Edition by Dianna L Van Blerkom ISBN 9780534539498 0534539491

(Ebook) Taking Charge of Your Learning A Guide to College Success 1st Edition by Dianna L Van Blerkom ISBN 9780534539498 0534539491

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ISBN 10: 0534539491
ISBN 13: 9780534539498
Author: Dianna L Van Blerkom

(Ebook) Taking Charge of Your Learning A Guide to College Success 1st Edition Table of contents:

CHAPTER 1: Becoming a Successful Student

• What Is a Successful Student?

• Increase Your Level of Involvement

• Strategic Learners Possess the Will to Be Successful

• Three Main Factors Influence Your Motivation

• Use Strategies to Increase Your Motivation

• What Kind of Learner Are You?

• What’s Your Personality Type?

• WORKSHOP 1-1: Characteristics of Successful Students

• WORKSHOP 1-2: How Motivated Are You?

• WORKSHOP 1-3: What’s Your Learning Style?

• WORKSHOP 1-4: What Would You Do?

• Clarifying Values

CHAPTER 2: Managing Your Time

• Why Is Time Management Important?

• Monitor Your Study Time by Keeping a Study Log

• Complete a Fixed Commitment Calendar

• Consider How Much Time It Takes You to Do Your Work

• Create an Assignment Calendar

• Prepare a Running Task List

• Make a Daily “To Do” List

• Create a Good Study Environment

• Do Your Favorite Assignments as a Reward for Completing the Ones You Don’t Like

• Avoid the Procrastination Trap

• WORKSHOP 2-1: Consider Your Use of Time

• WORKSHOP 2-2: Identify Time Available/Needed for Study

• WORKSHOP 2-3: Learn to Schedule Your Study Tasks

• WORKSHOP 2-4: What Would You Do?

• Setting Goals

CHAPTER 3: Taking Lecture Notes

• What Is Note Taking?

• Other Benefits of Taking Notes

• Set Up Your Note Page

• Use an Effective Note-Taking System

• Tips for Taking Better Notes

• How to Edit Your Notes

• Talk About the Information with Others

• WORKSHOP 3-1: Practice Taking Lecture Notes

• WORKSHOP 3-2: Evaluate and Edit Your Lecture Notes

• WORKSHOP 3-3: Develop Recall Questions

• WORKSHOP 3-4: What Would You Do?

• Building Relationships

CHAPTER 4: Improving Your Learning and Memory

• Why Do You Need a Good Memory?

• Learning Information

• Forgetting

• What Are Rehearsal Strategies?

• Types of Elaboration Strategies

• Types of Organizational Strategies

• Why Do They Work?

• WORKSHOP 4-1: Evaluate Your Memory Strategies

• WORKSHOP 4-2: Practice Memory Strategies

• WORKSHOP 4-3: Develop Mnemonics to Aid Recall

• WORKSHOP 4-4: What Would You Do?

• Working Collaboratively

CHAPTER 5: Reading Your Textbook

• Become an Active Reader

• To Prepare Your Text for Later Review

• Why Does It Work?

• What Is SQ3R?

• Adapting SQ3R

• What Are the Steps in S-RUN-R?

• Why Does It Work?

• WORKSHOP 5-1: Evaluate Your Reading Strategies

• WORKSHOP 5-2: Use S-RUN-R to Increase Comprehension

• WORKSHOP 5-3: Select the Right Reading/Study System

• WORKSHOP 5-4: What Would You Do?

• Celebrating Diversity

CHAPTER 6: Marking Your Textbook

• What Is Text Marking?

• Read the Paragraph Before Marking

• Write Questions in the Margin

• Mark Main Ideas

• Mark Supporting Details

• Remark Your Text

• Recite the Answers to Your Questions

• WORKSHOP 6-1: Evaluate Your Text-Marking Strategies

• WORKSHOP 6-2: Practice Marking Your Text

• WORKSHOP 6-3: Learn to Write Questions in the Margin

• WORKSHOP 6-4: What Would You Do?

• Making Wise Decisions

CHAPTER 7: Organizing Text Information

• Take Text Notes to Organize Text Material

• To Create Graphic Displays

• Add Recall Questions to Your Notes

• Why Map?

• Semantic Webs

• How to Create a Chart

• How to Learn the Material

• WORKSHOP 7-1: Learn to Organize Text Information

• WORKSHOP 7-2: Practice Creating Headings and Subheadings

• WORKSHOP 7-3: Practice Mapping and Charting

• WORKSHOP 7-4: What Would You Do?

• Exploring Careers

CHAPTER 8: Preparing for Exams

• College Exams Are Different

• Space Your Study

• Divide the Material into Chunks

• Use a Variety of Strategies

• What Are They?

• What’s the Role of Preparation Strategies?

• What’s the Role of Review Strategies?

• How Do You Make Them?

• Why Do They Work?

• How Do You Use Them?

• Plan the Answers

• Practice the Answers

• Write the Answers

• WORKSHOP 8-1: Write and Critique Study Plans

• WORKSHOP 8-2: Integrate Material with Study Sheets

• WORKSHOP 8-3: Predict Essay Questions and Plan Answers

• WORKSHOP 8-4: What Would You Do?

• Managing Stress

CHAPTER 9: Taking Tests

• Follow Directions

• Reduce Test Anxiety

• Use Strategic Guessing to Pick Up More Points

• Strategies for True/False Tests

• Strategies for Multiple-Choice Tests

• Problem-Solving Strategies

• Eliminate and Cross Off Alternatives

• Use a Basic Essay Design

• Consider the Factors That Influence Your Grade

• Check Your Work

• WORKSHOP 9-1: Practice Test-Taking Strategies

• WORKSHOP 9-2: Practice Writing Essay Answers

• WORKSHOP 9-3: Critique Essay Answers

• WORKSHOP 9-4: What Would You Do?

• Staying Healthy

CHAPTER 10: Preparing for Finals

• What Are Final Exams?

• Set Priorities for Your Exams

• Consider All of Your Options

• Split Your Day to Schedule Your Study

• Plan Your Study Time Correctly

• Study Strategies for Comprehensive Finals

• WORKSHOP 10-1: Set Priorities for Finals

• WORKSHOP 10-2: Critique Final Exam Study Plans

• WORKSHOP 10-3: Create Your Own Final Exam Planning Calendar

• WORKSHOP 10-4: What Would You Do?

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