Your College Experience: Strategies for SuccessThe strategies for your students' academic and personal success in college are all outlined and applicable in this new Concise Seventh Edition of YOUR COLLEGE SUCCESS: STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESS. Gardner, Jewler, and Barefoot outline everything today's students need to learn to take charge of their learning; sharpen their skills in note taking, reading, memory, writing, and test-taking; enhance social relationships; get to know themselves better by exploring their values; learn vital information about staying healthy; connect to information on career planning; and more! Gardner and Jewler'along with new co-author Betsy Barefoot'have updated and added new research materials throughout, and worked to streamline the text. "Achieve It" features in every chapter give students practice in setting goals, while the book's "Try It!" exercises present hands-on practice. Each new textbook can be packaged with ThomsonNOW? and the College Success Factors Index (CSFI). ThomsonNOW is an online learning tool that provides students with a Personalized Study plan that saves time while improving understanding of the concepts of the course, while CSFI is an invaluable assessment tool for you and your students. Author John Gardner is a well-known proponent of the first-year seminar and was instrumental in creating the National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition at the University of South Carolina. He and co-authors Jewler and Barefoot continue to write, research, and travel to support the First-Year Experience. |
