P.O.W.E.R. Learning: Foundations of Student Success

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POWER: Foundations of Student Success
Dedication
About the Author
Brief Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Dear Student
1: POWER: Becoming an Expert Student
	Looking Ahead
	Why Go to College?
		Try It! 1: Why Am I Going to College?
		Journal ReflectionsMy School Experiences
	POWER: The Five Key Steps to Achieving Success
		Prepare
		Try It! 2: Setting Measurable Objectives
		Organize
		Try It! 3: Course Goals?
		Course ConnectionsLooking at the Big Picture
		Work
		Evaluate
		Try It! 4: Examining the Causes of Success and FailureWORKING IN A GROUP
		Rethink
		Career ConnectionsPOWER and the World of Work
	Discovering Your Preferred Learning Styles
		Try It! 5: What’s Your Receptive Learning Style?PERSONAL STYLES
		Speaking of SuccessEmma Kobelenske
		Looking Back
		Key Terms and Concepts
		Resources
		The Case of . . .College Daydreams
2: Making the Most of Your Time
	Looking Ahead
	Time for Success
		Try It! 1: Find Your Time StylePERSONAL STYLES
		Prepare: Learning Where Time Is Going and Where It Should Go
		Try It! 2: Create a Time Log WORKING IN A GROUP
	Set Your Priorities
		Course ConnectionsHomework and Study Time: How Much Is Enough?
		Organize: Mastering the Moment
		Try It! 3: Set Priorities
		Journal ReflectionsWhere Does My Time Go?
	Work: Controlling Time
		Try It! 4: Identify Your Time Busters WORKING IN A GROUP
		Career ConnectionsOn-the-Job Time Management
		Evaluate: Checking Your Time
		Rethink: Reflecting on Your Personal Style of Time Management
		Speaking of SuccessJoseph Tanner Swift
		Looking Back
		Key Terms and Concepts
		Resources
		The Case of . . .The Vanishing Hours
3: Taking Notes
	Looking Ahead
	Taking Notes in Class
		Prepare: Considering Your Goals
		Organize: Getting the Tools of Notetaking Together
		Journal ReflectionsHow Do I Take Notes?
		Work: Processing—Not Copying—Information
		Try It! 1: Determine Your Listening StylePERSONAL STYLES
		Try It! 2: Outline a Lecture WORKING IN A GROUP
	Strategies for Using Your Notes
		Evaluate: Thinking Critically about Your Notes
		Rethink: Activating Your Memory
		Try It! 3: Evaluate Your Class Notes WORKING IN A GROUP
	Taking Notes as You Study
		Try It! 4: Mapping Your Notes
		Career ConnectionsTaking Notes on the Job: Meetings of the Minds
		Speaking of SuccessColin Powell
		Looking Back
		Key Terms and Concepts
		Resources
		The Case of . . .One Big Mess
4: Taking Tests
	Looking Ahead
	Getting Ready
		Journal ReflectionsHow I Feel about Tests
		Prepare: Readying Your Test-Taking Strategies
		Try It! 1: Measure Your Test-Taking StylePERSONAL STYLES
	Studying for the Test
		Course ConnectionsSpecial Techniques for Dealing with Math Anxiety
		Try It! 2: Complete a Test Preparation Checklist
		Try It! 3: Form a Study Group WORKING IN A GROUP
		Organize: Facing the Day of the Test
	Taking the Test
		Work: Tackling the Test
		Try It! 4: Understand Action Verbs in Essay Questions
		Career ConnectionsTests for a Lifetime
		Evaluate: Taking Your Own Final Examination
		Rethink: The Real Test of Learning
		Try It! 5: Take a Test-Taking TestWORKING IN A GROUP
		Speaking of SuccessAlexis Christina Brice
		Looking Back
		Key Terms and Concepts
		Resources
		Answers to the Items in Try it! 5
		The Case of . . .The Big Freeze
5: Reading and Remembering
	Looking Ahead
	Sharpen Your Reading and Memory Skills
		Journal ReflectionsMy Reading Preferences
		Prepare: Approaching the Written Word
		Try It! 1: Discover How Advance Organizers Help
		Try It! 2:  Create an Advance Organizer
		Organize: Gathering the Tools of the Trade
		Try It! 3: Discover Your Attention SpanPERSONAL STYLES
	Work: Getting the Most Out of Your Reading and Using Proven Strategies to Memorize New Material
		Course ConnectionsTextbook Tips: Starting Off on the Right Page
		Try It! 4: Mark Up a Book Page WORKING IN A GROUP
		Try It! 5: Do-It-Yourself Acronyms and AcrosticsWORKING IN A GROUP
		Try It! 6: The Memory Game
	Evaluate: What Does It Mean? What Do I Know?
		Career ConnectionsThe Job of Reading
		Rethink: Getting It the Second Time
		Speaking of SuccessCynthia Jason
		Looking Back
		Key Terms and Concepts
		Resources
		The Case of . . .The Way He Studies
6: Choosing Your Courses and Academic Program
	Looking Ahead
	Making Academic Choices
		Prepare: Becoming Familiar with Your Options and Requirements
		Try It! 1: Get to Know Your College Advisor
		Organize: Examining What You Have Done and What You Need to Do
		Try It! 2: Create a List of Required CoursesWORKING IN A GROUP
	Work: Choosing the Next Term’s Courses
		Course ConnectionsWhat Are Courses Really Like? The Covert College Catalog
		Evaluate: Deciding Whether You Are in the Classes You Need
		Try It! 3: Choose Your Courses
		Rethink: Learning What You Love and Loving What You Learn
		Try It! 4: Reflect on Your College ExperienceWORKING IN A GROUP
	Choosing Your Academic Program
		Try It! 5: Explore Service Learning OpportunitiesWORKING IN A GROUP
		Journal ReflectionsFocusing on Your Interests
		Try It! 6: Identify Major AttractionsPERSONAL STYLES
		Career ConnectionsChoosing a Job That’s Right for You
		Speaking of SuccessAtiya J. Jacobs
		Looking Back
		Key Terms and Concepts
		Resources
		The Case of . . .Program Interference
7: Technology, Distance Learning, and Information Literacy
	Looking Ahead
	You and Technology
		Journal ReflectionsCould I Live without Technology?
		Course ConnectionsGetting the Most Out of Instructors’ PowerPoint Presentations
		Try It! 1:  Using E-Mail Netiquette
	Distance Learning: Classes without Walls
		Try It! 2: Assess Your Course-Taking StylePERSONAL STYLES
		Try It! 3: Get Some Distance on the ProblemWORKING IN A GROUP
		Prepare: Identifying Distance Learning Course Possibilities
		Organize: Obtaining Access to Technology and Other Critical Resources
		Work: Participating in a Distance Learning Class
		Try It! 4: Complete an Online Readiness Checklist
		Evaluate: Considering Your “Classroom” Performance
		Rethink: Reflecting on How and What You Have Learned
	Finding Facts: Developing Information Literacy
		Try It! 5: Work the Web: Information, Please!
		Career ConnectionsUsing the Web at Work
		Speaking of SuccessTom Hanks
		Looking Back
		Key Terms and Concepts
		Resources
		The Case of . . .Caught in the Web
8: Transfer Strategies: Making the Leap from Community College to a  Four-Year School
	Looking Ahead
	Mastering the Transfer Process
		Prepare: Making the Decision to Transfer
		Career ConnectionsThe Career Benefits of Transferring
		Try It! 1: Why Consider a Transfer?
		Organize:  Getting It Together: Determining Where to Transfer
		Journal ReflectionsShould I Transfer?
		Work: Applying to a Four-Year College
		Try It! 2:  Your Transfer Preferences
		Course ConnectionsDocumenting Your Courses
		Try It! 3: Following the Application Trail
		Evaluate: Assessing Your Options
		Rethink: Reconsidering Your Choices
		Try It! 4:  Assessing Your Options
	Making the Most of Your Transfer Credits
	Making the Move: Mastering the Transition from Old to New College
		Try It! 5: Absorbing the Shock of a Transfer
		Speaking of SuccessTyrell M. Garner
		Looking Back
		Key Terms and Concepts
		Resources
		The Case of . . .The Undercover College Man
9: Diversity and Your Relationships
	Looking Ahead
	Living in a World of Diversity
		Try It! 1: Determine the Diversity of Your College Community
		Prepare: Accepting Diversity as a Valued Part of Your Life
		Organize: Exploring Your Own Prejudices and Stereotypes
		Career ConnectionsDiversity in the Workplace
		Journal ReflectionsThinking about Race and Ethnicity
		Try It! 2: Check Your Stereotype QuotientWORKING IN A GROUP
	Work: Developing Cultural Competence
		Evaluate: Checking Your Progress in Attaining Cultural Competence
		Course ConnectionsDiversity in the Classroom
		Rethink: Understanding How Your Own Racial, Ethnic, and Cultural Background Affects Others
	Building Lasting Relationships
		Try It! 3: Understand Your Relationship StylePERSONAL STYLES
		Try It! 4: Switch “You” to “I” WORKING IN A GROUP
		Speaking of SuccessMigdy Gonzalez
		Looking Back
		Key Terms and Concepts
		Resources
		The Case of . . .The Lose–Lose Team
10: Money Matters
	Looking Ahead
	Building a Financial Philosophy
		Journal ReflectionsMy Sense of Cents
	Managing Your Money
		Try It! 1: 1 Discover Your Personal Financial Philosophy
		Career ConnectionsBudgeting on the Job
		Prepare: Identifying Your Financial Goals
		Try It! 2: Identify Your Financial GoalsWORKING IN A GROUP
		Organize: Determining Your Expenditures and Income
		Work: Making a Budget That Adds Up
		Try It! 3: Determine Your Saving StylePERSONAL STYLES
		Evaluate: Reviewing Your Budget
		Rethink: Reconsidering Your Financial Options
		Try It! 4: Maintain Your Interest
		Try It! 5: Learn What Your Credit History Shows
	Paying for College
		Course ConnectionsGetting the Most Out of Your Classes: How Cutting Classes Costs
		Speaking of SuccessAlida Thao
		Looking Back
		Key Terms and Concepts
		Resources
		The Case of . . .Creative Financing
11: Juggling: Stress, Family, and Work
	Looking Ahead
	Living with Stress
		Journal ReflectionsHow I Cope with Stress
		Prepare: Readying Yourself Physically
		Try It! 1: Assess Your Susceptibility to Stress-Related Illness
		Organize: Identifying What Is Causing You Stress
		Work: Developing Effective Coping Strategies
		Try It! 2: Look for the Silver Lining: working in a group
		Evaluate: Asking if Your Strategies for Dealing with Stress Are Effective
		Rethink: Placing Stress in Perspective
	Keeping Well: Physical Health
		Try It! 3: Evaluate Your Eating Habits
		Course ConnectionsStaying Alert in Class
	Keeping Well: Mental Health
		Career ConnectionsAnticipating Job Stress
		Speaking of SuccessIsaiah Tunnelo
		Looking Back
		Key Terms and Concepts
		Resources
		The Case of . . .The Pile-Up
12: Careers
	Looking Ahead
	Career Planning
		Journal ReflectionsThinking about Work
		Prepare: Identifying Your Career Goals
		Try It! 1: Identifying Your Long-Term Career Goals
		Organize: Finding Career Opportunities
	Work: Creating a Career Portfolio
		Course ConnectionsInstructors as Career Guides
		Try It! 2: Cataloging Your Personal Historyworking in a group
		Try It! 3: Creating a Résumé
		Evaluate: Getting Feedback on Your Résumé and Cover Letter
		Rethink: Reconsidering Your Career Choices
	Acting on Your Career Plans Your References: Who Says What about You
		Career ConnectionsStarting Over: Once You Have a Job You Want
		Try It! 4: Interviewing
		Speaking of SuccessCarlos A. Arevalo
		Looking Back
		Key Terms and Concepts
		Resources
		The Case of . . .Interviewing Superman
A Final Word
Glossary
Endnotes
Index