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Learning Skills for College and Life

	Author: David L. Watson Publisher: Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning, c2001 Discription: xxv, 342 p.: ill.; 28 cm.. ISBN: 0534561616 (alk. paper) Location: KCC Library - Reserve Collection (Circulation Desk) Call Number: LB2395 .W39 2001
Subject(s) Study skills Handbooks, manuals, etc. Life skills Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Summary LEARNING SKILLS FOR COLLEGE AND LIFE is devoted to the self-development of learning skills. Students learn how to deal with psychological stumbling blocks, to cope with their ambivalence and anxiety about learning skills, to solve problems, to structure the environment to encourage desired behavior, to take small steps, and to get feedback on their progress. It is easy to tell first-year students what to change but it is challenging to explain how to change. David Watson meets this challenge. Speaking more as a mentor than an academician, Watson shows the reader how to carry out self-change projects to build new skills.
Table of Contents Part 1: Getting Started - 1 Chapter 1 School's Hidden Agenda: Learning Strategies - 3 Part II: Time Management: How to Control Your Time and Life - 19 Chapter 2 Your Goals for Your Life - 21 Chapter 3 Planning to Meet Your Goals - 33 Chapter 4 Taking Action - 49 Part III: Being There: Important Basics - 65 Chapter 5 Attitudes about Yourself and Others - 67 Chapter 6 Class Attendence, Note Taking, and Participation - 85 Chapter 7 Critical Thinking - 99 Part IV: Reading and Research: Exercise for the Mind - 109 Chapter 8 Increasing Reading Skill - 111 Chapter 9 Strategies for Reading Well - 127 Chapter 10 Using Libraries and Computers for Research - 147 Part V: Studying: Work Smarter, Not Harder - 161 Chapter 11 Concentrating on Your Work - 163 Chapter 12 Making Materials Meaningful - 171 Chapter 13 Organizing for Better Memory - 187 Chapter 14 Studying in Special Situations: Mnemonics, Math, Science, and Literature - 201 Part VI: Taking Tests: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly - 211 Chapter 15 Preparing for Tests - 213 Chapter 16 Staying Calm and Focused - 225 Chapter 17 During and after the Test - 235 Part VII: Improving Verbal Skills: Gaining Control over Words - 249 Chapter 18 Gaining Control over Written Words - 251 Chapter 19 Gaining Control over Spoken Words - 273 Chapter 20 Increasing Your Vocabulary - 281 Chapter 21 Spelling: Putting Your Best Foot Forward - 291 Part VIII Lifelong Learning - 307 Chapter 22 Lifelong Learning - 309 Notes - 325 Index - 339
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