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Contents INTRODUCTION CHAPTER ONE BECOMING PART OF A SCHOLARLY COMMUNITY * The Professor and Student Contract * Intellectual Curiosity * Active vs. Passive Learning * Collaboration * Doing Research * Plagiarism and Intellectual Property * Claiming an Education CHAPTER TWO DEVELOPING ACADEMIC SELF-CONCEPT * Relating to Your Family and Culture: How Your Academic Self-Concept has been Developing Up to Now * Relating to Your New Peers * Relating to Your New Environment CHAPTER THREE PLANNING AND PRIORITIZING * Time Management and Academic Goal Setting * Time Management and College Success * Self-Regulating Your Own Learning * How to Manage Your Time * Motivation and Procrastination CHAPTER FOUR DEVELOPING METACOGNITIVE SKILLS * Why Should I Change? * Student Attitudes Toward Learning * Approaches to Learning o Identify your learning style. o Writing to learn and journal writing can help you better understand how you learn. o Portfolio development is another useful metacognitive activity. o Text annotation encourages active reading. CHAPTER FIVE DEVELOPING COMMUNICATION SKILLS * Writing Products Versus The Writing Process * Using Feedback to Best Advantage * Participating in Class Discussion * Writing the Research Paper * Making In-Class Presentations CHAPTER SIX COMBINING READINGS AND NOTES FOR OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE IN LECTURES AND ON EXAMS * The Components of Test Preparation o Be aware of course objectives. o Take comprehensive notes. o Connect important ideas. o Gather internal feedback. o Coordinate your class/lecture notes with your reading notes. o To read actively, take notes before you read. o Study with a group. * Benefits of Employing These Approaches to Studying * Approaches to Test Taking o Here is some advice for taking multiple-choice exams. o Here is some advice for responding to true/false questions. o In-class essay exams don't have to be so daunting. o Here is some advice for responding to true/false questions. o In-class essay exams don't have to be so daunting. * Self-Evaluation of Preparedness for Tests and Exams
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Study skills.
Learning, Psychology of.
Academic achievement.
College student orientation.