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Keys to Effective Learning: Developing Powerful Habits of Mind, CourseSmart eTextbook, 4th Edition

By Carol Carter, Joyce Bishop, Sarah Lyman Kravits

ISBN-10: 0-13-133196-5

ISBN-13: 978-0-13-133196-9What's this?

Published by Prentice Hall

© 2005

Pub. Date: Oct 6, 2004

Format: On-line Supplement

Description

For Study Skills, Student Success, and Freshman Seminar courses.

This book focuses on developing effective learning techniques to help students excel in school, in their careers, and throughout their lives as lifelong learners. Unlike traditional study skills texts, this one emphasizes how students learn effectively by involving them in the active process of mastering their mental abilities and their personal confidence.

 

Students and Faculty alike are encouraged to visit the central website for all Keys franchise materials, www.carterkeys.com, where you can correspond with the author team, view their speaking calendar, benefit from current articles, and more!

Table of Contents

I. GETTING READY TO LEARN.

 1. Welcome to College: Opening Doors.

 2. Self-Awareness: Knowing How You Learn and What You Value.

 3. Goal Setting and Time Management: Mapping Your Course.

 4. Critical and Creative Thinking: Becoming an Active Listener.

II. TARGETING SUCCESS IN SCHOOL.

 5. Reading and Studying: Focusing on Content.

 6. Listening and Memory: Concentrating to Master Knowledge.

 7. Taking Notes: Recording Important Ideas and Information.

 8. Test Taking: Developing a Winning Strategy for Test Success.

 9. Quantitative Learning: Becoming Comfortable with Math and Science.

10. Researching and Writing: Gathering and Communicating Ideas.

III. CREATING LIFE SUCCESS.

11. Relating to Others: Communicating in a Diverse World.

12. Wellness, Career and Money: Building Skills for Life Success.

Answer Key.

Index.

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