All You Really Need to Know: A Student Success System for the Community Colleges
Edition: 4
Copyright: 2009
Pages: 260
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All You Really Need to Know by Ken Burns was written for community college students who are beginning, continuing, or returning to school.
This text is divided into sections that logically follow a community college student's entrance into the collegiate world. This telecourse and text cuts through all of the theories and complicated ideas and gives students all they really need to know to become successful learners, whether they are traditional students or distance learners.
All You Really Need to Know includes Specific Augmentation for the distance learner which highlights specific programs for the new learners who may combine several delivery methods in their quest for a college degree. Telecourse, internet, telenet, and traditional classroom learners have all been included in the contact base used to develop and sharpen the student success techniques.
"A College Success Textbook for the Community College Student"
To the Student
The Community College Student
Unit One
Readiness to Learn
Chapter One: The Beginning
A Course Introduction
Success
Exercise 1.1: Your Definition of Success
Motivation
Exercise 1.2: Your Motivation
Internal and External
"Only You Can Motivate You"
How Can You Increase Your Motivation
Attitude
Who's Responsible?
Chapter Two: Choosing Your Goals
Some Thoughts on Starting Out
Don't Panic
Majors and Such
Developing Your Own Goal System
Long-Range Goals Lead to Immediate Short Range Goals
The Lifeline Exercise
Exercise 2.1: A Short-Term Goal Exercise
Becoming the Best You Can Be
Education as a Goal Process
A Case in Point
Another Way of Looking at the Same Thing
The Process that Leads to Success
First, Make a Plan
Then Follow that Plan
Who's Responsible?
Unit Two:The Tools of Learning
Chapter Three: Time Management-It's about Time Time Management . . . Let's Think about It
Misconceptions about Time
How to Make Time Your Friend and Use It
Exercise 3.1: Time Check Matrix
Summary on "Time"
"To-Do" Lists
Daily and Weekly Planners
The PERT Chart Method
Procrastination
Procrastination, "The Art of Keeping Up with Tomorrow"
Overcoming the Procrastinator in You
A Digression on "NOW"
Who's Responsible?
Student's Weekly Schedule
Exercise 3.2: Monitoring Your Time
Sample Personal Log of Time Usage
Monitoring Your Time
Monitor Summary
Exercise 3.3: Analyzing Your Time
Exercise 3.4: Planning Your Time
Exercise 3.4: Planning Summary
Exercise 3.5: Summary
Chapter Four: The Art of Studying Smarter
The Nuts and Bolts of Being "Smarter"
The Characteristics of Successful Students
The Tried and True Ideas on Studying Techniques
A Short Summary
The Choices of Successful Students
Affirmations of Successful Students
The Guaranteed Way to Study for an Exam
The Technique
The Process
The Next Step
A Quick Review of the Strategy
If Two is Good, Will Three or Four Be Better?
The Study Group
Study Buddies
The Myth of Self-Reliance
Who's Responsible?
Learning Styles
Who's Responsible
Exercise 4.1: Learning Styles Inventory
Exercise 4.2
Exercise 4.3
Exercise 4.4
Concentration in Action
Unit Three: The Skills of Learning
Chapter Five: Reading Skills
Reading-The Key to Learning
An Answer for Poor Reading
Why Am I Doing This?
How Should I Tackle This?
Is There a "Best" Style of Reading?
Skimming and Scanning
When Reading Gets Tough
PQR-W2R
Highlighting and Margin Marking
The Role of the Study Group in Reading
Who's Responsible?
Chapter Six: Note Taking Skills
Some Reasons for Note Taking
Lecture Notes
Observation
Recording: The Cornell Method
A Digression
. . . And Review
Another Digression
Cornell Plus One¨
Cornell Plus One¨ Example
Recap
The Next Review
Summary Study Sheets
Reading Notes
Specific Review - M