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The 8th edition of College and Career Success by Marsha Fralick features topics on college, career, and lifelong success. This textbook helps students choose a major that matches their interests and personal strengths. The latest research on motivation, mindset, and grit is used to help students persist and complete their education. It provides the basic skills for success in college and throughout life.
College & Career Success:
- incorporates the latest research on motivation, positive psychology, mindset, and grit to improve the persistence rate of college students.
- helps students choose a major by assessing their personality types, multiple intelligences, emotional intelligence, interests, and values.
- contains information on current career trends, career outlook, the career decision making process, educational planning, and using social media for finding employment.
- includes an online portfolio with career assessment results and links to the O*Net database for career research.
- translates the latest research in psychology, education, and neuroscience into practical learning strategies for students.
- emphasizes the need for math success and provides practical strategies for studying math.
- helps students think positively about the future, clarify what happiness means to them, and work toward attaining happiness in life.
- has interactive online instructor resources.
College & Career Success will enhance student learning through:
- interactive activities that engage students in learning.
- frequent quizzes and answer keys.
- journal entries.
- individual and group activities.
- the accompanying College Success 1 website located at www.collegesuccess1.com contains faculty and student resources including interactive classroom exercises, handouts, video suggestions, PowerPoint, test bank, Word documents for the journal entries, Internet links to supplemental content, and much more.
Marsha Fralick has also developed a Concise Version for 1- and 2-credit courses. College and Career Success - Concise
PART I Career Success
1 Understanding Motivation
Learning Objectives
What Do I Want from College?
What Is the Value of a College
Education?
Choosing a Major and Career
How to Be Motivated
Your Mindset Makes a Difference
Grit: A Powerful Tool for Student
Success
Thinking Positively about the Future
Find Something Interesting in Your
Studies
Avoid Multi-tasking
Intrinsic or Extrinsic Motivation
Locus of Control
Other Ways to Improve Motivation
Success Is a Habit
Eight Steps to Change a Habit
Keys to Success: Persistence
Notes
Exercises
2 Exploring Your Personality
and Major
Learning Objectives
Choose a Major That Matches Your Gifts
and Talents
Understanding Personality Types
Extraversion or Introversion
Sensing or Intuition
Thinking or Feeling
Judging or Perceiving
Personality and Career Choice
Personality and Preferred Work
Environment
More on Personality Type
Other Factors in Choosing a Major
Keys to Success: Find Your Passion
Notes
Exercises
3 Exploring Multiple Intelligences,
Interests, and Values
Learning Objectives
Exploring Multiple Intelligences
Build on Your Strengths
Using Emotional Intelligence
in Your Personal Life and
Career
Exploring Your Interests
Realistic
Investigative
Artistic
Social
Enterprising
Conventional
Interests and Lifestyle
Using Values to Make Important Life
Decisions
Making Good Decisions
Steps in Making a Career
Decision
Making a Planful Decision
Keys to Success: Act on Your Values
Notes
Exercises
4 Planning Your Career and
Education
Learning Objectives
Keep Your Eyes on the Future
Baby Boomers, Generation X,
the Millennials and the New
Generation Z
Developments Affecting Future
Careers
Career Trends for 2020
Work Skills for the 21st Century
Foundation Skills
Thinking Skills
Workplace Competencies
How to Research Your Career
Career Descriptions
Career Outlook
Planning Your Education
Finding Employment
Get Started with a Resume and Cover
Letter
Establishing Your Personal Brand
Online
Using Online Tools
The Job Interview
Keys to Success: Life Is a Dangerous
Opportunity
Notes
Exercises
PART II College Success
5 Managing Time and Money
Learning Objectives
What Are My Lifetime Goals?
A Goal or a Fantasy?
The ABCs of Time Management
How to Estimate Study and Work
Time
Schedule Your Success
What Is Your Chronotype?
Using a Schedule
If You Dislike Schedules
Manage Your Time with a Web
Application
Time Management Tricks
Divide and Conquer
Do the First Small Step
The 80/20 Rule
Aim for Excellence, Not
Perfection
Make Learning Fun by Finding a
Reward
Take a Break
Learn to Say No Sometimes
Dealing with Time Bandits
Dealing with Procrastination
Why Do We Procrastinate?
Tips for Dealing with
Procrastination
Managing Your Money
How to Become a Millionaire
Budgeting: The Key to Money
Management
Need More Money?
The Best Ideas for Becoming Financially
Secure
Tips for Managing Your Money
Keys to Success: Do What Is Important
First
Notes
Exercises
6 Using Brain Science to Improve
Memory
Learning Objectives
Improving Your Memory
Memory: Short Term Versus Long
Term
Forgetting
Minimizing Forgetting
Practical Memory Techniques
Based on Brain Science
Think Positively about Learning
Develop an Interest
See the Big Picture First
Meaningful Organization
The Magical Number 7 Theory
Visualization
Intend to Remember
Elaboration
Distribute the Practice
Create a Basic Background
Stress and Emotions
Relax While Studying
Using Mnemonics and Other
Memory Tricks
Acrostics
Acronyms
Peg Systems
Loci Systems
Visual Clues
Say It Aloud
Have a Routine
Write It Down
Remembering Names
Optimize Your Brain Power
Keys to Success: Positive
Thinking
Notes
Exercises
7 Using Brain Science to Improve
Study Skills
Learning Objectives
Neuroscience and Practical Learning
Strategies
Visual Learning Strategies
Audio Learning Strategies
Tactile Learning Techniques
Kinesthetic Learning Strategies
Olfactory Learning Strategies
Gustatory Learning Strategies
Applying Memory Strategies to
Reading
A Study System for Reading a College
Textbook: SQ4R
Reading Strategies for Different
Subjects
Improving Reading Concentration
E-Learning Strategies
Guidelines for Marking Your
Textbook
How To Be Successful in Your Math
Courses
A Student Perspective: How to Be
Successful in Math
Keys to Success: Create Your
Success
Notes
Exercises
8 Taking Notes, Writing, and
Speaking
Learning Objectives
Why Take Notes?
The College Lecture
How to Be a Good Listener
Tips for Good Note Taking
Note-Taking Systems
The Cornell Format
The Outline Method
The Mind Map
Taking Notes in Math
Improving Note-Taking
Efficiency
Telegraphic Sentences
Signal Words
How to Review Your Notes
Power Writing
Prepare
Organize
Write
Writer’s Block
Edit and Revise
Final Steps
Effective Public Speaking
Learn to Relax
Preparing and Delivering Your
Speech
Keys to Success: Be Selective
Notes
Exercises
9 Test Taking
Learning Objectives
Preparing for Tests
Attend Every Class
Distribute the Practice
Schedule a Time and a Place for
Studying
Test Review Tools
Reviewing Effectively
Predicting Test Questions
Preparing for an Open-
Book Test
Emergency Procedures
Ideas That Don’t Work
Dealing with Test Anxiety
Dealing with Math Anxiety
Math Tests
Taking Tests
True-False Tests
Multiple-Choice Tests
Matching Tests
Sentence-Completion or
Fill-in-the-Blank Tests
Essay Tests
What to Do When Your Test Is
Returned
Keys to Success: Be Prepared
Notes
Exercises
PART III Lifelong Success
10 Communication
and Relationships
Learning Objectives
Understanding Your Personal
Communication Style
Introvert and Extravert Types
Sensing and Intuitive Types
Feeling and Thinking Types
Judging and Perceptive Types
Communication for Success
Problems in Communication
How to Be a Good Listener
Helpful Communication in a Crisis
Situation
The Language of Responsibility
“I” and “You” Statements
Words Are Powerful
Negative Self-Talk
Barriers to Effective
Communication
Dealing with Conflict
Friendships
Roommates
Relationships
Relationships between Men and
Women
How to Survive the Loss of a
Relationship
Keys to Success: Failure Is an Opportunity
for Learning
Notes
Exercises
11 Thinking Critically and
Creatively
Learning Objectives
Critical Thinking
Fallacies in Reasoning
How to Become a Critical Thinker
The Critical Thinking Process
Tips for Critical Thinking
Critical Thinking over the
Internet
How to Recognize a Scam
Critical Thinking and Moral
Reasoning
What Is Creativity?
The Three S’s of Creativity: Sensitivity,
Synergy, and Serendipity
Creative Thinking Techniques
Acquiring Wisdom and
Knowledge
Keys to Success: Learn to
Laugh at Life
Notes
Exercises
12 Maintaining a Healthy
Lifestyle
Learning Objectives
Life Expectancy
Balance Nutrition and Exercise for Good
Health
How to Lose Weight
Avoiding Addictions to Smoking, Alcohol,
and Other Drugs
Smoking Tobacco: A Leading
Cause of Preventable Illness
and Death
Alcohol
Other Drugs
Protecting Yourself from Sexual
Assault 354
Protecting Yourself from HIV/AIDS and
Other Sexually Transmitted
Infections
Getting Enough Sleep
Stress and Relaxation
What Is Stress?
Get Aerobic Exercise
Practice Stress-Reducing
Thoughts
Using Mindfulness to Relax
Psychological Hardiness
Other Relaxation Techniques
Making Positive Changes in
Your Life
Keys to Success: Live to Be 100
Notes
Exercises
13 Appreciating Diversity
Learning Objectives
Diversity Is Increasing
Why Is Diversity Important?
Vocabulary for Understanding
Diversity
Understanding Diversity
A New Look at Diversity:
The Human Genome Project
Communicating across Cultures
Understanding Sexual
Orientation
How to Appreciate Diversity
Stages of Ethical Development
Stage 1: Dualism
Stage 2: Multiplicity
Stage 3: Relativism
Stage 4: Commitment in
Relativism
Student Perspectives on Diversity
Keys to Success: Diversity Is
Valuable and People Are
Important
Notes
Exercises
14 Thinking Positively about the
Future
Learning Objectives
Thinking Positively about
Your Career
Optimism, Hope, and
Future-Mindedness
Believe in Yourself
The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
Positive Self-Talk and
Affirmations
Visualize Your Success
Successful Beliefs
Secrets to Happiness
Keys to Success: You Are What You
Think
Notes
Exercises
Glossary
Index
Marsha Fralick
Dr. Marsha Fralick has been employed in the field of education for over 47 years, including 37 years of teaching college success courses. She has brought together research in psychology, education, neuroscience, health, and career development to provide students with strategies for college, career, and lifelong success. She has been recognized as an Outstanding First-Year Student Advocate by the National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition for excellence in teaching, curriculum development, and leadership. Her college and career success materials are now used by community colleges and universities nationwide and in Canada. She has a doctorate from the University of Southern California with an emphasis in career counseling, a master’s degree in counseling from the University of Redlands and a bachelor’s degree in Spanish and English from Arizona State University.
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