Full Description
User-friendly, class tested and authoritatively research-based, Step by Step to College and Career Success offers students proven information and straightforward strategies that they can apply toward their success. This is the briefest title in the Gardner family of books, with a focus on the most crucial skills and the most important choices students make in order to succeed in college and beyond.This is a brief text for students taking first-year experience courses and freshman seminar courses.
Contents
1. Starting Out on the Right Foot.- 2. Cultivating Motivation, Resilience, and Emotional Intelligence.- 3. Managing Your Time.- 4. Understanding How You Learn.- 5. Getting the Most Out of Class.- 6. Reading for Success.- 7. Taking Exams & Tests.- 8. Thinking in College.- 9. Developing Information Literacy and Communication Skills.- 10. Connecting with Others in a Diverse World.- 11. Managing Money.- 12. Staying Healthy.- 13. Considering Majors & Careers.
