Loose-leaf Version for Understanding Your College Experience / Edition 3

by John Gardner, Betsy Barefoot, Kimberly Koledoye

Overview

Understanding Your College Experience  is designed to give the students who need the most support the practical help they need to successfully make the transition to college and get the most out of their time there. For this new edition of the text, John N. Gardner, Betsy O. Barefoot, and Negar Farakish share their commitment to institutions, instructors, and students with new coverage of non-cognitive skills like motivation and resilience alongside the authors’ hallmark authoritative, research-driven approach. Every aspect has been crafted to address the needs of the widest possible range of students, from content coverage and organization, to activities, assessment, and design.

Students and instructors will benefit from our powerful LaunchPad course space including an ebook; a rich trove of videos; LearningCurve, an adaptive, game-like study system; and more. A full package of instructional support materials provides new and experienced instructors all the tools they will need to engage students in this course and increase student retention. Also available: ACES, a nationally norm-referenced student self-assessment of non-cognitive and cognitive skills.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781319107475
Publisher:	Bedford/St. Martin's
Publication date:	10/22/2019
Edition description:	Third Edition
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	8.80(w) x 10.85(h) x 0.55(d)

About the Author

John N. Gardner brings unparalleled experience to students as an author. The recipient of his institution's highest award for teaching excellence, John has over forty years of experience directing and teaching in the most widely emulated first-year seminar in the country, the University 101 course at the University of South Carolina (USC), Columbia. John is universally recognized as one of the country's leading educators for his role in initiating and orchestrating an international reform movement to improve the beginning college experience, a concept he coined as "the first-year experience." He is the founding executive director of the National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition at USC, as well as the Policy Center on the First Year of College and the John N. Gardner Institute for Excellence in Undergraduate Education (www.jngi.org), both based in Brevard, N.C.
 

Betsy O. Barefoot is a writer, researcher, and teacher whose special area of scholarship is the first-year seminar. During her tenure at USC from 1988 to 1999, she served as co-director for research and publications at the National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition. She also taught University 101 and graduate courses on the first-year experience and the principles of college teaching. She conducts first-year seminar faculty training workshops around the world and is frequently called on to evaluate first-year seminar outcomes. Betsy is co-director and senior scholar in the Policy Center on the First Year of College and Vice President of the John N. Gardner Institute for Excellence in Undergraduate Education both in Brevard, N.C. In her Policy Center role she led a major national research project to identify institutions of excellence in the first college year. She currently works with both two- and four-year campuses in evaluating all components of the first year.
 
Negar Farakish currently serves as the Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of American Honors at Union County College in New Jersey and teaches as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Teachers College, Columbia University. She has served in various administrative and faculty positions at a number of community colleges and is familiar with the student population at these institutions. She has worked with students from diverse backgrounds and is fully aware of their academic and non-academic needs. Negar possesses a doctorate degree in Higher and Post-secondary Education from Teachers College, Columbia University.

Table of Contents

Part I: Welcome to Your College Experience
Chapter 1: The Essentials for College Success
  The College Experience
  Setting Goals for Achieving Your Purpose
  Academic Planning
  Making the Transition by Connecting with Others
Chapter 2: Cultivating Motivation, Resilience, and Emotional Intelligence
  The Importance of Motivation Attitude and Mindset
  Resilience
  Understanding Emotional Intelligence
  How Emotions Influence Success and Well-Being
Chapter 3: Managing Time, Energy, and Money
  Managing Your Time
  Managing Your Energy
  Managing Your Money
Chapter 4: Discovering How You Learn
  How People Learn
  The VARK Learning Styles Inventory
  The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
  Multiple Intelligences
  When Learning Styles and  Teaching Styles Conflict
  Learning with a Learning Disability

Part II: Succeeding in College
Chapter 5: Getting the Most Out of Class
  Become Engaged in Learning
  Engage before Class and between Class Meetings
  Participate in Class
  Take Effective Notes
Chapter 6: Reading to Learn from College Textbooks
  A Plan for Active Reading
  Strategies for Reading Textbooks
  Improving Your Reading
Chapter 7: Studying, Understanding, and Remembering
  Studying in College: Making Choices and Concentrating
  How Memory Works
  Improving Your Memory
  Studying to Understand and Remember
Chapter 8: Taking Tests Successfully
  Getting Ready
  Taking the Test
  Types of Tests
  Types of Questions
  Overcoming Test Anxiety
  Cheating and Plagiarism
Chapter 9: Collecting, Evaluating, and Using Information
  Information Literacy
  Choosing, Narrowing, and Researching a Topic
  Using the Library
  Evaluating Sources
  Using Your Research in Writing
  The Writing Process
  Using Your Research in Presentations.

Part III: Your Path to Success in College and Beyond
Chapter 10: Thinking Critically
  College-Level Thinking
  Developing Strong Thinking Skills
  Applying Your Critical-Thinking Skills
  Bloom’s Taxonomy and the First Year of College
Chapter 11: Maintaining Wellness and Relationships in a Diverse World
  Understanding Wellness
  Managing Your Relationships
  Thriving in Diverse Environments
Chapter 12: Making the Right Career Choice
  Careers and the New Economy
  Self-Exploration in Career Planning
  Planning for Your Career
  Getting Experience
  Job Search Strategies
  Skills Employers Seek
  Staying on the Path to Success