Connections: An Insider's Guide to College Success
Helping high school students anticipate and prepare for the transition into higher education.
The primary focus of Connections is on preparing and supporting students through academic and life choices necessary to succeed in college. Personal development, intellectual curiosity, and social acceptance issues interrelate with the academic materials. This text distinctly engages the student, encouraging him or her to implement provided strategies on a daily basis.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Charting Your Path to Success in College
- Taking Responsibility for Your Success
- Using This Text to Find Your Way
- Learning Skills and Styles
- How Do You Learn Best? Identifying Your Learning Style
- Developing Effective Study Strategies
- Reading
- Reading with the SQ3R Method
- Memory Curve
- Practicing Effective Reading
- Writing
- Introduction: The Importance of Writing Well
- The Writing Process
- Reviewing and Proofing
- Listing and Questioning
- The Value of Listening
- Practicing Active Listening
- Building Relationships with Faculty
- Taking Notes
- Note Taking Methods: Cornell, Mapping, Outlining
- Integrating Your Reading and Class Notes
- Making the Most of Your Notes (Avoiding Note-Taking Mistakes)
- Thinking Critically
- The Value of Questioning: Asking "Why?" and "What If?"
- Evaluating Information
- Improving your Critical Thinking Skills
- Studying For and Taking Tests
- Practicing Effective Testing: Before, During, and After the Exam
- Bringing It All Together: Using Notes, Readings, and Study Guides to Prepare for an Exam
- Keeping It Together: Identifying and Managing Test Anxiety
- Your Money
- Creating and Following a Personal Budget
- Building Good Credit: You Can Start Now!
- Becoming a Savvy Spender: Tips for Saving
Specifications
Written by: Jennifer Latino, Sherri Moore, and Scott Moore
Size: 7" x 9"
Page Count: 264 + up to 36 pages of custom class- or school-specific information–such as policies, schedules, requirements or helpful reminders.
Layout Format: Block
Take a Closer Look
Students as active participants in their education and having success in life after high school.
The material in this textbook encourages students to maximize their education and take ownership of their personal success. A comprehensive approach to learning and life experience, the material offers practical guidelines and principles with proven practices to help build habits of success–now and in future endeavors.
Success through planning.
The planner element of this textbook coaches students through the vital role of planning, not only in coursework, but in all aspects of day-to-day activities. Planning leads to well-rounded achievement practices, and research shows that the ability to plan is an indicator of success in higher education.
Focus on behaviors and attitudes.
This textbook encourages students to apply college-level study strategies to their courses and examine how their attitudes and those of their peers directly impact their own success.
Student centered.
Quite simply, this textbook gets used. Students' engagement level with this textbook/planner is unmatched. This is the only textbook that revolves around students' lifestyle and social needs with a writing style that is unique and approachable. The size, format and design are innovative, and all pivot around usability from a student perspective.
Designed by experienced instructors and expert researchers.
This textbook showcases the practical experience of the authors' inclusive careers in teaching and directing college student success courses. It also offers a culmination of decades of research.
Customize it to make it reflect the school mission.
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Focused on topics relevant to all types of students and institutions.
The authors present comprehensive and helpful information about every aspect of the college experience for a variety of student audiences–from students preparing to go to a two-year college or four-year university to students looking into technical colleges to students wishing to head straight into a vocation after school. Topics include critical thinking and active learning, time management, career preparation, relationships and technology.
Timely, relevant topics.
The material focuses on timely information, addressing current world discussions and challenges. It includes practical issues and examples relevant to the context of a student preparing for a major life transition.
What's Included
Chapters:
The textbook section of this planner includes 11 chapters of thorough, but concise, real-world information that is immediately applicable.
Authors:
The authors of this venerated publication, which is filled with practical student advice, have reformatted and augmented its content to be used as part of the Connections textbook/planner. Designed as digestible, weekly and monthly information, students are able to easily put practices into action.
Monthly Calendars:
Valuable and applicable content from 50 Tips: Planning for College Success is provided on monthly calendar pages. Allowing students ample space to record and respond to provided content, this space also allows students to take an overview, month-by-month approach for the upcoming weeks. Goal outcomes can be outlined for better success.
Weekly Calendars:
The weekly calendar pages provide ample space to capture ideas, work on classroom concepts and record important appointments. The weekly calendar pages aid in the development of planning meta skills by utilizing weekly onTRAC® prompts.
Planning Stickers:
A fun way to highlight important dates and events, these stickers are reusable and visually appealing.
onTRAC®:
onTRAC® is an intuitive, flexible system that helps students organize tasks and priorities and, most importantly, manage their time. Think, Record, Act and Check are the four basic steps that help students set and accomplish goals every day.
Resource Pages:
Academic content and reference pages are provided within the planner.
You Also Get
Educator Online Resources:
Educators are supported with additional course materials, presentations, discussion prompts, and activity ideas that align with the textbook/planner program. Educators are supported with an online guide and PowerPoint presentation to help tailor and structure their in-class time with students and make lesson planning easier.
Authors
Dr. Jennifer A. Latino
Dr. Latino works at Campbell University as the Director, First-Year Experience.
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Dr. Sheri B. Moore
Dr. Moore has been working in educational excellence for institutions of higher learning for more than 20 years and is the co-author of 50 Tips: Planning for College Success.
Scott M. Moore
Moore is a recent graduate of Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School and the co-author of 50 Tips: Planning for College Success.
Make It Your Own
Planners are great tools for your students, but why not have them work a little harder for you. Customize them with your school's information, and use them as a continual communication piece between administrators, instructors, students and families.
School Handbook:
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Submitted by kurt on Thu, 08/05/2010 - 9:45am
