Become the Higher Learner: Your Guide to Success at Salt Lake Community College

Häftad, Engelska, 2019

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Written for college success, or first year experience (FYE), courses with college-level learning outcome objectives. Learners are given an orientation to the college and to college culture, followed by theoretical foundations of higher education and strategies for success. The text emphasizes the interdisciplinary nature of higher education.

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Utgivningsdatum2019-07-16
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor277
Upplaga4
FörlagKendall/Hunt Publishing Co ,U.S.
ISBN9781524993832

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To the LearnerTo the ProfessorWhy Adopt This Text?About the AuthorCHAPTER 1: Freshman OrientationDiscover Higher LearningInterdisciplinary StudyCollege AwarenessProfessorial ReconnaissanceOnline ClassesThe Course TextbookThe Course SyllabusCourseworkThe Learning PortfolioClass Scheduling and Contact TimeCreating Your Class ScheduleFinals WeekMaking Time for Higher LearningGrades MatterNo ExcusesBe ResourcefulMoney MattersCHAPTER 2: Taking Effective NotesNote-Taking in TheoryNote-Taking in PracticeSummarizing, Paraphrasing, and Marking up a BookFormalized Note-Taking SystemsWho Takes Notes When You're Not There?Note-Taking and the ADA Final ThoughtsCHAPTER 3: Mind of the Higher LearnerSensationPerceptionIntelligencePersonalityA Mantra for SuccessEverything Is RelativeOwnership Is the KeyCHAPTER 4: Framing Higher EducationBloom's TaxonomyNo Domain Stands AloneSummarizing Bloom's TaxonomyThe Truth about Learning StylesThe Adult Learning CycleKnowledge as a Shelf LifeCHAPTER 5: Thinking EffectivelyDevelop Meta-Cognitive StrategiesReason and Meta-CognitionIs It Logical?Am I Creative?CHAPTER 6: Motivation for Higher LearningWhat Is Motivation?Content versus ProcessExploring Content TheoriesExploring Process TheoriesOther Motivational ModelsCHAPTER 7: Memory Systems and ProcessesThe Long and Short of ItLong-Term MemoryRecallEncoding and DecodingIntegrating Memory SystemMnemonicsMemory and Recall as a Way of LifeCHAPTER 8: Assessment in Higher EducationInstitutional AssessmentFormative AssessmentSummative AssessmentAssessment in the ClassroomTest AnxietyThis Is Not a TrickObjective versus Subjective TestingWriting the Essay ResponseFollow DirectionsChoices, Choices, ChoicesA Few Nuts and BoltsAlways Review Your Test ResultsDon't Get SmartFinal ThoughtsCHAPTER 9: Reading for Higher EducationForm a PartnershipQuestion EverythingBreak It DownNote-Taking and ReadingThe Meaning of WordsHow Written Ideas Are OrganizedContext Shapes MeaningUnderstand What You ReadSkim before ReadingSee the ForestSpeed ReadingReading across the DisciplinesReading with a SystemThe Next Generation Reading System: SQVRCHAPTER 10: Writing for Higher EducationTask versus TimeYour Purpose for WritingFunctionEradicate Misplaced ModifiersAmbiguity Is a ProblemAmbiguity Is Your Best FriendBring It to LifeHey, Slow Down a BitLength and FormatWriting across the DisciplinesKnow the RulesInternational AffairsBend the RulesRevise Your Work Writer's Reference to the RescueProofread Your Work CHAPTER 11: Presenting for Higher Education Don't Let Unknowns Derail YouPurpose of PresentingHow Should You Organize It?Targeting Your AudienceMaterialMethodsTips for Effective PresentationsHave FunAPPENDIX: Logical Fallacies GLOSSARYINDEXIMAGE CREDITS