Becoming A Master Student Telecourse Study Guide, Tenth Edition David Ellis,
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
ISBN: 0618232842
DDC: 371
Edition: Paperback; 2002-07-25
Summary:
Becoming a Master Student consistently gives students a framework for
examining their lives from a self-discovery perspective, and the
Tenth Edition continues this student-created, value-based approach to
life and learning. The relevant articles, strategies, and exercises
throughout the text help students understand their own strengths and
weaknesses, set goals, and practice academic and life skills.
Students are inspired and motivated to acquire and develop the skills
needed for success in college and throughout life.The Course Manual
for instructors offers detailed support for each topic in the text
and is tied to the HM ClassPrep CD-ROM, which provides text-specific
tools, such as teaching tips, exercises, quizzes, and chapter-related
web links.Student Voices features in every chapter connect former
students with current ones, showing how the skills within the text
can be applied to real life.Workplace Applications exercises help
students learn how to apply their academic time management skills in
their future careers.Parts of chapters 9 and 10 have been combined
into a succinct chapter on effective communication through writing
and speaking.A new chapter on effective financial strategies and
resources includes an article offering suggestions on paying off
student loans and preventing credit card debt.Updated coverage
includes new web links and web related exercises; specific strategies
for improving reading speed, comprehension, and retention; articles
and exercises on diversity; and more strategies for avoiding
procrastination.Updated Master Student Profiles include Greg
Louganis, Student Success scholarship winner Suny Urrutia Moore, and
Isabel Allende.Improved coverage of learning styles includes updated
explanations and terminology in the Learning Style Inventory feature.
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