To Students -- To Instructors -- You have Arrived: A Primer on
College Life -- Research into Practice -- How Is College Different
from High School? -- Eight Situations You Can Expect to Encounter
Sooner or Later -- Feeling Comfortable With Your Professors and
Advisors -- Real College: Tamara's Transition -- Getting Things Done:
Organizing Yourself and Your Time -- The Basics of Self-Management --
Research into Practice -- The AT Heuristic of Time Management --
Creating a Personalized Schedule -- Planning for Midterms and Finals
-- Real College: Stephanie's Schedule -- Learning About Your
Motivation, Attitudes, and Interests -- What Is Motivation? --
Research into Practice -- What Influences Motivation? -- What
Motivates People? -- Getting Motivated Through Goal Setting --
Staying Motivated -- Changing Attitudes and Interests -- Four Types
of Academic Attitudes -- Maintaining a Positive Attitude -- The Role
of Interests -- Real College: Mario's Misery -- How Beliefs About
Knowledge Impact Learning -- The Five Components of Beliefs That
Influence Learning -- Research into Practice -- Modifying Your
Beliefs -- Real College: College Knowledge -- Identifying and
Handling Stress -- Six Major Sources of Stress -- Research into
Practice -- How Does Stress Affect You? -- Strategies for Reducing
Stress! -- Academic Stress -- Public Speaking Anxiety -- Writing
Anxiety -- Mathematics Anxiety -- Test Anxiety -- Additional Tips for
Reducing Academic Stress -- Real College: Sally's Stress -- How
People Learn -- Characteristics of Active Learners -- Research into
Practice -- The Role of Memory: Two Theories -- The Parts Theory --
The Levels of Processing Theory -- Using Your Senses for Effective
Learning -- Four Factors That Influence Active Learning -- Using Your
Senses for Effective Learning -- Thinking about How You Learn Best --
Engaging All of Your Senses -- Real College: Melissa's Memory --
Figuring Out the Task -- What Is a Task? -- The Type of Activity --
Reasearch into Practice -- The Level of Thinking -- How Is the Task
Communicated? -- Technology in College Classes -- Real College:
Tanya's Task -- Note Taking: Your Task in Class -- The Importance and
Characteristics of Good Lecture Notes -- Reasearch into Practice --
Characteristics of Good Notes -- Taking Good Lecture Notes -- General
Note-Taking Guidelines -- Getting Ready to Take Notes -- Staying
Active During Note Taking -- Active Listening -- Matching Your Notes
to the Task: Four Methods of Note Taking -- Note-Taking Myths -- Real
College: Nate's Notes -- Active Reading -- Warming Up For Reading --
Research into Practice -- Strategies for Warming Up -- Staying Active
During Reading -- Text Annotation -- Studying Your Annotations --
Annotation Pitfalls -- Some Common Concerns about Annotation -- Real
College: Heather's Highlighter -- Rehearsal Strategies --
Understanding Rehearsal -- Research into Practice -- Importance of
Rehearsal -- Two Types of Rehearsal Strategies -- Written Rehearsal
Strategies -- Oral Rehearsal Strategies -- Characteristics of Good
Rehearsal Strategies -- Strategy Selection -- Real College: Frank's
Frustration -- Reviewing Strategies -- Reviewing -- Using Your
Talk-Through Card for Reviewing -- Research into Practice -- The
Importance of Making a Specific Study Plan (SSP) -- Forming Study
Groups -- Improving Your Memory Through Reviewing -- Real College:
Enrico's Excuses -- Preparing for and Taking Objective Exams --
General Test-Preparation Strategies -- Research into Practice --
Objective Exams -- Preparing for Objective Exams -- Organizing for
Objective Exams -- Determining the Level of Thinking Required -- When
the Task Is Memorization: Mnemonic Devices -- When the Task Goes
Beyond Memorization: Higher-Level Thinking -- Taking Objective Exams
-- Follow Through -- Real College: Paulie's Problems -- Preparing for
and Taking Essay and Specialty Exams -- Preparing for Essay Exams --
Research into Practice -- PORPE -- Taking Essay Exams -- A Word About
Identification Items -- Specialized Exams -- Real College: Erica's
Essay -- Research, Resources, and Presentations -- Researching: What
You Need to Know -- Using the Library and Internet to Find
Appropriate Resources -- Research into Practice -- Writing Your
Research Paper -- Citing Your Sources -- Organizing Oral
Presentations -- Technology as a Resource for Studying -- Real
College: Rachel's Research Project -- Flexible Reading and Studying
-- Flexible Reading -- Habits That Slow Reading -- Increasing Your
Reading Speed -- Flexible Studying -- Research into Practice --
Textbook Characteristics -- Real College: Samantha's Schedule --
Sample Psychology Textbook Chapter -- Chapter 4, "States of
Consciousness," from Mastering the World of Psychology / S. E. Wood,
E. G. Wood, D. Boyd -- Sample Biology Textbook Chapter -- Chapter 22,
"Nutrition and Digestion" from Essential Biology with Physiology /
Campbell, et al. -- Sample History Textbook Chapter -- Chapter 26,
"The Nation Divides: The Vietnam War and Social Conflict, 1964-1971,"
from Created Equal, Second Edition / Jones, Wood, et al..
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