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Community College Experience, Brief Edition, The Plus NEW MyStudentSuccessLab 2012 Update -- Access Card Package - Softcover
For Freshman Orientation, Introduction to College, College Survival, and College Seminar courses. The first book on the market written with the first-time community college student in mind, this text provides basic information as well as encouragement for the non-traditional student―it shows that going to college and balancing work and family can be accomplished without compromising students’ success.
The Community College Experience Brief covers a range of topics from making the transition into college culture, to practicing active learning and study skills, and preparing for a degree and a career. Each chapter, including the return of the time and energy management chapter, explores a major “college survival” topic in depth and provides a wealth of information for anyone who has stepped onto campus for the first time, all in a straightforward, easy-to-read format. The third edition now offers exciting new features such Tech Tactics, using technology and websites to further understanding, and Emotional Intelligence Check-Up, which allows students to explore four key emotional intelligence characteristics that can help them succeed.
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“This is the book that is easy to read and is understandable by multiple age groups and skill levels”
―Rebecca Ingraham, St. Charles Community College
“Easy to read, real world, understandable”
―Gary Corona, Florida State College at Jacksonville
The first book on the market written with the first-time community college student in mind, this text provides basic information as well as encouragement for the non-traditional student–it shows that going to college and balancing work and family can be accomplished without compromising students’ success. It covers a range of topics from making the transition into college culture, to practicing active learning and study skills, and preparing for a degree and a career. Each chapter, including the return of the time and energy management chapter, explores a major “college survival” topic in depth and provides a wealth of information for anyone who has stepped onto campus for the first time, all in a straightforward, easy-to-read format.
NEW and REVISED Features:
- Buzz Boxes - provide additional information with “voices” of students; much like tweets in Twitter or status updates in Facebook, students, professors, and counselors get to say what is on their mind. (In every chapter; Ex. - Chapter 11).
- Emotional Intelligence Check-Up - includes directions and a short scenario that allows students to work through three parts of the process: feeling, thinking, and acting. (In every chapter; Ex. - Chapter 4).
- Tech Tactics - provides information about the immediate technological support colleges offer as well as current technology that can assist in their educational goals with recommended websites for students. (In every chapter. Ex. - Chapter 6).
- Your Terms of Success - gives an overview of common words students will encounter as well as their meanings to help them "speak the language". (In every chapter; Ex. Chapter 1).
- Appendix C: Avoiding Plagiarism - outlines much-needed information about what plagiarism is and how to avoid it in a variety of college settings. (Ex. - After Appendix B).
Relating to Others Exercises - Collaboration exercise renamed so students see the connection in relating. (In every chapter).
Reflection and Critical Thinking Exercises - asks students questions about the material or about how to apply the material to new situations and stop, think, and consider questions. (In every chapter; Ex. - Chapter 4).
Integrity Matters - students explore how integrity–both academic and personal–relates to their own lives and they can reflect on how they act with integrity in all aspects of their college experiences. (In every chapter; Ex. - Chapter 9).
Transfer Tips: From College to University and Transfer Tips: From College to Career - allow students to apply the chapter’s topic to the world beyond the community college and see how these essential tools of college success are building blocks for life fulfillment. (In every chapter; Ex. - Chapter 7).
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- PublisherPrentice Hall
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 0321865391
- ISBN 13 9780321865397
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number3
- Number of pages264
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