Your College Experience: Strategies for Success - Softcover

Gardner, John N.; Jewler, A. Jerome; Barefoot, Betsy O.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1413018564 ISBN 13: 9781413018561

Publisher: Wadsworth Pub Co, 2006

Synopsis

The most thoroughly revised edition yet! Featuring extensive revisions to the Learning chapters and a new chapter on memory, YOUR COLLEGE EXPERIENCE, 7e continues its 20-year tradition of providing straightforward, intelligent coverage of the skills students need to succeed in college today. New co-author Betsy Barefoot has updated and added new research materials throughout, and worked to streamline the text. Now only 16 chapters, the book presents more current information in fewer chapters than ever before. Also new to this edition: iLrn College Success! Available with new copies of the book, this innovative teaching tool lets instructors create assignments that students can use to assess their mastery of topics covered in the book. Assignments are automatically graded, providing instructors and students with immediate feedback on student performance. iLrn gives students the power to prioritize and strategically use their study time, while it gives instructors the power to tailor their in-class time to meet their students' most pressing needs. Author John Gardner is a well-known proponent of the first-year seminar and was instrumental is creating the National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition at the University of South Carolina. He and co-authors Jewler and Barefoot continue to write, research, and travel to support the First-Year Experience.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wadsworth Pub Co
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1413018564
• ISBN 13: 9781413018561
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 360