Personalized Learning with MyStudentSuccessLab (www.mystudentsuccesslab.com), a title-specific course, is available in an updated (2015) version. The course includes an eText; book-specific Chapter Quiz, Midterm, and Final exam assessments; and alignment of the Learning Path to the table of contents in the text. It offers new and revised module content, enhanced Conley Readiness Index (CRI) reporting, Learning Catalytics(tm) interactive response tool, Media Share file loading tool for video-based assignments, and improved accessibility. This learning outcomes-based technology promotes student engagement through the following: NEW! Conley Readiness Index (CRI), a research-based behavioral diagnostic, developed by Dr. David T. Conley, measures readiness around a skill set and builds ownership of learning.
A Full Course Pre- and Post-Diagnostic test, based on Bloom''s Taxonomy, is linked to key learning objectives in each topic. Each individual topic in the Learning Path offers a Pre- and Post-Test dedicated to that topic, an Overview of objectives to build vocabulary and repetition, access to Video interviews to learn about key issues ''by students, for students'', Practice exercises to improve class prep and learning, and Graded Activities to build critical-thinking skills and develop problem-solving abilities. Student Resources include Finish Strong 247 YouTube videos, Calculators, and Professionalism/Research & Writing/Student Success tools. NEW! Highly engaging, new videos in every module present key concepts humorously and memorably, with follow-up questions to test students'' understanding and application of the content. NEW! "Risk and Reward" assignments are included in each module to allow students to apply what they have learned and evaluate their progress throughout the course. NEW! Employability Capstone Activities are available for assignment in each module. These activities are designed to help students apply what they are learning to the real world and to their employment search after college. NEW! Overviews have been revised for stronger student usability, including a "Status Check" feature, which helps students understand where they are at this point in their lives and how they can move forward.
NEW! Updated Writing Assignments include an online rubric for ease of grading. NEW! Midterm and Final Exam tests are available to assign. NEW! Chapter Quizzes now reside within each module, rather than in a separate Quiz module. Quizzes are a mix of multiple-choice and true/false questions. College Connection to Career and Life Goals : Infused with risk and reward . NEW! Risk and Reward Theme . To be rewarded with goal achievement in the fast-paced information age, students must take calculated, productive risks. The benefit of risks small (putting in the work your courses require) and large (aiming for a degree in a tough major, working toward a challenging career) is learning transferable skill building, persistence, and confidence.
(Ex. -- In every chapter.) NEW! Inspiring, motivating case studies focused on risk and reward. Students derive motivation from reading about how others have taken risks, gotten through struggles, overcome challenges, and earned rewards. Each chapter begins with a case study focusing on a personal challenge and details the risk taken to face and surmount it. The closing section at the end of each chapter finishes the story and shows the reward earned at that time and the rewards that the person has subsequently gained from continued risk and effort. This section also relates the story to the reader''s life and challenges them to think expansively about how to make personal improvements related to the chapter. (Ex.
- Beginning and end of each chapter, ie.-opening two-page chapter spread.) Learning Styles and Personality Styles coverage --Thoroughly integrated in each chapter, includes in-depth coverage of Multiple Intelligences and Myers-Briggs based Personality Spectrum plus a discussion of VAK. Offers two complete assessments and discusses ways students can use what they learn about their abilities and talents (Gardner''s Multiple-Intelligences-based assessment) and how they interact with others (Myers-Briggs-based assessment). Provides specific strategies to play to strengths, compensate for weaknesses, and build study skills. Multiple Intelligence Strategies Grids --One in each chapter, beginning with Chapter 5. Each chapter''s grid focuses on a particular chapter-related topic, such as reading, and also provides students with an opportunity to apply the strategies. Application exercise provides students with a concrete way to use the skills they have just learned and builds their ability to apply their Multiple Intelligences knowledge to the chapter topic.
A Quick Start to College --A resource guide at the beginning of the text. Covers essential need-to-know-first topics, such as getting oriented, resources (human and other), financial aid, registration, computer services, getting involved with extracurricular activities, and more. Provides a convenient mini-handbook with helpful information that helps them feel connected right at the start of school. Coverage of 21st Century Skills findings from a partnership of educators and business people who have discovered skills that recent graduates lack but employers require and reward. Keys develops those skills-including teamwork, communication, innovation, and personal accountability. Thinking Skills coverage NEW! Brain-based learning and metacognition. Cites research on building intelligence, the science of learning, the changes in the brain that happen when you remember, the cost of switch-tasking, brain development in adolescence and early adulthood, and more. This information builds student metacognition.
(Ex. - Throughout the book as applicable, ie.-Chapter 1 (introduction), Chapter 5 (thinking), Chapter 7 (memory). REVISED! Successful Intelligence Framework. Builds a comprehensive set of analytical, creative, practical thinking skills to empower students to strengthen their command of the problem solving process and take practical action. (Ex. - Introduced in Chapter 1; expounded upon in thinking chapter (Chapter 5); in-chapter exercises ( Get Analytical, Get Creative, Get Practical ). REVISED! In-chapter exercises focused on analytical, creative, critical thinking, and financial literacy.
These exercises give readers a chance to apply a chapter idea or skill to their personal needs and situations in a particular type of thinking. (Ex. - In each chapter, ie.-Chapter 2.) Get Analytical builds analytical thinking skills Get Creative builds creative thinking skills Get Practical builds practical thinking skills The NEW exercise Get $mart builds financial literacy REVISED! End-of-chapter exercises, each with a distinctive practical goal . Re-titled and revised, targeted to develop a particular skill to have readers perform a chapter-related task that has specific personal value. (Ex. - End of chapter, ie.
-Chapter 5.) Know It builds critical thinking skills Write It builds emotional intelligence and practical writing skills Work It builds career readiness Tailored to the Two Year Program experience NEW! Citations of groundbreaking work on motivation as well as current research on a variety of topics. Citations add to credibility of author voice as they support ideas with research, provide the "why" behind the "what to do", and make the book relevant to today''s students. They also reflect the substance of these topics to readers who may enter the course thinking it is "lightweight". (Ex. - Throughout the book, ie.-Citations of work by Robert Sternberg, Carol Dweck, and Martin Seligman in Chapter 1.) REVISED! Student profile.
A profile of a current student shows how the student values a particular chapter-related skill and uses it in the workplace. (Ex. - In each chapter, ie.-Chapter 6.) REVISED! "Status Check" self-assessment. Readers gain more learning from a chapter if they start with an overview of the material; however, few students deliberately skim for that overview. This self-assessment provides a low-stakes way to grasp the scope of the chapter and think about where growth is needed. (Ex.
- Beginning of each chapter, following the case study, ie.-Chapter 7.) NEW! New chapter on ''College Life and Resources''. This chapter includes creating a "well-rounded" experience, accessing supportive resources, topics for students commuting to campus, and details about different ways to get involved and connected to campus. Coverage of teamwork and study groups is included here. (Ex. - Chapter 1.) REVISED! Expanded topics relevant to today''s student experience.
Topics new to this edition the value of education (Chapter 1), learned optimism (Chapter 1), the distractions of technology (Chapter 2), multi-tasking vs. switch-tasking (Chapter 2), anxiety disorders (Chapter 9), staying safe on campus (Chapter 9), final exams (Chapter 8), informational interviews (Chapter 12). REVISED! Alignment of Learning Objectives. Learning objectives, appearing at the beginning of each chapter, are restructured to align more closel.