Keys to Effective Learning: Habits for College and Career Success

KEY BENEFIT: Challenged by technological, academic, financial, and interpersonal issues, students need the habits of success–persistence, planning, questioning, connecting, coaching–for their professional and personal future. Keys to Effective Learning nurtures these skills in students entering college, particularly those who are under-prepared or need remediation, by focusing carefully on building accountability, teamwork, and critical/creative thinking skills that can be applied to any academic or workplace setting.   KEY TOPICS: Getting Started: Habits for Success in College, Career, and Life; Learning Preferences: Building and Using Self-knowledge; Time and Money: Managing Important Resources; Setting and Reaching Goals: Using Values, Stress Management, and Teamwork; Critical and Creative Thinking: Solving Problems and Making Decisions; Memory and Studying: Retaining What You Learn; Active Reading: Learning from Print and Online Materials; Reading and Information Literacy: Targeted and Critical Strategies; Listening and Note Taking: Taking in and Recording Information; Test Taking I: Test Preparation and Objective Tests; Test Taking II: Essay Tests and Graded Projects; Moving Toward Success: Putting Habits into Action.   MARKET: For anyone interested in effective learning techniques, especially first generation or academically underprepared students who need strong study skills emphasis    

Table of Contents:
  1.        Getting Started 2.        Learning Preferences 3.        Time and Money 4.        Setting and Reaching Goals 5.        Critical and Creative Thinking 6.        Active Reading 7.        Reading and Information Literacy 8.        Listening and Note Taking 9.        Memory and Studying 10.      Test Taking I 11.      Test Taking II 12.      Moving Toward Success

About the Author :
Carol Carter has spent her entire career in the business world, where she has a track record of success in corporate America, entrepreneurship, and non-profit. Her student success work is driven by firsthand knowledge of what employers expect and demand from today’s graduates. She is the Founder of GlobalMindED, a worldwide movement to convene educational, technological, and business leaders annually so they can collaborate and connect with first-generation-to-college students. The goal of this connection is to create the access and opportunity these students need to succeed in college, at work, and as proactive global citizens.   As President of LifeBound, an academic and career coaching company, Carter drives the company’s goal to help middle school and high school students become competitive in today’s world, and she teaches study, interpersonal, and career skills to students as well as training and certifying adults in academic coaching skills. Carol speaks on educational topics nationally and internationally and is an expert blogger for the Huffington Post under “Impact,” “College,” and “Business.” Carol is a co-author on many books for Pearson including the Keys to Success series as well as Keys to Business Communication and the Career Tool Kit. She has also published a series of books for K-12 students through LifeBound, including Dollars and Sense: How To Be Smart About Money and Majoring In the Rest of Your Life: Career Secrets for College Students.    Sarah Lyman Kravits teaches student success at Montclair State University and has been studying and writing about student success for over 18 years.  She is a co-author on the Keys to Success series, including Keys to College Success, Keys to Community College Success, Keys to Success, Keys to Effective Learning, Keys to Online Learning, and Keys to Success Quick. Sarah has given workshops and trainings on student success topics such as critical thinking, risk and reward, and time management at schools all over the country. Sarah also works with Essex Community College where she teaches, trains, and coaches on success for students from a variety of backgrounds and focuses on issues for first generation to college students.