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Description: About this productProduct InformationON COURSE: STRATEGIES FOR CREATING SUCCESS IN COLLEGE AND IN LIFE empowers you with the tools you need to take charge of your academic and lifelong success. Now in its 8th edition, ON COURSE presents the choices that successful students make. A self-assessment at the beginning of the text helps you identify behaviors and beliefs you may wish to change in order to achieve more of your potential in college and in life. Through short articles and distinctive guided journal entries, the author encourages you to explore and develop eight keys to your success: personal responsibility, self-motivation, self-management, interdependence, self-awareness, lifelong learning, emotional intelligence, and self-esteem. As you develop these skills, you'll find yourself making more effective choices and achieving greater success. In addition, the "Toolbox for Active Learners" provides extensive coverage of study skills that will help you excel in all of your college courses. Another self-assessment before and after the "Toolbox for Active Learners" will show you how much youve learned about being an effective learner.Product IdentifiersPublisherWadsworthISBN-101305397479ISBN-139781305397477eBay Product ID (ePID)219600841Product Key FeaturesAuthorSkip DowningPublication NameON Course : Strategies for Creating Success in College and in LifeFormatTrade PaperbackLanguageEnglishSeriesMindtap Course List Ser.Publication Year2016TypeTextbookNumber of Pages336 PagesDimensionsItem Length9.1in.Item Height0.6in.Item Width7.4in.Item Weight20 OzAdditional Product FeaturesLc Classification NumberLb2343.3Edition Number8ReviewsON COURSE is life-changing for my students. I have seen students evolve in ways they never imagined in a matter of a semester thanks to ON COURSE. I cannot imagine using another book. No other book encompasses the reflective, introspective, and success attributes that ON COURSE does. ON COURSE walks students through their journey of self-discovery and allows them to grow into the student they have always wanted to become., "Using the ON COURSE curriculum has impacted retention in a positive direction at our school. The textbook is engaging and diversified, and the format appeals to students at all levels of collegiate study. The topics are relevant to "real life," and students readily see the value of applying ON COURSE principles in their lives--from a personal, academic, and/or career-related perspective. ON COURSE provides valuable tools for pursuing success, and the textbook is replete with visuals, cartoons, quotes, tips, and testimonies that the students love.", "Using the ON COURSE curriculum has impacted retention in a positive direction at our school. The textbook is engaging and diversified, and the format appeals to students at all levels of collegiate study. The topics are relevant to "real life," and students readily see the value of applying ON COURSE principles in their livesfrom a personal, academic, and/or career-related perspective. ON COURSE provides valuable tools for pursuing success, and the textbook is replete with visuals, cartoons, quotes, tips, and testimonies that the students love."Copyright Date2017Target AudienceCollege AudienceTopicGeneral, Counseling / Academic Development, Personal Growth / Success, Beginner Life & Beginner AffairsLccn2015-938981Dewey Decimal378.198Dewey Edition23GenreSelf-Help, Education

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