Description: Contents Note: Each chapter ends with a Quiz, a Learning Styles Application and a Bibliography. 1. First Step First Step: Truth is a key to mastery If you skipped the Introduction The Discovery and Intention Journal Entry System Seven Discovery and Intention Statement guidelines Creating and using portfolios Artifacts for your portfolio Power Process #1: Ideas are tools Learning styles: Discovering how you learn Learning styles: Using your learning profile to succeed in school Resources on learning styles The Master Student Maslow''s qualities of a self-actualizing person Master Student: Veronica Espinoza 2. Time You''ve got the time 25 ways to get the most out of now Keep going? Reap the benefits: Extracurricular activities Overcome computer addiction Time management for right-brained people Planning sets you free Strategies for scheduling Strategies for long-term planning Gearing up: Using a long-term planner The seven-day antiprocrastination plan The ABC daily to-do''s Power Process #2: Be here now Master Student: Malcolm X 3. Memory You never forget The memory jungle 20 memory techniques Set a trap for your memory Remembering your car keys...or anything else Give your "secret brain" a chance Notable failures; part one Remembering names Mnemonic devices Notable failures Part Two Power Process #3: Love your problems Master Student: Helen Keller 4. Reading Muscle Reading How Muscle Reading works Before you read...Pry out questions While you read...Root up answers After you read...Recite, review, and review (again) The Universal Law of Reading Studying with children underfoot Ways to change a habit Reading fast When reading is tough Read with a dictionary in your lap Motivation or "I''m just not in the mood" English as a second language Library: The buried treasure Treasure-hunting on the Internet Power Process #4: Notice your pictures and let them go Master Student: Barbara Jordan 5. Notes The note-taking process flows Observe Record Review Improving your handwriting Power Process #5: I create it all When instructors talk fast Get to the bones of your book with concept maps Taking notes while reading Learning across borders: Getting the most from distance learning Taking notes on your journey: The art of journal writing Master Student: Clarissa Pinkola Ests 6. Tests Disarm tests What to do before the test What to do during the test F is for feedback, not failure Words to watch for in essay questions The costs of cheating Have some fun! Ways to predict test questions Let go of test anxiety Overcoming math and science anxiety Special techniques for math and science tests How to cram (even though you shouldn''t) 8 reasons to celebrate mistakes Power Process #6: Detach Cooperative learning: Study with people Master Student: Fred Smith 7. Diversity Living with diversity Diversity is real--and valuable Communicating across cultures Adapting to the culture of higher education Learn the language of higher education The art of re-entry Stay tuned to these networks Plug into school resources Plug into community resources Dealing with sexism...and sexual harassment Students with disabilities: Ask for what you want Power Process #7: Choose your conversations and your community Master Student: Jaime Escalante 8. Thinking Critical thinking: A survival skill Finding "aha!"--Creativity fuels critical thinking Tangram Techniques for creative thinking Asking questions The value of higher education Qualities of a critical thinker Core skills for critical thinkers Finding a critical thinking in yourself and others Becoming a critical thinker Create on your feet Uncovering assumptions Ways to fool yourself Thinking critically about information on the Internet Gaining skill at decision making Divide and conquer your goals Warning: Advertising can be dangerous to your health Power Process #8: Find a bigger problem 4 problem-solving steps Solving math and science problems Master Student: Margaret Mead 9. Writing Writing well pays Phase 1: Getting ready to write--Creating something from nothing Phase 2: Writing the first draft--Getting down to it Phase 3: Revising your draft--Polishing your creation Misplaced modifier poses threat of suffocation Seven steps to nonsexist writing Giving credit where credit is due: Avoiding the high cost of plagiarism Getting connected: Entering cyberspace Overcoming technophobia Finding what you want on the Internet Some places to start surfing the Web Using computers to manage ideas and information Ways to waste time with a computer Learning the language of computers Staying up-to-date with technology Writing and delivering speeches Power Process #9: Risk being a fool Master Students: Jerry Yang and David Filo 10. Relationships The communication loop Listening Sending Five ways to say "I" You deserve compliments Practice "netiquette" The fine art of conflict management Conflict management in a nutshell Developing self-esteem Emotional pain is not a sickness Suicide Claiming your multiple intelligences Relationships can work Relationships change Create your instructor Power Process #10: Employ your word Seven steps to effective complaints We are all leaders Leaders on leadership Master Student: Golda Meir 11. Money and Health Money in, money out The source of money problems Increase money in Decrease money out Free fun Money for the future Education''s worth it... Seventeen places to find money We live like royalty Take care of your machine Your machine: Fuel it Your machine: Move it Your machine: Rest it Your machine: Observe it Your machine: Protect it Stay up-to-date on STDs The experts recommend seven dietary guidelines Crazed glazed donut runs amok Power Process #11: Surrender Some facts Alcohol, tobacco and drugs: The truth Seeing the full scope of addiction Where to turn for more information on recovery Master Student: Christopher Reeve 12. What Next? Now that you''re done--begin "...use the following suggestions to continue..." Attitudes, affirmations, and visualizations Attitude replacements "But I don''t know what I want to do" Majors for the taking Changing schools Contributing: The art of selfishness Service learning Career planning: Begin now Cruising for jobs on the Internet Job skills for the new millenium Link to the world of work Power Process #12: Be it One set of values Master Student: Raul Julia

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