Thriving in College and Beyond: Research-Based Strategies for Academic Success and Personal Development
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Thriving in College & Beyond: Research-Based Strategies for Academic Success and Personal Development covers the full range of topics and issues that impact student success. Content is delivered through a variety of educational formats and learning modalities, including snapshot summaries, concept maps, content-relevant cartoons, inspirational quotes from successful students and influential people, and poignant personal stories from the authors.
The book is:
1. Substantive
- Built on a bedrock of robust research drawn from multiple academic disciplines and student development theories.
- Equips students with a comprehensive set of specific, action-based strategies that identify what to do to succeed in college and compelling reasons why to do it.
2. Holistic
- Focuses on the student as a whole person (social, emotional, physical, financial, etc.), addressing both academic and "nonacademic" factors that affect student success.
- Targets lifelong learning practices that facilitate students' transition to, through, and beyond college.
3. Interactive
- Pre-chapter questions activate students' thinking and prior knowledge about the upcoming topic.
- Within-chapter questions punctuate students' reading with opportunities for reflection.
- Post-chapter exercises consolidate knowledge acquired from the chapter and promote practical application.
The new sixth edition features:
- expanded coverage of diversity, equity and inclusion plus information on implicit bias, systemic racism and anti-racism
- information literacy expanded to include media literacy―strategies for evaluating credibility of news sources, recognizing fact-based journalism, and detecting news-media bias, misinformation, disinformation, and conspiratorial thinking
- mental health coverage augmented by positive psychology principles and practices
- mindfulness principles and practices infused across chapters
- brain-based learning and emotional wellness strategies embedded throughout the book
- updated research evidence and internet resources included in all chapters
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Thriving in College and Beyond : Research-Based Strategies for Academic Success and Personal Development
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Zustand: Good. 44. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 51466861-75