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