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Student Success in College Christine Harrington (New Jersey City University)

Student Success in College By Christine Harrington (New Jersey City University)

Student Success in College by Christine Harrington (New Jersey City University)


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Covers key strategies for success in college including how to use campus resources, staying motivated, setting goals, making good decisions, staying positive and establishing a support system, using memory techniques and taking notes, and preparing for tests.

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Student Success in College: Doing What Works! by Christine Harrington (New Jersey City University)

Raise the academic bar for your students and watch their confidence and student success skills increase. STUDENT SUCCESS IN COLLEGE: DOING WHAT WORKS! offers an accessible and relevant way for students to move beyond opinions and advice about how to succeed in college by offering an integrated approach of researched back student success practices paired with student success research studies. Your students will find success as they learn how to put the information on skills for success into practice as they strive to accomplish their academic goals. With an overall theme of reading, critical thinking and information literacy skills, STUDENT SUCCESS IN COLLEGE will help students feel comfortable with the structure of research study articles, making it more likely that they will use these higher level sources earlier in their academic careers. By providing students with shared content that is relevant and meaningful, they can practice skills they can apply immediately to their other classes. The 7 chapters in the text covers key strategies for success in college including how to use campus resources, staying motivated, setting goals, making good decisions, staying positive and establishing a support system, using memory techniques and taking notes, and preparing for tests.

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1. Getting Started: Knowing your College and its' Resources. 2. Knowing Yourself: A Focus on Your Strengths and Motivation. 3. Setting Effective Goals and Making the Most of Your Time. 4. Making Good Decisions: A Focus on Academic, Financial, Career and Stress Management Decisions. 5. Keys to Academic Resilience: A Positive Mindset and Support System. 6. Skills You Need: Study Strategies, Memory and Note-taking. 7. It's Show Time: Tests, Papers and Presentations.

About Christine Harrington (New Jersey City University)

Dr. Christine Harrington is a professor and co-coordinator of the doctorate degree of education in community college leadership program at New Jersey City University. Prior to this role, she served a two-year term as the executive director of the Center for Student Success at the Council of County Colleges, supporting all 19 community colleges in the state with student success reform efforts. Dr. Harrington worked at Middlesex College for almost 20 years in the following roles: professor of psychology, student success course coordinator, director for the Center for the Enrichment of Learning and Teaching, counselor and disability services provider. She earned a Ph.D. in counseling psychology from Lehigh University, an M.A. in counseling and personnel services and a B.A. in psychology from The College of New Jersey. She taught the student success course at the community college level for more 15 years, often teaching special sections for students with learning disabilities. Dr. Harrington frequently presents at national conferences, colleges and universities on student success and teaching and learning topics such as student engagement and motivation, the syllabus and dynamic lecturing. She is the lead or sole author for numerous books including Why First-Year Seminars Matter: Helping Students Choose and Stay on a Path, Keeping us Engaged: Student Perspectives (and Research-based Evidence) on What Works and Why, Dynamic Lecturing: Research-based Strategies to Enhance Lecture Effectiveness, Designing a Motivational Syllabus: Creating a Learning Path for Student Engagement, Ensuring Learning: Supporting Faculty to Improve Student Success and Engaging Faculty in Guided Pathways: A Practical Resource for College Leaders. . Dr. Harrington received the 2016 Excellence in Teaching First-Year Seminars Award at the Annual Conference of the First-Year Experience hosted by the National Resource Center on the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition.

Table of Contents

1. Getting Started: Knowing your College and its' Resources. 2. Knowing Yourself: A Focus on Your Strengths and Motivation. 3. Setting Effective Goals and Making the Most of Your Time. 4. Making Good Decisions: A Focus on Academic, Financial, Career and Stress Management Decisions. 5. Keys to Academic Resilience: A Positive Mindset and Support System. 6. Skills You Need: Study Strategies, Memory and Note-taking. 7. It's Show Time: Tests, Papers and Presentations.

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CIN1111342660VG
9781111342661
1111342660
Student Success in College: Doing What Works! by Christine Harrington (New Jersey City University)
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Cengage Learning, Inc
2012-01-01
272
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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