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| Academic Success Strategies | |
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| Developing Staying Power for Lifetime Success: Nothing Takes Place of Persistence | |
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| The Chief Characteristic of College & the Importance of Staying Power | |
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| Why Are You Here? | |
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| Values & Your Reasons for College | |
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| What Is Your Fear? | |
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| Anxiety as a Positive & Negative Motivator | |
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| How Could College Make a Difference in Your Life? | |
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| The Strengths That Give You Staying Power | |
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| Setting College Goals from Life Goals | |
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| Applying This Chapter to Your Life | |
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| Becoming a Mindful Learner & Thinker | |
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| Active Learning & Critical & Creative Thinking | |
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| Mindfulness & Mindful Learning: Taking Active Control | |
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| Critical Thinking: What It Is, How to Use It | |
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| Creative Thinking | |
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| Mastering Information Literacy: Campus Resources, Community Resources, Computers & Communications: A Look Around Campus | |
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| Physical, Emotional, & Spiritual Help | |
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| Other Kinds of Assistance | |
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| Activities & Campus Life | |
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| Personal Computers | |
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| Computer Software | |
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| The Internet & the World Wide Web | |
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| Learning Styles & Memory: Remembering for Results | |
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| Different Kinds of Intelligence-Including Emotional Intelligence or "EQ" | |
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| Four Types of Learning Styles: Which Fits You? | |
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| Memory & Forgetting: The Importance of Managing Long-term Memory | |
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| How Lifestyle Affects Your memory: What Hinders, What Helps | |
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| How to Improve Your Memory Power: Concerted Memorization | |
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| How to Improve Your Memory Power: Mindful Learning | |
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| Dealing with Learning Disabilities | |
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| Time Management as a Learned Skills: Setting Daily Tasks from Life Goals | |
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| Getting Real About Studying | |
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| The Six-Step Program for Improving Your Time Management: Steps 1-3 | |
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| Battling the Killer Time Wasters | |
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| The Really Big Time Wasters | |
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| Giving Yourself the Extra Edge: Developing Staying Power in Your Studying | |
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| Reading: Training for Retaining | |
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| Reading for Pleasure Versus Reading for Learning | |
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| The Five-Step SQ3R Reading System | |
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| The Three-Step #Rs Reading System | |
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| Dealing with Special Subjects: Math, Science, Languages, & Other | |
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| Managing Lectures: Note Taking, Class Discussion & Instructor Relations | |
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| Lectures, Learning Styles, & Life | |
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| Making Lectures Work: What They Didn't Tell You in High School | |
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| Optimizing the Classroom Game | |
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| Participating in Class Discussion & Overcoming Shyness | |
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| The 5R Steps: Record, Rewrite, Reflect, Review | |
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| Understanding the Instructor | |
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| Information Technology in the Classroom | |
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| Exams: Takings Tests with Confidence & Integrity | |
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| Taking Charge of Taking Tests | |
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| How to Cope with Test Anxiety in the Classroom | |
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| The Six-Step Examination Approach | |
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| Mastering Objective Questions | |
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| Mastering Written Examinations: Short & Long Essays | |
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| The Important Matter of Academic Integrity | |
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| Writing & Speaking: Making Powerful Written & Oral Presentations | |
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| What Do Instructors Look for in a Term Paper | |
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| Writing a Term Paper: Five Phases | |
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| Picking a Topic | |
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| Doing Initial Research & Developing an Outline | |
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| Doing Your Research-Using the Library | |
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| Sorting Your Notes, Revising the Outline, & Writing the First Draft | |
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| Revising, Finalizing, & Proofreading Your Paper | |
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| Term Papers, Web Research, & Cheating | |
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| Making an Oral Presentation | |
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| Personal Success Strategies | |
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| Health & Wealth: Managing Stress, Wellness & Money | |
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| Stress: Causes & Manifestations | |
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| Managing Stress | |
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| Alcohol: Are You Partial to Partying? | |
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| Marijuana & Cocaine | |
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| Gambling & Spending | |
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| Looking Good: Weight & Energy Balance | |
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| Feeling Good: The Benefits of Being Active | |
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| Peak Performance with a Power Diet | |
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| Researching Time: Sleep & Rest | |
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| Money Management: Getting & Spending | |
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| Money Plans & Expense Record | |
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| A Crash Course in Money Handling | |
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| Financial Aid | |
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| Diversity & Relationships: Succeeding with the People in your Life | |
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| Today's College Student Body: Traditional & Nontraditional | |
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| Race, Culture, & Stereotypes & Why Diversity Matters | |
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| The Multicultural "Salad Bowl": Diversity of Genders, Ages, Cultures, races, & So On | |
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| Commuter Students | |
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| Intimate Relationships: from Being a Friend to Being in Love | |
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| Conflict & Communication: Learning How to Disagree | |
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| Assertiveness: Better Than Aggressiveness or Nonassertiveness | |
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| Unwanted Sex: From Sexual Harassment to Rape | |
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| Sexually Transmitted Diseases: HIV & AIDS | |
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| Some Rules for Safer Sex | |
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| Choosing Among Birth-Control Methods | |
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| Majors & Careers: Determining Your Future | |
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| Why Work | |
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| What Do You Want to Be After You Graduate? | |
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| Tests to Help Establish Career Interests | |
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| The Job of Looking for a Job | |
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| Notes | |
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| Sources & Credits | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Index | |