Students Will Learn To:

• Choose, set and achieve their goals
• Discover their best learning styles and types of intelligence
• Make the best use of their time
• Understand and remember more of what they read and hear
• Make their point more clearly when they write or speak
• Use test taking strategies for greater success
• Identify college majors, professional skills and careers that will let them shine
• Create the life they want and make a positive difference

Book Features Include:

• A conversational tone that keeps material approachable and easy to understand.
• Pre-course and post-course assessments to direct studies and assess progress.
• Packed with activities and exercises to help students explore and cement skills and concepts.
• Success stories, student comments and introductions to topics help students see how to apply the skills and concepts presented in order to identify and achieve their personal goals.
• Changes to the Fifth edition include:
  • Streamlined interior page layout to speed learning
  • Virtual learning marker icons to activities for readers to try and use
  • Original poems by the author to aid recall and improve memory
  • New article on "Retrieval Learning" in Chapter 4 - How to Read, Study, and Understand Texbooks.

Additional Instructor Resources:

• Sample Syllabus
• Instructor’s Manual
• Power Point Presentations
• Critical Thinking bonus chapter
• Premium instructor materials with day-by-day lesson plans and supplemental classroom activities
• 1-on-1 or group instructor coaching with author and speaker Raymond Gerson
• Customized Content Solutions: Achieve your curricular goals and learning outcomes with customized content for your student success programs. Contact raymondgerson@gmail.com to learn more about or custom solutions.