POWER Learning

Strategies for Success in College and Life
2 Rev ed
ISBN: 978-0-07-121431-5
Verlag: McGraw-Hill Education - Europe

Medienkombination, Englisch, 456 Seiten, Format (B × H): 213 mm x 274 mm, Gewicht: 975 g

The only first-year experience text with a unifying system for critical thinking and problem solving, P.O.W.E.R. Learning maximizes students’ potential for success in college and in life.

Using the simple, class-tested principles of the P.O.W.E.R (Prepare, Organize, Work, Evaluate, and Rethink) system, students gain a sense of mastery and achievement as they move through the text, and with the growth of their confidence comes the increased intellectual enthusiasm and personal discipline needed for them to excel.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Feldman, Robert S.

Feldman, Robert

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part One: Getting StartedOne:P.O.W.E.R. Learning: Becoming an Expert StudentTwo: Making the Most of Your TimeThree: Recognizing How You Learn, Who You Are, and What You ValuePart Two: Using P.O.W.E.R. for Academic SucessFour: Taking NotesFive: Taking TestsSix: Building Your Reading SkillsSeven: Writing and SpeaakingEight: MemoryNine: Choosing Your Courses and MajorTen: Making the Most of TechnologyPart Three: Life Beyond the ClassroomEleven: Making Decisions That Are Right for YouTwelve: Getting Along with OthersThirteen: Money MattersFourteen: Stress, Health, and Wellness

Über Autor(innen)

Feldman, Robert
Bob Feldman still remembers those moments of being overwhelmed when he started college at Wesleyan University. I wondered whether I was up to the challenges that faced me, he recalls, andalthough I never would have admitted it at the timeI really had no idea what it took to be successful at college.

That experience, along with his encounters with many students during his own teaching career, led to a life-long interest in helping students navigate the critical transition that they face at the start of their own college careers. Professor Feldman, who went on to receive a doctorate in psychology from the University of WisconsinMadison, is now Deputy Chancellor and Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He is founding director of POWER Up for Student Success, the first-year experience course for incoming students.

Professor Feldmans proudest professional accomplishment is winning the College Outstanding Teaching Award at UMass. He also has been named a Hewlett Teaching Fellow and was Senior Online Instruction Fellow. He has taught courses at Mount Holyoke College, Wesleyan University, and Virginia Commonwealth University. Professor Feldman is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, the Association for Psychological Science, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is a winner of a Fulbright Senior Research Scholar and Lecturer award and has written over 200 scientific articles, book chapters, and books. His books, some of which have been translated into Spanish, French, Portuguese, Dutch, Japanese, and Chinese, include Improving the First Year of College: Research and Practice; Understanding Psychology, 12/e; and Development Across the Life Span, 7/e. His research interests encompass the study of honesty and truthfulness in everyday life, development of nonverbal behavior in children, and the social psychology of education. His research has been supported by grants from the National Institute of Mental Health and the National Institute on Disabilities and Rehabilitation Research.

With the last of his three children completing college, Professor Feldman occupies his spare time with pretty decent cooking and earnest, but admittedly unpolished, piano playing. He also loves to travel. He lives with his wife, who is an educational psychologist, in a home overlooking the Holyoke mountain range in western Massachusetts.