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Overview to Student Success |
- Student Success
- The Road to Success
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- Identify and describe practical educational strategies for achieving success.
- Identify key information resources related to student success.
- Explain the advantages of college and describe the process leading to enrollment.
- Use self-assessment to measure critical-thinking and life skills.
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Time Management |
- Self-Time Goals and Priorities
- Self-Time Management
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- Develop original self-time management techniques.
- Identify the key factors that account for wasted time.
- Create obtainable time-management goals and priorities to improve quality of life.
- Create a personalized time log to better track and organize time spent.
- Describe how to harness and direct prime time energy.
- Identify strategies for coping with time conflicts, overcoming procrastination, and balancing family demands.
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Learning Strategies |
- Determining Your Learning Style.
- The Self-Concept
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- Examine the relationship between learning style, decision making, and individual personality to identify your preferred manner of acquiring, using, and thinking about knowledge.
- Use self-assent to improve and develop original learning techniques.
- Identify your personality traits and describe your role as a team player.
- Create your own definition of who you are and where you want to be.
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Listening and Concept Organization |
- Listening Strategies
- Note-Taking Strategies
- Concept Organization
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- Identify and give examples of active-listening strategies.
- Use self-assessment to profile your active-listening style.
- Identify and describe various note-taking strategies.
- Identify the best process for determining your specialized learning style.
- Define and distinguish note taking as a means of remembering information, such as main points and ideas, not dialogical transcription.
- Write an original outline using various outlining methods, including creative and formal outlining and mind mapping.
- Practice revising your notes based on questions and critical evaluation.
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Test-Taking Strategies |
- Test Preparation
- Test-Taking Strategies
- Overcoming Test Anxiety
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- Distinguish among various test-taking strategies and give examples of proven strategies specific to different types of tests.
- Identify keywords commonly used in essay tests and become comfortable with their meaning.
- Define anxiety and develop a personal strategy for overcoming test anxiety.
- List your top tips for studying and preparing for a test.
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Reading and Remembering |
- Reading Systems
- Reading Strategies
- Barriers and Bridges to Effective Reading
- The Process of Memory
- Memorization Strategies
- Barriers to Memorization
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- Define active reading and identify how reading systems can enhance your advanced reading skills.
- Practice using a variety of reading strategies, including advanced organizers and keyword identification.
- Identify typical barriers to reading and develop strategies to overcome them.
- Distinguish retention from speed reading and develop personalized techniques for enhanced memorization and more productive reading.
- Understand the process and function of memory.
- Describe the steps of memorization.
- Use various memorization techniques to practice memorizing assigned content.
- Explain how improving sensory perception can improve your memorization skills and hone your learning style.
- Develop personal mnemonic triggers to improve memory response time.
- Explain how to overcome memorization barriers.
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Building Your Writing Skills |
- The Writing Process
- Writing Strategies
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- Identify and describe writing as a means of social, economic, and political empowerment.
- Use self-assessment to develop a better sense of your writing strengths and weaknesses.
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Choosing a College Major |
- The Academic Outlook
- Choosing Your Major
- Building a Future
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- Identify key information resources for choosing a major.
- Practice registering for a class.
- Generate a personalized list of interests and traits to identify a specialized area of study or expertise.
- Describe the process of deciding a college major or career track.
- Describe the relationship betwteen a strong work ethic and a successful future.
- Explain how to learn from life’s mistakes.
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Technology in Today’s Information Age |
- Computers and Applications
- Distance Learning
- Research on the Web
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- Identify basic computer applications.
- Define Internet browser and search engine and describe how to do research on the Internet.
- Critically evaluate information you find on the Web.
- Use e-mail and explain its efficiency.
- Use word processing and database programs to design a professional presentation.
- Define distance learning and give examples of an e-learning environment.
- Compare and contrast the advantages and disadvantages of distance learning.
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Decision Making and Problem Solving |
- Developing a Framework
- Problem Solving and Critical Thinking
- Reflecting on Your Decisions
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- Describe the process of making a good decision.
- Give examples of framework strategies for problem-solving.
- Develop a personalized plan for making good decisions.
- Explain the importance of critical thinking and give examples of good decisions.
- Identify the best strategies for problem-solving.
- Use self-assessment to improve your problem-solving skills.
- Identify the importance of creativity in decision making.
- Identify the process of solution making and avoiding problems.
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Diversity and Culture |
- Today’s Diverse World
- Diversity in the Work Place
- Building Healthy Relationships
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- Define race, culture, and ethnicity and explain the importance of understanding today’s culturally diverse world.
- Use personal assessment to increase cultural competency and awareness.
- Use examples to describe a healthy, diverse, and culturally aware work environment.
- Define prejudice and stereotype and describe what it means to be culture-bound.
- Define conflict and explain the relationship between conflict resolution and a healthy relationship.
- Identify the role of communication in maintaining healthy relationships.
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Managing Your Finances |
- Financial Management Strategies
- Credit Cards
- Funding for College
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- Identify strategies for managing money and meeting and maintaining financial goals.
- Develop a manageable budget that will allow you to save and invest.
- Explain how to avoid excessive credit card debt.
- Distinguish among the various credit agencies and explain how good credit can be an investment in the future.
- Understand the value of a college education.
- Identify resources for state, federal, and private financial aid to help pay for college.
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Maintaining Healthy Lifestyles |
- Preparing Yourself Physically
- Controlling Stress
- Sexual Health
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- Describe the importance of maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
- Explain how eating properly and maintaining regular exercise can increase health.
- Develop an original exercise program that will fit into your busy schedule.
- Identify methods for controlling and alleviating stress and depression.
- Use self-assessment to identify personal life stressors.
- Identify and describe methods for coping with drugs and alcohol.
- Define sexual health and explain how to protect yourself from sexually transmitted disease, unplanned pregnancy, and sexual assault.
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Career Planning |
- The Mission Statement
- Career Portfolio
- Career Decisions
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- Describe the process of evaluating and determining life goals.
- Write a professional mission statement that describes your values, qualities, and goals.
- Identify specific qualities and skills an employer generally desires.
- Develop a resume and dover letter that accurately reflects your personality, experience, and abilities.
- Identify key information resources for locating desirable long-term employment.
- List examples of careers that suit your abilities.
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Review Topic |
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- Review and final assessment.
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