Keys to effective learning: study skills and habits for success

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Chapter 1 - Habits for Success: Reality CheckHabit for Success: PersistTake Action: Prepare to Change a HabitReal People Persist: Yvette Gomez, Graduate of the University of South Florida, Tampa, FloridaPowerful Questions about PersistingInside Tips from Sarah, Self-Management CoachHabit Summary: Persist Chapter 2 - Learning Styles: Building and Using Self-KnowledgeHabit for Success: Keep LearningReal People Keep Learning: Dr. Joyce Bishop, Professor of Psychology at Golden West CollegeTake Action: Link How You Learn to Coursework and MajorInside Tips from Carol, Career CoachPowerful Questions about Continuing to Learn Chapter 3 - Time and Money: Managing Important ResourcesHabit for Success: Think Before You ActTake Action: Make a To-Do ListInside Tips from Joyce, Technology CoachPowerful Questions about Thinking Before You ActReal People Think Before They Act: Drs. Sampson Davis, Rameck Hunt, and George Jenkins, Graduates of Seton Hall UniversityTake Action: Map Out Your BudgetHabit Summary: Think Before You Act Chapter 4 - Setting and Reaching Goals: Using Values, Stress Management, and TeamworkHabit for Success: Reach Out to OthersTake Action: Explore Your Core ValuesTake Action: Create a SMART Goal Achievement PlanPowerful Questions about Reaching Out to OthersReal People Reach Out to Others: Louise Gaile Edrozo, Graduate of the Registered Nursing Program at Highline Community College, Des Moines, WashingtonHabit Summary: Reach Out to Others Chapter 5 - Critical and Creative Thinking: Solving Problems and Making DecisionsHabit for Success: Create and ImagineTake Action: Analyze a StatementReal People Create and Imagine: Charlie Reinhardt, Graduate Student in Hotel Management, Temple University, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaPowerful Questions about Creating and ImaginingTake Action: Gather Evidence of Your CreativityInside Tips from Carol, Career CoachHabit Summary: Create and Imagine Chapter 6 - Memory: Maximizing Recall for Test SuccessHabit for Success: Put Your Senses to WorkReal People Put Their Senses to Work Through the Power of Memory: Henry Gustav Molaison, a Man Without a MemoryTake Action: Linking Memorization and Critical ThinkingInside Tips from Joyce, Technology CoachTake Action: Create Your Own MnemonicPowerful Questions about Putting Your Senses to WorkHabit Summary: Put Your Sense to Work Chapter 7 - Reading and Studying: Focusing on Print and Online MaterialsHabit for Success: Ask QuestionsTake Action: Survey a TextInside Tips from Sarah, Self-ManagementReal People Ask Questions: Candace Payne, George Washington University, Pre-Med StudentTake Action: Mark Up a Page to LearnPowerful Questions about Asking QuestionsHabit Summary: Ask Questions Chapter 8 - Reading Across the Disciplines: Math, Science, Social Science, and Literacy TextsHabit for Success: Use What You KnowPowerful Questions about Using What You KnowInside Tips from Joyce, Technology CoachReal People Use What They Know to Learn and Solve Problems: Laban Seyoum, Political Science Graduate Student, Southern Connecticut State UniversityTake Action: Connect Courses in Different Disciplines to Your Own SuccessHabit Summary: Use What You Know Chapter 9 - Active Listening and Note Taking: Taking In and Recording InformationHabit for Success: Listen ActivelyPowerful Questions about Listening ActivelyReal People Listen Actively: Ismael Valenzuela, Iraq War Veteran and Student at the Borough of Manhattan Community CollegeInside Tips from Carol, Career CoachTake Action: Prepare to Listen and Take Notes in Your Hardest ClassTake Action: Combine Class and Text NotesHabit Summary: Listen Actively Chapter 10 - Test Taking I: Test Preparation and Objective TestsHabit for Success: Take Responsible RisksTake Action: Organize for Test SuccessPowerful Questions about Responsible RiskInside Tips from Sarah, Self-ManagementReal People Take Responsible Risks: Carla Baku, Stanford University English MajorTake Action: Learn from Your MistakesHabit Summary: Take Responsible Risks Chapter 11 - Test Taking II: Getting Results on Essay Tests and Graded ProjectsHabit for Success: Be FlexibleInside Tips from Carol, Career CoachTake Action: Write to the Action VerbReal People Think Flexibly: Abigail Holtz, Transferred to Tufts University from Art SchoolPowerful Questions about FlexibilityTake Action: Be Part of a Virtual TeamHabit Summary: Be Flexible Chapter 12 - Moving Toward Success: Putting Habits to WorkHow Do the Habits for Success Keep You Moving Ahead?How Can You Apply Each Habit Toward Positive Change?How Will the Habits Power Your Successful Future? Appendix A - Guide to Library and Internet ResearchAppendix B - Communicating Ideas Through WritingAppendix C - Problem-Solving Strategies for Math and Science Courses