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Author: Robert Feldman 

POWER is the only research-based First Year Experience series with a unifying system for students to develop essential critical thinking and problem-solving skills. POWER Learning maximizes students’ potential for success in college and life by addressing a diverse student population with real-world examples and applications in the context of their career in an engaging accessible and meaningful way. Connect tools like SmartBook 2.0’s adaptive reading experience helps solidify students’ understanding of the foundational material while others like the interactive Application-Based Activities put students in real-world situations to help them apply course concepts.

P.O.W.E.R. Learning: Strategies for Success in College and Life 9th Table of contents:

[PART 1] Getting Started
1 POWER: Becoming a Successful Student
Looking Ahead
Why Go to College?
Try It! 1: Why Am I Going to College?
POWER Learning: The Five Key Steps to Achieving Success
Journal Reflections My School Experiences
Prepare
Try It! 2: What Are Your Academic Goals?
Organize
Try It! 3: Course Goals
Work
Course Connections Looking at the Big Picture
Try It! 4: Who’s in Charge? PERSONAL STYLES
Evaluate
Try It! 5: Examining the Causes of Success and Failure WORKING IN A GROUP
Rethink
Are You Ready for College Success?
Career Connections POWER Meets the World of Work
Try It! 6: Creating a POWER Profile
Speaking of Success Maya Lynn Manahan
Looking Back
Key Terms and Concepts
Resources
The Case of … Clueless in Seattle
2 Making the Most of Your Time
Looking Ahead
Time for Success
Journal Reflections Where Does My Time Go?
Try It! 1: Find Your Time Style PERSONAL STYLES
Prepare: Learning Where Time Is Going—and Where It Should Go
Try It! 2: Create a Time Log
Try It! 3: Identify the Black Holes of Time Management
Set Your Priorities
Course Connections Homework and Study Time: How Much Is Enough?
Organize: Mastering the Moment
Try It! 4: Set Priorities
Work: Controlling Time
Try It! 5: Find Your Procrastination Quotient
Evaluate: Checking Your Time
Career Connections On-the-Job Time Management
Rethink: Reflecting on Your Personal Style of Time Management
Speaking of Success Kadrulla F. Leonce
Looking Back
Key Terms and Concepts
Resources
The Case of … The Time of His Life
3 Learning Styles, Self-Concept, and Values
Looking Ahead
Discovering Your Learning Styles
Journal Reflections How I Learn
Try It! 1: What’s Your Receptive Learning Style? PERSONAL STYLES
Try It! 2: Your Sense of Intelligence
Try It! 3: Instructor Styles WORKING IN A GROUP
Self-Concept and Self-Esteem
Course Connections How Your Instructor’s Teaching Style Can Guide Your Studying Strategies
Try It! 4: Measuring Your Self-Esteem
Preparing a Personal Mission Statement
Prepare: Identifying Your Values
Organize: Imposing Order on What Motivates You
Work: Creating a Personal Mission Statement
Evaluate: Assessing Your Personal Mission Statement
Try It! 5: Write a Mission Statement
Career Connections Identifying Your Interests
Rethink: Reconsidering Your Options
Speaking of Success Jake Shirley
Looking Back
Key Terms and Concepts
Resources
The Case of … The Instructor Who Spoke Too Much
[PART 2] Using POWER for Academic Success
4 Taking Notes
Looking Ahead
Taking Notes in Class
Prepare: Considering Your Goals
Journal Reflections How Do I Take Notes?
Organize: Getting the Tools of Notetaking Together
Work: Processing—Not Copying—Information
Try It! 1: Determine Your Listening Style PERSONAL STYLES
Try It! 2: Outline a Lecture WORKING IN A GROUP
Try It! 3: Take Notes during Discussions
Course Connections Asking Questions in Class
Strategies for Using Your Notes
Evaluate: Thinking Critically about Your Notes
Rethink: Activating Your Memory
Try It! 4: Evaluate Your Class Notes
Taking Notes as You Study
Try It! 5: Practice Your Notetaking Skills
Career Connections Taking Notes on the Job: Meetings of the Minds
Speaking of Success Sonia Sotomayor
Looking Back
Key Terms and Concepts
Resources
The Case of … The Human Speech-to-Text App
5 Taking Tests
Looking Ahead
Getting Ready
Journal Reflections How I Feel about Tests
Prepare: Readying Your Test-Taking Strategies
Try It! 1: Measure Your Test-Taking Style PERSONAL STYLES
Studying for the Test
Course Connections Special Techniques for Dealing with Math Anxiety
Try It! 2: Complete a Test Preparation Checklist
Try It! 3: Form a Study Group WORKING IN A GROUP
Organize: Facing the Day of the Test
Taking the Test
Work: Tackling the Test
Try It! 4: Understand Action Verbs in Essay Questions
Evaluate: Taking Your Own Final Examination
Career Connections Tests for a Lifetime
Rethink: The Real Test of Learning
Try It! 5: Take a Test-Taking Test
Speaking of Success Michelle R. Willis-Walker
Looking Back
Key Terms and Concepts
Resources
Answers to Test Items in Try It! 5
The Case of … Too Many Questions, Too Little Time
6 Reading and Remembering
Looking Ahead
Sharpen Your Reading and Memory Skills
Journal Reflections My Reading Preferences
Try It! 1: Discover Your Reading Style PERSONAL STYLES
Prepare: Approaching the Written Word
Try It! 2: Create an Advance Organizer
Organize: Gathering the Tools of the Trade
Try It! 3: Discover Your Attention Span PERSONAL STYLES
Work: Getting the Most Out of Your Reading and Using Proven Strategies to Memorize New Material
Course Connections Using Specialized Reading Strategies for Special Subjects
Try It! 4: Do-It-Yourself Acronyms and Acrostics WORKING IN A GROUP
Evaluate: What Does It Mean? What Do I Know?
Try It! 5: Determine Your Memory Style PERSONAL STYLES
Course Connections Special Memorization Strategies for Special Courses
Rethink: Getting It the Second Time
Career Connections Reading and Memory on the Job
Speaking of Success Santiago Potes
Looking Back
Key Terms and Concepts
Resources
The Case of … Remember the Alamo
7 Writing and Speaking
Looking Ahead
The Writing Process
Journal Reflections How I Feel about Writing
Prepare: Confronting the Blank Page
Try It! 1: Set Yourself Free: Freewriting
Try It! 2: Get Your Brain Storming: Using Brainstorming to Generate Ideas WORKING IN A GROUP
Organize: Constructing a Scaffold
Try It! 3: Make Your Point: Write a Thesis Statement
Work: Writing the Work
Evaluate: Acting as Your Own Best Critic
Course Connections Writing in Class: Strategies for Getting It Right
Rethink: Reflecting on Your Accomplishment
Career Connections Write Away
Acknowledging Others’ Ideas: Academic Honesty and Plagiarism
Speaking Your Mind
Try It! 4: Summarize, Don’t Plagiarize
Try It! 5: Determine Your Level of Self-Consciousness PERSONAL STYLES
Try It! 6: Let’s Talk
Try It! 7: Put Yourself on the Spot WORKING IN A GROUP
Speaking of Success Tom Hanks
Looking Back
Key Terms and Concepts
Resources
The Case of … The Reluctant Speaker
8 Choosing Your Courses and Major
Looking Ahead
Making Academic Choices
Prepare: Becoming Familiar with Your Options and Requirements
Try It! 1: Get to Know Your College Advisor
Organize: Examining What You Have Done and What You Need to Do
Try It! 2: Create a List of Required Courses
Work: Choosing the Next Term’s Courses
Course Connections What Are Courses Really Like? The Covert College Catalog
Evaluate: Deciding Whether You Are in the Classes You Need
Try It! 3: Choose Your Courses
Rethink: Learning What You Love and Loving What You Learn
Try It! 4: Reflect on Your College Experience WORKING IN A GROUP
Service Learning: Helping Yourself by Helping Others
Choosing Your Major
Try It! 5: Explore Service Learning Opportunities
Journal Reflections Focusing on Your Interests
Try It! 6: Identify Major Attractions PERSONAL STYLES
Career Connections Choosing a Job That’s Right for You
Speaking of Success Brittany Harder
Looking Back
Key Terms and Concepts
Resources
The Case of … Major Problems
9 Technology, Distance Learning, and Information Literacy
Looking Ahead
You and Technology
Journal Reflections Could I Live without Technology?
Course Connections Getting the Most Out of Instructors’ PowerPoint Presentations
Try It! 1: Using E-Mail Netiquette
Distance Learning: Classes without Walls
Try It! 2: Assess Your Course-Taking Style PERSONAL STYLES
Prepare: Identifying Distance Learning Course Possibilities
Organize: Obtaining Access to Technology and Other Critical Resources
Try It! 3: Get Some Distance on the Problem WORKING IN A GROUP
Try It! 4: Complete an Online Readiness Checklist
Work: Participating in a Distance Learning Class
Evaluate: Considering Your “Classroom” Performance
Rethink: Reflecting on How and What You Have Learned
Finding Facts: Developing Information Literacy
Try It! 5: Work the Web: Information, Please!
Career Connections Exploring Careers Online
Speaking of Success Joseph Kerlin-Smith
Looking Back
Key Terms and Concepts
Resources
The Case of … The Missing File
[PART 3] Life Beyond the Classroom
10 Making Good Decisions
Looking Ahead
Making Good Decisions: A Framework
Prepare: Identifying Your Goals
Organize: Considering and Assessing the Alternatives
Try It! 1: Use Freewriting
Work: Making and Carrying Out the Decision
Career Connections Weighing Career Possibilities
Journal Reflections My Decision Crossroads
Evaluate: Considering the Outcomes
Rethink: Reconsidering Your Goals and Options
Problem Solving: Applying Critical Thinking to Find Solutions
Try It! 2: Exercise Your Problem-Solving Skills WORKING IN A GROUP
Course Connections Using Critical Thinking in Your Classes
Try It! 3: Find Your Problem-Solving Style PERSONAL STYLES
Don’t Fool Yourself: Avoiding Everyday Problems in Critical Thinking
Try It! 4: Distinguish Fact from Opinion
Try It! 5: What’s the Real Explanation?
Speaking of Success Aledrian Kemp
Looking Back
Key Terms and Concepts
Resources
Answers to Test Items in Try It! 2
The Case of … Left Holding the Lease
11 Diversity and Your Relationships
Looking Ahead
Living in a World of Diversity
Try It! 1: Determine the Diversity of Your College Community
Journal Reflections Thinking about Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Culture
Prepare: Accepting Diversity as a Valued Part of Your Life
Career Connections Diversity in the Workplace
Organize: Exploring Your Own Prejudices and Stereotypes
Work: Developing Cultural Competence
Try It! 2: Check Your Stereotype Quotient
Try It! 3: Contemplate a Questionnaire
Evaluate: Checking Your Progress in Attaining Cultural Competence
Rethink: Understanding How Your Own Racial, Ethnic, and Cultural Background Affects Others
Building Lasting Relationships
Course Connections Diversity in the Classroom
Try It! 4: Understand Your Relationship Style PERSONAL STYLES
Try It! 5: Switch “You” to “I” WORKING IN A GROUP
Speaking of Success Jessica Hourruitiner
Looking Back
Key Terms and Concepts
Resources
The Case of … Answering for All
12 Money Matters
Looking Ahead
Building a Financial Philosophy
Journal Reflections My Sense of Cents
Try It! 1: Discover Your Personal Financial Philosophy
Career Connections Budgeting on the Job
Managing Your Money
Prepare: Identifying Your Financial Goals
Organize: Determining Your Expenditures and Income
Try It! 2: Identify Your Financial Goals WORKING IN A GROUP
Work: Making a Budget That Adds Up
Try It! 3: Determine Your Saving Style PERSONAL STYLES
Evaluate: Reviewing Your Budget
Rethink: Reconsidering Your Financial Options
Try It! 4: Maintain Your Interest
Try It! 5: Learn What Your Credit History Shows
Paying for College
Course Connections Getting the Most Out of Your Classes: How Cutting Classes Costs
Speaking of Success Denzel Edwards
Looking Back
Key Terms and Concepts
Resources
The Case of … Overdrawn, Overwrought, and Over Her Head
13 Stress, Health, and Wellness
Looking Ahead
Living with Stress
Try It! 1: Assess Your Susceptibility to Stress-Related Illness
Prepare: Readying Yourself Physically
Organize: Identifying What Is Causing You Stress
Work: Developing Effective Coping Strategies
Try It! 2: Look for the Silver Lining
Evaluate: Asking If Your Strategies for Dealing with Stress Are Effective
Try It! 3: Try Progressive Relaxation
Rethink: Placing Stress in Perspective
Career Connections Anticipating Job Stress
Keeping Well
Course Connections Staying Alert in Class
Making Safer Choices
Try It! 4: Consider Your Drinking Style PERSONAL STYLES
Journal Reflections College Drinking Experiences
Try It! 5: Tap into Campus Resources

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