Carol Carter
Description
Designed for courses in Freshman Orientation, Student Success, College Preparation.
This interactive text emphasizes thinking and learning by connec
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ting college success skills to career and life skills:
The text focuses on clear, competent thinking skills, including critical, creative and strategic thinking. This centrepoint of academic, career, and life success is emphasized in end-of-chapter exercises and in a separate chapter.
Students from many backgrounds share their views on issues as diverse as staying out of debt to balancing competing priorities-like working, raising a family and going to school.
End-of-chapter exercises reinforce four major skills: thinking, teamwork, writing and strategic thinking/planning. The learn-by-doing approach helps students discover their abilities first-hand.
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