This new text, for 21st century students, presents a comprehensive treatment of study skills. This text has an innovative focus on lifelong learning and on how these skills will serve students in their careers. Keys to College Studying emphasizes personal learning styles and critical thinking. This coverage is unique to the study skills market.

Students and Faculty alike are encouraged to visit the central website for all Keys franchise materials, www.carterkeys.com, where you can correspond with the author team, view their speaking calendar, benefit from current articles, and more!

Innovative Presentation of Study Skills

• In addition to comprehensive coverage of traditional study skills, this text includes critical topics not often found in other study skills texts—Lifelong learning, learning styles and self-awareness, critical thinking, mastering library and Internet research skills, and writing effectively.

• Critical thinking focus—Chapter 4 is devoted entirely to critical thinking and its relationship to effective studying. Critical thinking is also emphasized throughout the text. Material on each of the major study skills contains discussions of how critical thinking is involved in that particular skill. For example Chapter 6 contains a section on responding critically to what you read, Chapter 9 helps students use critical thinking when taking notes, and Chapter 10 emphasizes the use of critical thinking when evaluating research material.

• Lifelong learning focus—The first chapter sets the tone with a discussion of why lifelong learning is important and shows how to use what you learn to build a successful career. Throughout the text, examples show how continued education will benefit students in environments other than college.

• Working world focus—Study skills that are learned in college will be used throughout the students' career and life. This text shows how each study skill comes into play on the job, illustrating to students that the work they do in school will serve them long after they graduate.

• Technology—The text weaves technology into the material wherever it is relevant. Chapter 10 contains a section on Internet research, and Chapter 14 contains a section on using computer technology.

• Media literacy—The critical thinking and reading chapters describe media literacy and provide information about how to take in and critically evaluate information that comes through the media.

• End-of-chapter exercises—Each Chapter has a series of exercises entitled Study Skills in Action, which are designed to reinforce knowledge of chapter material, build vocabulary, and hone test-taking skills.

• Test Competence: Measuring What You've Learned—Includes 10 multiple-choice questions and five true/false questions.

• Brain Power: Building Vocabulary Fitness—A vocabulary-building exercise with new words from excerpted magazine and newspaper articles.

• Strategic Thinking: Getting the Big Picture—A journal-type exercise that builds critical thinking and writing skills while encouraging the application of chapter content to students' lives.

• End-of-part exercises—At the end of each of the four parts is a set of exercises entitled Skill Building: Understanding Concepts as Well as Details. This set of exercises encourages the students to link together concepts that they have learned in that part's chapters.

• Making Connections—Includes five multiple-choice questions, five true/false questions, 10 fill-in-the-blank questions, and 10 matching questions.

• The Essay question—Requires a written subjective answer; the question is based on an excerpt (included in the text) from a current college textbook.

• The Teamwork question—Brings students together in groups to perform an exercise that builds teamwork skills.

• Expert insight—Each chapter contains two to three boxed quotes that contain advice from noted experts and successful professionals. The experts talk about their personal study-skills experiences, struggles, and successes.

• Visual learning—The visuals help to engage the reader more actively and provide visual reference points that clarify text. One entire chapter, Chapter 7, focuses on visual elements and how to read and use them. Each chapter has a visual summary—a mind map—that outlines the chapter topics, subtopics, and examples in visual format. Tables and figures reinforce material in every chapter.

Seminars and Services for Faculty

• NEW Online Faculty Training: Faculty training anytime you want it. Ask questions. Share ideas. Troubleshoot. Join the Keys author online faculty training sessions, available to all adopters through Course Compass, and you’ll learn what other faculty using Keys are doing; be able to share exercises, syllabi, and teaching strategies; and view online videos of Joyce explaining specific learning activities. This new “Key” to your teaching success is free—no matter what your course size or location--and accessible online at www.keysfacultyonline.com.
• Course Consulting Service–Provides professors with author written course advice based on their classroom teaching and learning experiences. Authors are also available to answer questions via their email addresses: Dr. Joyce Bishop - jbishop@gwc.cccd.edu or Carol J. Carter - caroljcarter@lifebound.com, or toll free at 877-737-8510.  Please give your local representative your syllabus and class objectives and we will have the advice plan back to you quickly!  Helps with text transition and new ways to get the message across to students.
• Faculty Training–For adoptions of 1,000 annual copies or more! Create a customized presentation, select from: Multiple Intelligences, Motivating at Risk Students, Climbing out of the box, Setting Goals and Expectations, Teaching Responsibility and Ethics, Technology in the Classroom, Collaborative Learning and Critical Thinking.  Infuses classroom experience with new ideas.

I. KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND PREPARATION: WHERE THE FUTURE BEGINS.

II. READING, REMEMBERING, AND UNDERSTANDING: MAKING MEANING OF WHAT YOU LEARN.

III. NOTES, RESEARCH, AND WRITING: INTERPRETING AND EXPRESSING IDEAS.

IV. TESTING, TECHNOLOGY, AND COMPETENCY: CREATING YOUR FUTURE.

Study Skills  [STUDY SKILLS EMPHASIS - TEXTBOOK]   (Student Success & Career Development)

This text offers a contemporary, refreshing approach to traditional coverage of study skills. Concepts and strategies are presented in a context that helps you understand the broader, real-world applications for well-developed study skills. The premise of this book is that strong academic skills form the foundation necessary for your success in our competitive, global economy.

This book offers knowledge and skills that build self-management, a positive work ethic, and leadership qualities:

• Identifying and using your preferred learning styles
• Goal setting
• Time management
• Flexibility in the face of change
• Ways to reduce stress
• Strategic thinking

You will develop skills that help you fulfill your goals in school and, ultimately, in your career:

• Reading speed and comprehension
• Internet research skills
• Vocabulary skills
• Writing skills
• Math, science, and technology skills

Unique features that underscore relevancy:

• Vocabulary exercises featuring words from current media excerpts
• Chapter summaries in a map format to stimulate visual learning
• A text-wide focus on how your study skills will help you on the job

Keys to College Studying has its own companion website designed to help students review the text material and hone their computer skills. This site (accessed through www.prenhall.com/carter) resides within the Prentice Hall supersite (www.prenhall.com/success) for student success and career development. The supersite houses a wide array of resources for students seeking academic and career success.

Companion Website - Carter
Carter, Bishop, Block & Kravits
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ISBN-10: 0130616265  |  ISBN-13: 9780130616265
This online resource is available at no cost at http://www.prenhall.com/carter.
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