Toft, Doug
The Essential Guide to Becoming a Master Student / Becoming a master student Doug Toft, Judy Corasaniti, and Jeremy McQuigge. - First Canadian edition. - Toronto : Nelson Education, 2015. - xiii, 136, LSI-8 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
"Based on Dave Ellis' Becoming a master student". "Adapted from The essential guide to becoming a master student, third edition, by Doug Toft and Judy Corasaniti, published by Wadsworth, Cengage Learning. Copyright @2013 by Wadsworth, Cengage Learning"--Title page verso. Preceding the title page is 1 online access code card for CourseMate, tipped in.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"The Essential Guide to Becoming a Master Student, First Canadian Edition, allows students to tap into their natural learning abilities as they are guided through the transition from high school to post-secondary education. This textbook takes a student-centred approach to self-discovery, helping students learn how to make the most of their post-secondary education, achieve success in their academic and personal lives, and prepare for a career" (Book Cover) TABLE OF CONTENTS: INTRODUCTION: MAKING THE TRANSITION Mentor Advice: Set a course of action The mastery system
Making the transition to higher education: Five things you can do now
Master student qualities
Classroom civility - what's in it for you? Shift your thinking Reflection: Whom are you bringing with you? Practice: Defining why you are here The Discovery Wheel Achieving Mastery: How will you fail? CHAPTER 1: DISCOVERING YOUR STYLE Mentor Advice: The naked truth Learning styles: Discovering how you learn Reflection: You had a feeling
Directions for completing the Learning Style Inventory
Learning Style Inventory LSI-1
Using your Learning Style profile to succeed
Canadian employers' wish list Practice: Claim your multiple intelligences Go Digital: A world of assessment
The magic of metacognition Achieving Mastery: Take it to work CHAPTER 2: USING TECHNOLOGY TO SUCCEED Mentor Advice: Challenge your barriers
Succeeding as an online learner Go Digital: Your online time
Eight technology skills to develop now Reflection: Are you ready for online?
Join the (virtual) team
Developing information literacy On the Job: Digital identity Practice: Assessing the Internet Achieving Mastery: Take control CHAPTER 3: DEFINING VALUES WITH TIME-BASED GOALS Mentor Advice: Be here now
Value evolution Reflection: Seek perspective
1:168 - The power of one
Seven ways to take back your time
Stop missing the big stuff Collaborate: Semester plan Practice: Weekly planner
The ABC daily to-do list
Setting and achieving goals Practice: Short- and long-term goal setting Go Digital: Take your time management online Achieving Mastery: Be flexible CHAPTER 4: READING WITH PURPOSE Mentor Advice: Letting go of your pictures
Differences in textbooks
Five smart ways to highlight a text Reflection: Understanding the change Collaborate: Barriers to comprehension
The SQ3R reading system Practice: Mark up a page
SQ3R for digital books Go Digital: Digital reading On the Job: Managing email Achieving Mastery: Reading for life CHAPTER 5: CAPTURING EFFECTIVE NOTES Mentor Advice: I create it all
Note-taking essentials Reflection: Notes on notes Go Digital: Notes to go
Set yourself up for note taking
Capture key words Practice: TED Talk notes On the Job: Harness the power of knowing
Play with note-taking formats
Turn Power-Point into powerful notes
When your instructor talks fast Collaborate: Compare notes Achieving Mastery: Thrive instead of survive CHAPTER 6: MAXIMIZING YOUR MEMORY AND MASTERING TEST TAKING Mentor Advice: Detach
Take your memory out of the closet On the Job: What was...?
Information processing model
Memory superchargers - the "six Rs"
Five things to do in a study group Reflection: Rebuild pathways
Test-taking errors - and ways to avoid them Practice: A quick quiz
Relax - t's just a test
Be ready for your next test Go Digital: A style for everyone Collaborate: Finding motivation Achieving Mastery: Attitude + preparation Ch. 7: COMMUNICATING YOUR IDEAS Mentor Advice: Employ your word
Critical thinking: A survival skill
Finding "aha" - creativity fuels critical thinking
Attitudes of a critical thinker Reflection: Attitude review
Becoming a critical thinker
Creative ways for groups to get "unstuck"
Don't fool yourself: Common mistakes in logic Collaborate: One story, different views Practice: Your own logic
Ways to create ideas
Think critically about information on the internet Go Digital: Rethinking email On the Job: New ideas Achieving Mastery: The human difference CHAPTER 8: CREATING POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS Mentor Advice: Choose your conversations
Create relationships with integrity
Thriving in a diverse world Practice: Look in and around
12 tools for deep listening Collaborate: New interpretation
Managing conflict
Seven steps to effective complaints Developing emotional intelligence Go Digital: Emotional intelligence test
Creating high-performance teams Achieving Mastery: Art of relationship building Endnotes Index
9780176675325 (pbk)
20139072128
College student orientation--Canada.
Study skills.
Information scolaire et professionnelle--Canada.
Étude--Méthodes.
The Essential Guide to Becoming a Master Student / Becoming a master student Doug Toft, Judy Corasaniti, and Jeremy McQuigge. - First Canadian edition. - Toronto : Nelson Education, 2015. - xiii, 136, LSI-8 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
"Based on Dave Ellis' Becoming a master student". "Adapted from The essential guide to becoming a master student, third edition, by Doug Toft and Judy Corasaniti, published by Wadsworth, Cengage Learning. Copyright @2013 by Wadsworth, Cengage Learning"--Title page verso. Preceding the title page is 1 online access code card for CourseMate, tipped in.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"The Essential Guide to Becoming a Master Student, First Canadian Edition, allows students to tap into their natural learning abilities as they are guided through the transition from high school to post-secondary education. This textbook takes a student-centred approach to self-discovery, helping students learn how to make the most of their post-secondary education, achieve success in their academic and personal lives, and prepare for a career" (Book Cover) TABLE OF CONTENTS: INTRODUCTION: MAKING THE TRANSITION Mentor Advice: Set a course of action The mastery system
Making the transition to higher education: Five things you can do now
Master student qualities
Classroom civility - what's in it for you? Shift your thinking Reflection: Whom are you bringing with you? Practice: Defining why you are here The Discovery Wheel Achieving Mastery: How will you fail? CHAPTER 1: DISCOVERING YOUR STYLE Mentor Advice: The naked truth Learning styles: Discovering how you learn Reflection: You had a feeling
Directions for completing the Learning Style Inventory
Learning Style Inventory LSI-1
Using your Learning Style profile to succeed
Canadian employers' wish list Practice: Claim your multiple intelligences Go Digital: A world of assessment
The magic of metacognition Achieving Mastery: Take it to work CHAPTER 2: USING TECHNOLOGY TO SUCCEED Mentor Advice: Challenge your barriers
Succeeding as an online learner Go Digital: Your online time
Eight technology skills to develop now Reflection: Are you ready for online?
Join the (virtual) team
Developing information literacy On the Job: Digital identity Practice: Assessing the Internet Achieving Mastery: Take control CHAPTER 3: DEFINING VALUES WITH TIME-BASED GOALS Mentor Advice: Be here now
Value evolution Reflection: Seek perspective
1:168 - The power of one
Seven ways to take back your time
Stop missing the big stuff Collaborate: Semester plan Practice: Weekly planner
The ABC daily to-do list
Setting and achieving goals Practice: Short- and long-term goal setting Go Digital: Take your time management online Achieving Mastery: Be flexible CHAPTER 4: READING WITH PURPOSE Mentor Advice: Letting go of your pictures
Differences in textbooks
Five smart ways to highlight a text Reflection: Understanding the change Collaborate: Barriers to comprehension
The SQ3R reading system Practice: Mark up a page
SQ3R for digital books Go Digital: Digital reading On the Job: Managing email Achieving Mastery: Reading for life CHAPTER 5: CAPTURING EFFECTIVE NOTES Mentor Advice: I create it all
Note-taking essentials Reflection: Notes on notes Go Digital: Notes to go
Set yourself up for note taking
Capture key words Practice: TED Talk notes On the Job: Harness the power of knowing
Play with note-taking formats
Turn Power-Point into powerful notes
When your instructor talks fast Collaborate: Compare notes Achieving Mastery: Thrive instead of survive CHAPTER 6: MAXIMIZING YOUR MEMORY AND MASTERING TEST TAKING Mentor Advice: Detach
Take your memory out of the closet On the Job: What was...?
Information processing model
Memory superchargers - the "six Rs"
Five things to do in a study group Reflection: Rebuild pathways
Test-taking errors - and ways to avoid them Practice: A quick quiz
Relax - t's just a test
Be ready for your next test Go Digital: A style for everyone Collaborate: Finding motivation Achieving Mastery: Attitude + preparation Ch. 7: COMMUNICATING YOUR IDEAS Mentor Advice: Employ your word
Critical thinking: A survival skill
Finding "aha" - creativity fuels critical thinking
Attitudes of a critical thinker Reflection: Attitude review
Becoming a critical thinker
Creative ways for groups to get "unstuck"
Don't fool yourself: Common mistakes in logic Collaborate: One story, different views Practice: Your own logic
Ways to create ideas
Think critically about information on the internet Go Digital: Rethinking email On the Job: New ideas Achieving Mastery: The human difference CHAPTER 8: CREATING POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS Mentor Advice: Choose your conversations
Create relationships with integrity
Thriving in a diverse world Practice: Look in and around
12 tools for deep listening Collaborate: New interpretation
Managing conflict
Seven steps to effective complaints Developing emotional intelligence Go Digital: Emotional intelligence test
Creating high-performance teams Achieving Mastery: Art of relationship building Endnotes Index
9780176675325 (pbk)
20139072128
College student orientation--Canada.
Study skills.
Information scolaire et professionnelle--Canada.
Étude--Méthodes.