"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