Becoming an Achiever: A Student Guide [Paperback]

Carolyn Coil (Author)

Book Description

Texas Legacy Award Finalist 2005

This workbook for 4th 12th grade students asks them to read a little, think a little, and write a little about topics that will help them become successful achievers. These skills will raise student achievement as well as motivate students because of the success they will experiences.

Topics include:
Developing Self-Confidence and how the student, the student s family, teachers, and peers, influence success and failure. Students learn the characteristics of achievers and identify their own personal and academic behaviors.
Goal Setting, problem solving, and decision making and how to plan so that goals can be achieved.
Motivation, both internal and external, how learning styles affect a student s motivation to learn and succeed, and how failure affects motivation.
Time management and organizational skills and tips.
Study skills and tips.
How to take tests and participate in other kinds of assessment including rubrics and portfolios.
How to work within the system to become an achiever, attain success, and raise achievement levels.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Creative Learning Consultants (June 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 188050507X
• ISBN-13: 978-1880505076
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,889,265 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Carolyn is an internationally known speaker, author, trainer, consultant and educator. In her workshops, professional development courses, seminars and keynotes, she is an enthusiastic, motivating and energetic presenter. Carolyn works with teachers, parents and students offering practical strategies for raising student achievement, differentiating curriculum, implementing a variety of assessment strategies, and dealing with the problems and challenges associated with preparing ourselves and our children for living and working in the 21st Century.

Carolyn has worked in the field of education and training for over 30 years. She currently teaches courses in gifted and talented education and does workshops for schools and school districts on a wide variety of topics. She has been an Adjunct Professor at several different universities and has worked in the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Bermuda, the Marshall Islands, Spain, Germany, Ecuador, Croatia, and South Korea.

Her Biography is included in numerous publications such as the World Who's Who of Women, 2000 Notable American Women, Who's Who Registry of Global Business Leaders, Sterling Who's Who Executive Edition, The Dictionary of International Biography, International Who's Who of Contemporary Achievement, 5000 Personalities of the World, Who's Who in the South and Southwest, Who's Who in the World, International Who's Who of Professional and Business Women, and Who's Who in American Education.