Your Guide to College Success: Strategies for Achieving Your Goals [Paperback]

John W. Santrock (Author), Jane S. Halonen (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0534533523 | ISBN-13: 978-0534533526 | Publication Date: July 1998

Appealing to co-ordinators of college success courses (those who place equal emphasis on academic skills and personal adjustment), this text addresses course topics from the standpoint of the individual student.

Editorial Reviews

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"Santrock and Halonen use active learning strategies in every chapter. Self-assessments allow students to analyze where they stand...The whole focus is to guide the student to become an active and independent learner. The authors want the student to be active and to be involved."

"The self-assessments are a strength of the text; they enable the student to connect with the material and begin the process of self application."

"The writing is well defined and explained at a level that is not boring to the student or the teacher. This text is overall one of the best I have evaluated." --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

JOHN W. SANTROCK, Ph.D., is a leading author of college success and psychology textbooks. He is a professor of psychology and human development at the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD), where he helped to establish the college success program. More than two million students have used his top-selling texts, which include PSYCHOLOGY: CONTEXTS, SCIENCE, AND APPLICATIONS. In addition to college success strategies, his research interests focus on the nature of family processes and the social development of children and adolescents.

JANE S. HALONEN, psychology professor, author, and critical thinking expert, is dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of West Florida. Renowned throughout academia for her efforts to improve student learning, she is the recipient of the 2000 American Psychological Foundation Award for Distinguished Teaching. Her research interests include the scholarship of teaching, psychology pedagogy, and assessment and evaluation. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 398 pages
• Publisher: Wadsworth Pub Co (July 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0534533523
• ISBN-13: 978-0534533526
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.8 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,067,439 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1.0 out of 5 stars Not recommended, February 11, 2007

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Wenda Rose "Luna Scomparira" (Montrose, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Your Guide to College Success: Strategies for Achieving Your Goals (with CD-ROM) (Paperback)

I was required to have this book for a GUID 5 "College Success Skills" class. If that's why you're looking at it, then you don't have much of a choice. Otherwise, look somewhere else. I've found it nearly worthless at helping me adjust to college--all it seems to do is tell me what I already know (it points out what you need to "work on" in your life but gives you no suggestions on where to begin working). I'm surprised that the review says that it doesn't talk down to students--I think that's exactly what it does. It relies heavily on statistical stereotypes, and dispenses little practical advice. It seems as though anything they say that actually APPLIES to a person's real life, that person would most likely already know.