tools for student success fye 102 chapter 1: preparing for success in college chapter 2: learning to...

TOOLS FOR STUDENT SUCCESS FYE 102

CHAPTER 1: PREPARING FOR SUCCESS IN COLLEGE

CHAPTER 2: LEARNING TO THINK CRITICALLY

CHAPTER 3: PRESENTING YOUR BEST WORK

CHAPTER 4: LEADERSHIP, ETHICS, AND RESPONSIBILITY

CHAPTER 5: SHARING YOUR WORLD

CHAPTER 6: MAKING HEALTHY CHOICES

CHAPTER 7: PLANNING FOR YOUR CAREER

CHAPTER 8: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

What's In It for You

Reasons for Going to College

The Advantages of a College Education

•Improved Opportunities for Financial Security

•Obtaining the Necessary Skills for Today's Workforce

•The College Advantage

•The Personal Benefits of Going to College

•You're Part of a Diverse College Population

Getting Involved in Your College Community

•Getting Socially Involved

•Tips for Getting Socially Involved

•Getting Academically Involved

•Tips for Getting Academically Involved

•Finding the Right Balance

•Getting Off to a Good Start in Your Classes











Benefiting from Resources and Services

•Using Your College Catalog/Student Handbook

•Academic Requirements and Procedures

•Student Services

•Using Your Placement Office

•Working with the System

•Tips for Making the System Work for You

Getting There

Financing Your Education

•Know Where Your Money Goes

•Tips for Reducing Expenses

•Working Through School

•Coping with Credit Cards: Going Plastic

•Tips for Coping with Credit Cards

•Identity Theft: What You Should Know

•Tips for Minimizing Your Risk for Identity Theft











• Financial Aid

• Student Financial Aid and Scholarship Information on the Web

Balancing School, Work, Family, and Friends

• Strategies for Work and School

• Tips for Managing Work and School

• Strategies for Family and School

• Tips for Managing Children and School

• Child Care

Communicating with Others Online Social Networking

• Security Dangers of Online Social Networking

• Personal Risks of Online Social Networking












What Is Critical Thinking?

•The Importance of Critical Thinking to Your Professional and Personal Life

What Qualities Do Critical Thinkers Possess?

The Process and Tools for Critical Thinking

•Tools for Critical Thinking

•Basic Guidelines for Critical Thinking

Developing Critical Reading Skills

•Questioning: The Tool of Critical Reading

•Ten Critical Thinking Questions to Probe Your Reading

Critical Thinking: You and the Media

•Tips for Thinking Critically About the Media












The Basic Steps to Effective Writing

•Step 1: Choosing a Topic for a Writing Assignment

•Step 2: Prewriting

•Step 3: Organizing

•Step 4: Writing a Rough Draft

•Step 5: Revising

Writing and Computers

•Tips for Writing with Computers

The Research Paper

•Know the Ropes

•Choose a Topic

•Gather Information











• Select Information from Your Resources

• Construct an Outline

• Write Rough Draft(s)

• Revise and Polish

• Writing for Work

• Writing Memos

• Writing Business Letters

• Writing Reports

Making Presentations

• Tips for Preparing a Presentation

• Tips for Making Presentations












Leadership

•Theories of Leadership

Role of the Leader

Sources of Power

Types of Leaders

Leading Successfully

•Tips for Developing Leadership Skills

Ethics and Responsibility

•Ethics

Ethical Principles

Choices and Challenges

Academic Integrity

Rights, Responsibilities and Bill of Rights











QUALITIES OF A GOOD LEADER

• Appreciation• Adaptable• Approachable• Authentic• Charismatic• Collaborative• Committed• Compassionate• Competent• Consistent• Decisive• Dependable• Disciplined• Effective• Efficient• Empathetic• Engaged• Ethical• Family • Oriented• Firm • Flexible• Focused

• Forward • Thinker• Goal • Oriented • Honorable• Influential• Innovative• Intelligent• Listener• Opportunistic• Optimistic • Organized• Outgoing• Productive• Resilient• Resourceful• Responsible• Role • Model• Sense of• Humor• Spiritual• Stable

• Steadfast• Straight Forward• Tactful• Team • Player• Tolerant• Transcendent • Visible• Visionary• Wise

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RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES AND BILL OF RIGHTS

Student Responsibilities

You have the responsibility to take control of your own learning process.You have the responsibility to develop skills for learning, test-taking, and problem-solving.You have the responsibility to think and act positively.You have the responsibility to ask questions when you don't understand somethingYou have the responsibility to attend classes.You have the responsibility to participate actively in class.You have the responsibility to complete assignments.You have the responsibility to help others when asked.You have the responsibility not to have a negative impact on other students or the instructor.

Student Bill of Rights!

You have the right to an education.You have the right to take control of your learning process.You have the right to be treated as an adult.You have the right to define success in your own terms.You have the right to feel good about yourself regardless of your abilities.You have the right to ask questions.You have the right to be treated fairly.You have the right to need extra help.You have the right to say you don't understand.You have the right not to be put down.You have the right to evaluate your instructors.











Taking Advantage of Our Diverse World

Avoiding Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination

•Prejudice and Discrimination

•Relating to Students with Diverse Backgrounds

•Tips for Eliminating Prejudice and Discrimination and Improving Relationships

Communicating

Reflective Listening

•Paraphrasing

Reading Body Language

•Tips for Reading Body Language

Being Assertive

•Qualities of an Assertive Communicator

•Tips for Assertive Communication

•Other Communication Styles











Dealing with Sexual Harassment

Protecting Yourself from Crime

•Being Active in Your Personal Safety

•Safety Where You Live

•Tips for Phone Safety

•Safety in Other Buildings

•Safety on Foot

•Safety on the Road

•Tips for Car Safety

•Safety on Public Transportation

•If You're the Victim of Crime

Understanding Rape and Date Rape

•If You're a Victim of Rape

•Keeping Yourself Safe from Rape

•Tips for Avoiding Date Rape












Managing Stress

•Kinds of Stress

•Stress Management Strategies

•Tips for Coping with Stress

Healthy Eating

•Tips for Balanced Eating

•The USDA Dietary Guidelines

•Managing Your Weight

•Tips for Controlling Your Weight

•Eating Disorders

The Benefits of Exercise

•Developing a Personal Exercise Program

•Tips for Strength Building

•Tips for Sticking to Your Exercise Program











Considering the Risks and Options of Sex

•Sexual Relationships

•Birth Control

•Preventing Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Understanding Substance Abuse

•Alcohol

•Tips for Responsible Drinking

•Smoking

•Tips for Quitting Smoking—Kick It Before It Kicks You

•Other Drugs












Know Yourself

Assessing Your Workplace Values

Assessing Your Interests

Assessing Your Occupational Personality Type

Assessing Your Skills

Investigating Career Options

•Informational Interviews

•Tips for Conducting Informational Interviews Job Search Strategies

Job Searching via the Web

•Using Your College Career Services Office

•Networking as Part of Your Job Search

•Tips for Successful Networking via Social Media

•Tips for Successful Job Search Networking—In Person











Using Your Portfolio to Market Yourself for the Job Your Resume

•Tips for Writing an Effective Resume

•Thinking Outside the Box Marketing

•Major Components of a Resume

•How to Create a Scannable Resume

Cover Letters

•Tips for Writing Effective Cover Letters

Job Applications

•Tips for Completing Job Applications

Job Interviews

•At the Interview

•Common Interview Questions

•Tips on Preparing for a Job Interview

•Interview Follow Up—Thank You












Information Boom to Information Overload

Should I Buy a New Computer or Upgrade?

•Tips for Upgrading or Purchasing a New Computer

Internet Basics

The Way of the Web

Searching and Researching via the Web

•Web Directories

•Search Engines

•Metasearch Engines

•Tips for Searching the Web

Using the Web for Class Research

•Tips for Evaluating Information on the Web

•Style for Citing Online Information











Email Practices and Etiquette for College, Career, and Life

Tips for Email Etiquette and Other Considerations

Keeping Up with Technology to Keep Up with the Changing Workplace

Safety and Security Tips for You and Your Computer


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