A motivation and learning strategies textbook that bridges research and practice!Motivation and Learning Strategies for College Success, Second Edition teaches college students how to become more self-directed learners. Study skills are treated as a serious academic course. Students learn about human motivation and learning as they improve their study skills. The text does not offer "recipes" for success or lists of "quick tips." Rather, the focus is on relevant information and features designed to help students to identify the components of academic learning that contribute to high achievement, to master and practice effective learning and study strategies, and then to complete self-management studies whereby they are taught a process for improving their academic behavior.A framework organized around six components related to academic success (motivation, methods of learning, time management, control of the physical and social environment, and performance) makes it easy for students to understand what they need to do to become more successful in the classroom.The text combines an overview of theory and research, to help learners understand what factors determine or influence successful learning and why they are asked to use different study and learning strategies in the text, with field-tested exercises, follow-up activities, and appendices that assist students in observing and changing their own behavior.A separate Instructor's Manual provides helpful information for teaching the material; includes additional exercises and experiences for students; provides both objective and essay test questions; and includes information on how students can maintain a portfolio to demonstrate their acquisition of learning and study skills and guidelines for helping students complete a self-management study of their own behavior.
Author(s): Myron H. Dembo
Edition: 2
Year: 2004
Language: English
Pages: 352
0805846484......Page 1
Brief Contents......Page 8
Figure and Table Credits......Page 9
Contents......Page 10
Preface......Page 16
UNIT I-FOUNDATIONS OF LEARNING
AND MOTIVATION......Page 20
1-Academic Self-Management......Page 22
2-Understanding Learning and Memory......Page 48
3-Understanding Motivation......Page 70
UNIT II-MOTIVATIONAL STRATEGIES......Page 110
4-Goal Setting......Page 112
5-Management of Emotion and Effort......Page 130
UNIT III-BEHAVIORAL STRATEGIES......Page 156
6-Time Management......Page 158
7-Management of Physical and Social
Environment......Page 184
UNIT IV-LEARNING AND STUDY
STRATEGIES......Page 206
8-Learning From Textbooks......Page 208
9-Learning From Lectures......Page 236
10-Preparing for Exams......Page 256
11-Taking Exams......Page 274
GLOSSARY......Page 298
APPENDICES......Page 302
APPENDIX A-A Guide for Completing a
Self-Management Study......Page 304
APPENDIX B-Examples of Self-Management
Studies......Page 320
REFERENCES......Page 344
Author Index......Page 352
Subject Index......Page 356
