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Chapter One Summary
This chapter was how about your first time in college. The sections discussed topics like
you want out of college, you can explore you’re learning in college and throughout life.
This can promote your success for your future. Using the three thinking skills, analytical,
creative and practical thinking will provide a new view of your skills and potential as a
student. There were didn’t cases with college students who had personal issues with life
and school this chapter provided information to show us how to think and solve
problems.
Some cases are facts some were fiction. There were also in chapter content and
student profiles that illustrate growth mindset and thoughtful, emotionally intelligent
choices. Learn from your failure was also a topic in this chapter, one of the messages
about this topic was failure approached with a growth mindset can spark motivation,
showing you what you can do better this will drive you to improve.
I found key four very helpful in this chapter. It was a pyramid that showed the different
level of basics for success there are seven levels I’ll start from the bottom 7. Attend
class on time with a positive attitude. 6. Read assigned material before it is discussed in
class. 5. Listen attentively, take notes, and participate in discussions, 4. Complete
assignments on schedule, 3.Study for exams, 2. Seek help when needed, 1. Toward
graduation. These were tips that were given in chapter one to help some college
students stay focus in order to get closer to their success.

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Chapter Two Summary
This chapter talked about values, goals and time. Which is a very important topic in all
college students life. Most of us work one job or two. Some of us have kids or a family
we have to take care of, so when it comes to school our values, goals and time may be
an issue when it comes to staying focus and on top of class assignments. Values talked
about why it’s important to know what you value and how important it is for you to know
what’s important about your future career and what’s not important. There were four
important topics that were given. 1. Understand what you want out of life. 2. Choose
how to use your valuable time. 3. Build rules for life. 4. Find people who inspire you.
Goals talked about short term and long term goals. Setting up a SMART goal
achievement plan can be very helpful. The SMART system to make your goals specific,
Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, and linked to a Time Frame. 1. Define a realistic and
achievable goal. 2. Define a specific path. 3. Link to a time frame. 4. Measure your
progress. 5. Get unstuck.
Time talked about identifying your time profile and preferences, building a schedule,
keeping track of events and commitments (this particular topic is a very hard issue for
me because of my busy schedule) Scheduling tasks and activities that support your
values and goals. Make a to do list and prioritize. Plan a track had a few tips that were
helpful as well: 1. Plan regularly 2. Actively manage your schedule 3. Use monthly and
yearly calendars at home. 4. Work to stay motivated. 5. Avoid time traps. 6. Schedule
downtime.

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Chapter Three Summary
Learning how to learn was about learning what works for you as you go through
college. Some students may lean better in study groups others may learn better through
online classes many prefer to be in the classroom to get hands on experience like me.
Learning style is a particular way in which the mind receives and process information.
Potential is the abilities that may be developed. Intelligence is the ability to solve
problems or create products that are of values in a culture.
One of the topics was Classroom choices one of the questions was; what can you do
when your preferences don’t match up with how your instructor teaches. Three
suggestions were 1. Play to your strengths. 2. Work to strength weaker areas. 3. Ask
your instructor for help. This tip is especially important because when there are large
lectures and your unknown to the instructor unless you speak up they’ll never know if
you need help or if you understand if you never say anything.

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Chapter Four
Critical, Creative and Practical thinking chapter discussed a lot of different topics such
as Gathering information 1. Review the assignment terms you note two important
items. 2. At the library and online you can find thousands of articles in this topic area. 3.
Examining the summaries of six comprehensive articles leads you to three in depth
sources. Break information into parts 1. Separate the ideas 2. Identify the evidence.
Another topic was improving your creative thinking skills brainstorming. Take a new and
different look challenge assumptions shift your perspective ask the what if questions.
Set the stage for creativity, choose or create environments that free your mind. Be
curious. Give yourself time to sit with a question. Take risks go against established
ideas. Let mistakes be okay.
All the topics and information in this chapter helps you improve your three different
thinking skills. Solving problems keeping your balance and making your decisions are
not only apart of college life but it’s also used in your everyday life as well.

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Chapter Five
This chapter is about reading comprehension. There are a lot of techniques that
college students can use in order to help them understand what they are reading.
Those techniques are: Define your reading purpose, Take active and positive approach,
Choose the right setting, Learn to concentrate and Expand your vocabulary. There is
also something called SQ3R which stands for Survey, Questions, Read, Recite, and
Review. This technique helps readers take in, understand and remember what they
read.
What Strategies help with specific subjects and formats? Math and science. You have
to interact with math material actively through writing. Pay attention to formulas, use
memory strategies to learn science. . Social science and humanities prepare you to be
a well-rounded person, able and ready to fulfill your responsibilities to yourself, your
family, and a free democracy. Look at the themes as you read, even if they are not
spelled out. think critically will help you maximize learning and understanding as you
ask questions about what you read.

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Chapter Six:
Listening and Note Taking was the best chapter to me. I feel that I learned a lot of
strategies that I know for sure that I will use in my everyday life. Knowing the stages of
listening was about four listening stages which are: Sensation, Interpretation,
Evaluation, Reaction. With these four stages anyone can become a better listener by
learning to recognize and manage listening challenges and becoming actively involved
with the material.
Also becoming an active listener, Manage listening challenges were topics discussed in
this chapter. When it comes to Managing listening challenges there are five fixable
things to help you which are: Focusing, Have an I can do it attitude, Recognize and
correct your patterns, Get help, and take a proactive approach to understanding.
There are also note taking skills advice in this chapter, some of those tips are: Being
prepared, Preview your reading material, Review what you know, Set up your
environment, Gather support and choose the best note taking systems. Record info
effectively during class, Review and revise, Take notes from the texts in the book and
use the Cornell T-note system.

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Chapter Seven
When it comes to memory a lot of people have a hard time knowing exactly what they
wrote, or even what was told to them five minutes ago. This chapter talked about short
term, long term memory and sensory registers. Most people including me wants to know
why we forget things what is it in our mind that makes us forget. In this chapter that
topic was explained it’s because of ineffective studying. That’s when your not doing
what you should to retain what you learn.
How can you remember what you study? There are six questions to answer this which
is: 1. When2.where 3.who. 4. What5. Why? 6How. When choosing when, where, and
who, choose your best setting. When your using what and why, that’s evaluating study
materials. How is use with study strategies.
Have purpose, intention and emotional connection, put your notes to work. Understand
what you memorize, Study during short, frequent sessions. Get your body ready, use
analytical thinking skills. Organize the items you are processing. Recite, rehearse and
write. Also use flash cards, use audio strategies. Use learning styles strategies and use
the information.

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Chapter Eight
Are you having problems when you’re trying to study for a test or you’re about to take a
test? How can preparation improve test performance? Identify test type and what you
will be expected to know. You need to determine where and how the test will be given.
What kinds of ways can you create a study schedule and checklist? There are reading
and studying strategies such as: Think analytically, Use SQ3R, Employ strategies from
how questions and Create mnemonic devices.
You can also make a pretest on your own with your notes that you have. Prepare
yourself for final exams.Prepareyourself physically and make the most of the last minute
cramming. Prepare yourself well and have a positive attitude. Try to eliminate the
amount of distraction you get while trying to studying. That includes cell phones, Tv,
sitting by the window,listening to the radio etc.

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Chapter Nine
Differences among people and within people, now days everyone has a mixture of
different levels of diversity. There are differences in gender, skin, color, ethnicity and
national origin age and physical characteristics are most obvious. Value diversity which
means have a basic respect for the difference among people and an understanding of
what is positive about those differences.
Identify and evaluate personal perceptions and attitudes such as prejudice and
stereotypes. Be aware of what happens when cultures interact this includes
discrimination and hate crimes. Build a cultural knowledge so you can understand
others lifestyle better and not to be quick to judge they what other people do or how
they think. Adapt to diverse cultures look past external characteristics, move beyond
your feelings, put yourself in other people shoes.

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Chapter Ten
S-T-R-E-S-S! is a huge topic in everyone lives. There are many ways in this chapter
that can help you manage stress. You have to eat well. Evaluate your waiting habits,
understand your eating habits, understand the effects of obesity target your ideal weight
and control the body mass index. Make sure you get lost of exercise. Make exercising a
priority. Get enough sleep good sleep is at least about 8-9 hours.
Make effective decisions about sex. Use birth control you can get this from a primary
doctor or a health clinic. Use condoms. It prevents you from getting sexually transmitted
diseases. AIDS and HIV. You have to be more than careful when it comes to yourself
now a days there are so many diseases.

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Chapter Eleven
Money is a major issue in everyone’s life. You have to learn how to spend it when you
need to spend it and when you don’t sometimes you might have to cut back on the
things you want and only get the things you really need. This chapter was about
Managing Money. Look at how your time relates to your money. Figure out what you
earn every year, hour, every month or two weeks. Figure out what you spend and how
much you spend on a regular bases, It’s all on important things or things you know you
don’t need but still want because you have no self control. Adjust your expenses from
your earnings evaluate the difference.
If you have credit cards manage them correctly what for problems build a good credit
score. If you have bad credit try to clean the things off your credit to help yourself out
because with good credit you can get the things you really want with no problem, such
as homes, cars or jobs.

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Chapter Twelve
We are all in college to get a career so we can live the life we planned for ourself
since we’ve been in high school. Without a career things will be a lot harder for you as
far as finding a good job with great pay. Trying to get a house but you can’t because
you can’t afford that. Having a kid but you can’t afford to put them in the school you
would like for them to go to because it costs to much. It’s all based on you career tour
yearly income what can you afford. How can you prepare for career success? Consider
your personality and strengths, Bestragetic, Build knowledge and experience,
investigate career paths, know what employers you want to be around or that you may
want to work for you, if you plan on being a boss. Expect change in your career and
your personal life. Flexibility helps you adapt to change. Without change you will never
see progress.