Motivation and Learning Strategies for College Success: A Self-Management Approach - Softcover

Dembo, Myron H.; Seli, Helena

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0805862293 ISBN 13: 9780805862294

Publisher: Routledge, 2007

Synopsis

If you haven t used Motivation and Learning Strategies for College Success in your study skills course, it s time for a change! This popular text combines theory, research, and applications to teach 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. 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 ph

About this title

About the Author:

Myron H. Dembo is the Stephen Crocker Professor of Education in the Rossier School of Education at the University of Southern California. He is a fellow in the American Psychological Association and an associate editor of the Elementary School Journal. Dembo specializes in the areas of learning and motivation with a focus on teaching students how to become more self-regulated learners. He has written three books and over 75 research articles on the teaching-learning process. His educational psychology textbook, Applying Educational Psychology, is now in its 5th edition. Dembo also conducts workshops for middle and high school students on learning and study skills, as well as professional educational programs for teachers and administrators on the same topic.

Review:

“I like the fact that this book doesn’t talk down to students. Students have a better attitude about taking a learning strategies course when they study both research and application.”
—Joan Iva Cube
Whittier College, Center for Academic Success

“I teach a course on self-regulation and this book is the best available in the area.”
—Fred Bail
University of Hawaii

“This text is gaining popularity with students at our university. We would not consider using any other text in our course because it is based on research. Students feel that they are taking an academic course rather than a remedial course.”
—Elaine Wright
University of Southern Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0805862293
• ISBN 13: 9780805862294
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 356