Becoming a Master Student - Softcover

Dave Ellis

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0618209093 ISBN 13: 9780618209095

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2003

Synopsis

For a full description of this text, see Ellis, Becoming a Master Student, 10/e.

The concise version of this best-selling text accommodates shorter courses while still offering the key elements of the complete text by combining topics, and streamlining articles and activities.

• New! Features from Becoming a Master Student, 10/e, also appear in the Concise edition, including Student Voices and Workplace Applications.
• New! Explanation and terms in the Learning Style Inventory have been simplified for clarity and ease of use.
• New! A resources chapter focuses on financial strategies, community resources, and computer resources. In addition, a new article, "Don't Let Debt Bring You Down," offers suggestions on preventing credit card debt and paying student loans.
• Updated Master Student Profiles include Raul Julia, Greg Louganis, Cesar Chavez, and scholarship contest winner Suny Urrutia Moore.
• Updated technology coverage includes new links and web references, plus dynamic, interactive exercises available online for students to submit to instructors electronically.
• Additional reading strategies offer students a variety of ways to increase reading speed, comprehension, and retention.
• A significantly shorter format (10 chapters) makes the Concise suitable for 0, 1, and 2 credit courses.

About this title

About the Author

David B. Ellis is the author of several books, including North America's best-selling college textbook, Becoming a Master Student, which has been translated into French and Spanish. This book is designed to promote student success inside and outside of the classroom. Ellis is also a nationally known lecturer and workshop leader. Over the past 16 years he has facilitated workshops on topics ranging from becoming a more effective college instructor to creating individual life plans. These workshops have attracted more than 10,000 people. He is the founder and past president of College Survival, Inc. Ellis has taught computer programming at the college level. He also counseled college students and worked as an assistant dean of student services. Ellis has founded a nonprofit foundation (The People's Fund) and is currently involved in facilitating think tanks and workshops designed to invent new human effectiveness strategies and ways to communicate them.

Edition details

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0618209093
• ISBN 13: 9780618209095
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 260