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

Seli, Helena; Dembo, Myron H.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0805846484 ISBN 13: 9780805846485

Publisher: Routledge, 2004

Synopsis

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.

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

"Students like the exercises, levels of discourse, key points, and student reflections. The process of change, identification of six components for success, follow-up activities and exercises, integration of learning strategies and motivation, and analysis of course demands and student behavior are superb." - Arnaldo Mejias State University of New York/College at New Paltz; "This text covers most of the areas indicated in the LASSI. Students find it very approachable. Many say they will keep it as a reference work." - Peggy Pritchard Kulesz University of Texas at Arlington"

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0805846484
• ISBN 13: 9780805846485
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 352