C. L. a. S. S. College Learning and Study Skills

Atkinson, Rhonda Holt; Longman, Debbie Guice

ISBN 10: 0314765476 / ISBN 13: 9780314765475

Published by Eagan, MN, U.S.A. : West Publishing Co., College & School Division, 1991, 1991

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pp. 472. 2nd Edition. All the information you need to be a successful undergraduate. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: C. L. a. S. S. College Learning and Study Skills
• Publisher: Eagan, MN, U.S.A. : West Publishing Co., College & School Division, 1991
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0314765476
• ISBN 13: 9780314765475
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • LANGUAGE
  • EDUCATION
  • ESL

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Synopsis

College Learning and Study Skills provides an excellent in-depth examination of the academic strategies students need to succeed in class. The text offers detailed advice with little busy work and focuses on the essential areas that students need to pass their exams, complete assignments, and write informative term papers. Noted for its interactive text/workbook format and student-friendly style, all the exercises in the book help monitor students' comprehension of each chapter. Throughout the book there are numerous opportunities for the students to reflect on their own habits and to practice their writing, research, and use of the Internet. Detailed examples are integrated throughout the narrative so that students can see the application of essential study skills in a real life context.

About the Author

Debbie Longman is currently an associate professor at Southeast Louisiana State University. She received her PH.D from Louisiana State University and has been teaches college reading and developmental education courses for 20 years. Debbie (with co-author Rhonda Atkinson) has published dozens of textbooks and is active in NADE (the National Association for Developmental Education). Her professional interests range from incorporating critical thinking into development education to identifying individual learning styles for students with different reading skills.

Rhonda H. Atkinson is currently an assistant professor at Central Missouri State University where she teaches college reading classes in a unique format that combines the reading course, a 3-credit course in social studies, and a Supplemental Instruction (peer-led) study group. She has over 20 years of experience in higher education as both a faculty member and director of a learning center. Additionally, Rhonda is a curriculum writer whose topics have included industrial construction trades, environmental education, healthcare topics for ESL adults, corrections education, teacher education, health education, and ombudsman training. She has served as the advisor for two collegiate groups: Gamma Beta Phi (national honors/service organization) and the National Society for Collegiate Scholars (honors/service/leadership organization for freshman and sophomore students). Rhonda is active in professional organizations at the regional and national levels.