Learning to Learn: The Skill and Will of College Success

This innovative, research-based volume shows readers how skill AND will are both necessary for success in learning throughout life. It takes readers from where they are currently on the skill-will continuum (high skill, low will; low skill, high will; low skill, low will; or high skill, high will) and helps them develop a variety of learning strategies, tells them when to use them, and explains how to generate the energy, desire, and self-confidence to make those strategies work for them. Multiple assessments throughout help readers evaluate their skills, and hands-on activities allow them to try out new strategies. Becoming a Self-Regulated Learner. Skill Components. Will Components. Resource Management: Using the Tools Available to You. Improving Your Attention and Memory. Improving Your Cognition and Metacognition. Taking Notes. Taking Tests. Improving Your Reading. Improving Your Writing. Critical Thinking. Problem Solving. For anyone who wants to improve their learning skills.

Learning to Learn: The Skill and Will of College Success

Scott Vanderstoep & Paul Pintrich

Grounded in up-to-date research on cognitive and motivational psychology, this text shows students how skill AND will are both necessary to succeed in college and life. This strategy-based text helps students move along the skill-will continuum by using various learning strategies and generating the energy, desire, and self-confidence to make these strategies work. Multiple assessment tools throughout help students evaluate their progress; hands-on, real-time activities allow them to try out new strategies. Chapter 5 provies an in-depth discussion on life skills.

Features include:

• Self-assessment tools throughout the text
• Revised opening and closing chapters
• Advice grounded in scientific research
• Hands-on learning activities
• Tips to improve thinking and motivation