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.

It takes two things to be successful in college—skill and will. College success requires developing the proper learning strategies and the knowledge of when to use those strategies (skill) and the energy, desire, and self-confidence to make those strategies work (will). Along with many practical suggestions to improve learning and motivation, this book offers a theoretical understanding of the cognitive and motivational factors needed for college success.

Key Features:

• Multiple assessments of learning and motivation, providing students with valuable feedback
• Practical learning strategies
• Tips for improving motivation and thinking
• Advice grounded in scientific research
• Hands-on learning activities to improve thinking and motivation