Becoming a Master Student

Becoming a Master Student
Author: Dave Ellis
Publisher:
Total Pages: 464
Release: 2022
Genre:
ISBN: 9780357657232

Make powerful connections between what you're learning now and the skills you'll need for your future with Ellis' BECOMING A MASTER STUDENT: MAKING THE CAREER CONNECTION, 17th edition. Helping you successfully bridge the gap between college and career, tools like Career Connection, Practicing Critical Thinking and the Discovery and Intention Journal System give you a deeper knowledge of yourself and your power to be successful today and long term. Take advantage of MindTap activities like "How transferable are your skills?" activities, journal entries and "What would you do?" scenarios to gain self-knowledge and go from memorization to mastery in your course. With Cengage Infuse, complete Concept Checks and Chapter Quizzes to solidify your knowledge.

How to Become a Straight-A Student

How to Become a Straight-A Student
Author: Cal Newport
Publisher: Crown
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2006-12-26
Genre: Study Aids
ISBN: 0767922719

Looking to jumpstart your GPA? Most college students believe that straight A’s can be achieved only through cramming and painful all-nighters at the library. But Cal Newport knows that real straight-A students don’t study harder—they study smarter. A breakthrough approach to acing academic assignments, from quizzes and exams to essays and papers, How to Become a Straight-A Student reveals for the first time the proven study secrets of real straight-A students across the country and weaves them into a simple, practical system that anyone can master. You will learn how to: • Streamline and maximize your study time • Conquer procrastination • Absorb the material quickly and effectively • Know which reading assignments are critical—and which are not • Target the paper topics that wow professors • Provide A+ answers on exams • Write stellar prose without the agony A strategic blueprint for success that promises more free time, more fun, and top-tier results, How to Become a Straight-A Student is the only study guide written by students for students—with the insider knowledge and real-world methods to help you master the college system and rise to the top of the class.

Culturally Responsive Teaching and The Brain

Culturally Responsive Teaching and The Brain
Author: Zaretta Hammond
Publisher: Corwin Press
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2014-11-13
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1483308022

A bold, brain-based teaching approach to culturally responsive instruction To close the achievement gap, diverse classrooms need a proven framework for optimizing student engagement. Culturally responsive instruction has shown promise, but many teachers have struggled with its implementation—until now. In this book, Zaretta Hammond draws on cutting-edge neuroscience research to offer an innovative approach for designing and implementing brain-compatible culturally responsive instruction. The book includes: Information on how one’s culture programs the brain to process data and affects learning relationships Ten “key moves” to build students’ learner operating systems and prepare them to become independent learners Prompts for action and valuable self-reflection

From Master Student to Master Employee

From Master Student to Master Employee
Author: Dave Ellis
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Total Pages: 376
Release: 2016-01-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9781305500532

Learn how to take the skills you use in the classroom and apply them to the workplace! Through interactive journal entries, hands-on activities, and articles specific to career readiness and workplace development, this text will help you gain the qualities you need to go from being a master student to a master employee. A focus on transferable skills that you can take from your classes to your career helps you develop the top skills employers look for in their employees. Tools like the Discovery Wheel, Discovery and Intention journal entries, Master Student Profiles, Power Process articles, and the Kolb Learning Style Inventory deepen your knowledge of yourself within the classroom and help you prepare for success in the global workforce. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

Becoming a Master Student

Becoming a Master Student
Author: David B. Ellis
Publisher:
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2006-01-24
Genre: Education
ISBN:

The aim of this text is to help students discover that the person responsible for an excellent education and student success is himself or herself.

The Master Adaptive Learner

The Master Adaptive Learner
Author: William Cutrer
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2019-09-29
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 032371112X

Tomorrow's best physicians will be those who continually learn, adjust, and innovate as new information and best practices evolve, reflecting adaptive expertise in response to practice challenges. As the first volume in the American Medical Association's MedEd Innovation Series, The Master Adaptive Learner is an instructor-focused guide covering models for how to train and teach future clinicians who need to develop these adaptive skills and utilize them throughout their careers. - Explains and clarifies the concept of a Master Adaptive Learner: a metacognitive approach to learning based on self-regulation that fosters the success and use of adaptive expertise in practice. - Contains both theoretical and practical material for instructors and administrators, including guidance on how to implement a Master Adaptive Learner approach in today's institutions. - Gives instructors the tools needed to empower students to become efficient and successful adaptive learners. - Helps medical faculty and instructors address gaps in physician training and prepare new doctors to practice effectively in 21st century healthcare systems. - One of the American Medical Association Change MedEd initiatives and innovations, written and edited by members of the ACE (Accelerating Change in Medical Education) Consortium – a unique, innovative collaborative that allows for the sharing and dissemination of groundbreaking ideas and projects.

Stan and the Man

Stan and the Man
Author: Stanley Tucker, Jr.
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2019-08-23
Genre:
ISBN: 9781956328707

We never know how long we have with the people we love, but even when they're gone, the people we love have a way of staying with us. This book is an ode to "The Man", from the son who lost him, and through memories and love, found him again.

America's Struggle to Become a Nation

America's Struggle to Become a Nation
Author: Rick Boyer
Publisher: Master Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015-12-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780890519103

Many committed their lives, fortunes, and sacred honor to build the foundations of freedom we have inherited. It is essential for students to understand this crucial period in our nation's history so they can fulfill their duty today, understand how our government is structured, and help preserve our freedom for future generations. In this full-color book filled with illustrations and images, students will: ¢¢Learn about the War of Independence through the Constitution in this chronological, 34-week daily study ¢¢Explore the lives of those who dared to oppose the most powerful military on earth with the most powerful words and principles put to paper ¢¢Discover in-depth character comments, explanations of providential occurrences, founder's quotes, poetry from the time period, and more!