Includes bibliographical references and index.

''This book offers a metacognitive approach that sequentially develops students' awareness of their thought processes and guides them through changes in their study strategies, attitudes, and habits. Skills are then immediately transferable, through guided application, to students' texts in other classes. The text's holistic approach helps students integrate study strategies through cumulative practice exercises keyed to two new text excerpts: ''The Roaring Twenties: 1919-1929'' and ''Stress and Health Psychology.'' Instructors and students may select one or both excerpts for application exercises. Additional multicultural and across-the-curriculum readings are also integrated into the text. Instruction frames these readings to encourage students to read actively and critically.'' (Book Cover)

CONTENTS:

PART ONE: Study Strategies and Techniques

Stage One: Take Inventory: Learning How You Learn Inventory One: Personal Profile Inventory Two: Lifestyle Goals Inventory Three: Learning and Teaching Styles Inventory Four: Present Study Inventory Inventory Five: Preferred Teaching Styles Summary of Inventories Summary Map of Stage One Journal Entries: Introduction

Stage Two: Evaluate the Present Study Strategies and Time Management

Stage Three: Successful Study Strategies Step One: Appreciating the Big Picture at College Step Two: Separate Main Ideas from Details Step Three: Learn Study Strategies for Diversed Disciplines Step Four: Read for Meaning Step Five: Develop Your Vocabulary Step Six: Improve Your Lecture and Textbook Notes Step Seven: Review and Memorize Step Eight: Improving Your Test-Taking Skills Step Nine: Use Your Library Step Ten: Write a Research Paper

Stage Four: Create a Personal Study Profile

PART TWO: College Texts 1. History Excerpt: ''American Life in the 'Roaring Twenties,' 1919-1929 2. Psychology Excerpt: Stress and Health Psychology

Index