Product Description: THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO BECOMING A MASTER STUDENT, 3nd Edition, was written with you in mind. Beginning with an introduction to higher education, you will learn about Master Student Qualities--the attitudes and behaviors that lead to success in the classroom and beyond...read more

Product Description: The thirteenth edition of the bestselling BECOMING A MASTER STUDENT continues to lead the way in meeting the changing needs of today's first-year students. Through interactive journaling, a motivational writing style, and hands-on activities that students can apply right away, this text helps students succeed in college and in life...read more

With a new emphasis on the skills most valued by employers, FROM MASTER STUDENT TO MASTER EMPLOYEE 4e improves students' abilities to develop and apply the most relevant skills and strategies to both the classroom and the workplace. The Fourth Edition focuses on the Five C's - character, creative thinking, critical thinking, communicating, and collaborating - the top 5 qualities employers seek in their employees. These five skills are addressed at the end of every chapter; supported by new content on Bloom's Taxonomy and professionalism; and emphasized in three new chapters on Character, Creative and Critical Thinking, and Collaborating. A renewed emphasis on the Master Student qualities is incorporated throughout the text, further supporting the Five C's. Through tools like the Discovery Wheel, Kolb Learning Style Inventory (LSI), Discovery and Intention journal entries, and hands-on activities, students gain a deeper understanding of themselves and learn to continually apply new skills as lifelong learners. Available with InfoTrac Student Collections http://gocengage.com/infotrac.

Product Description: This versatile, brief text can be used as a supplement within an established student success course or as a stand-alone text in any course, seminar, or workshop that emphasizes career and life planning. The book's emphasis on planning makes it different from typical job-hunting guides...read more

Discusses the causes and treatment of teenage addiction

Product Description: Turning Troubles Kids Aroundis an easy-to-use manual for busy educators that is based on three broad concepts: problem, solution, and plan of action. These concepts, in turn, are expanded into a series of steps. Step 1 explains the problem: students and their relationship to alcohol and other drugs...read more

A guide for friends, family members, and health care professionals discusses the common stages in caring for those battling AIDS or other chronic diseases