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Concise Guide to College Success, A: Carpe Diem
John Arthur, Binghamton University, State University of New York

ISBN-10: 0131129341
ISBN-13: 9780131129344

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2004
Format: Paper; 176 pp
Status: Out of Print

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For Student Orientation classes.

This well-written text started as a professor's advice to help his own students succeed in and out of the classroom. This brief text serves as a reference tool to improve writing, grammar, and punctuation, as well as gives information about studying, exam taking, classes, and “the care and feeding of professors.” Also includes a short introduction to critical thinking and logic with exercises.

  • Engagingly written—Uses a direct and succinct style.

    • Enables students to easily utilize this text.

  • Chapters on language use, citations, and other paper-writing aspects—Includes the basic rules of grammar and punctuation and commonly misspelled words.

    • Emphasizes for students the importance of writing well to succeed in their college careers and beyond.

  • Detailed discussion of the importance of academic honesty—Includes the specific rules about cheating, plagiarism, and other violations.

    • Helps students understand why honesty is important and gives specific instructions about how to avoid getting into trouble.

  • Review questions and exercises—Included at the end of each chapter.

    • Provides students and instructors with exercises and answers that help them to understand the text. Involves students with thinking exercises and their importance.

  • Introduction to logic and critical thinking.

    • Helps students think more clearly and understand the complexities of language.

  • Chapter on the value of education—Includes a philosophical discussion of the nature of happiness and a successful life, the importance of life outside the classroom, and the value of diversity.

    • Shows students the importance of education and why it is important to get the most out of their studies.

I. GETTING THE MOST OUT OF COLLEGE.

 1. The Value of an Education.

 2. How to Succeed in the Classroom.

 3. The Care and Feeding of Professors.

 4. The Tools of the Trade: Logic and Critical Thinking.

 5. How to Read (and Understand What You Are Reading).

 6. How to Do Well on Exams.

 7. How to Write a Good Paper.

II. THE RULES OF THE ROAD.

 8. Cheating and Academic Honesty.

 9. Language Use.

10. Grammar.

11. Punctuation.

Appendix I: Additional Resources.

Appendix II: Review Questions and Exercises.

“Grammar and Other Diseases,” Anna Feigenbaum.

Index.

A Concise Guide to College Success started as one professor's advice to help students negotiate the intricate, often unspoken, rules of how to succeed in college. This valuable, down-to-earth text is concise and offers just the right type of information needed by today's busy but motivated students. Features include:

  • Practical hints about studying, note taking, and succeeding in the classroom, including how to deal with professors
  • A short introduction to critical thinking and logic with exercises
  • Basic rules of grammar, punctuation, language use, and citations
  • Discussion of the importance of education in a successful life, the importance of life outside the classroom, and the value of diversity in education

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