Foundations for Learning

Foundations for Learning allows first-year college students to take charge of their own learning and claim their education. Through a combined focus on academic adjustment and personal development issues, this text emphasizes how one's attitude influences the execution of newly learned strategies and skills. The only one of its kind, this text contains the Study Habits Inventory to measure college-level study behaviors, and the Trice Academic Locus of Control scales to assess the attitudinal variables that influence learning.With recent research indicating that most first-year students are more challenged than past generations in making the transition to college, Hazard and Nadeau encourage students to pursue scholarship. From the first chapter, which deals with becoming part of a scholarly community, to the challenging vocabulary used in each chapter, to the theoretical references used to underpin major concepts, Foundations for Learning focuses heavily on academics while also examining emotional and social adjustment issues.Features include: Theoretical Justifications offered for major topics, providing academic substance for each chapter via a psycho-educational perspective. Student Narratives portray realistic stories of first-year students and their struggles with such issues as student-faculty relations, reading comprehension, and participating in class discussion. Make it Personal Questions aim to get students to apply concepts to their own unique situations. Current trends--addressed technology's impact on the college transition (re: Myspace and Facebook). Conversational tone and active style - directed to students without "talking down" to them - offers advice in a straightforward and lucid way. New Diversity chapter - delivered through a unique lens (a discourse approach as opposed to a didactic one).Additional Support in and out of the classroom...Visit the Student Success Supersite ( www.prenhall.com/success ), where students and faculty will find an array of resources. In addition, instructors will be pleased to know that Foundations For Learning offers an Instructor's Manual and PowerPoint slides.Hazard, Laurie L. is the author of 'Foundations for Learning', published 2008 under ISBN 9780138132026 and ISBN 013813202X.