SSSC 1100 - Transition to College - Study Skills & College Success

Textbooks

Introduction to College and Strategies for Success by Erika Torgeson
Publication Date: 2020
This course focuses on the various components necessary for college planning and academic success. Readiness for college will be explored with special attention given to students' responsibilities, study skills assessment, personal values, motivation, and goal setting. Topics include values clarification, decision making, study skills, choosing a major, the responsible student, and educational planning. Students will identify their educational goals and develop a personal plan to reach those goals.
No Limits by University of Texas at Arlington
Publication Date: 2018
Student Success and First Year Experience are learning community courses at UTA that teach new students academic success skills to aid their transition to college. The goal of the courses is to help students identify their individual needs, determine what resources are appropriate, recognize the faculty role in their development, and formulate a plan for an actively engaged and enriched experience from campus to career.
Learning to Learn Online by Kwantlen Polytechnic University Learning Centres ; Christina Page & Adam Vincent
Publication Date: 2018
Learning to Learn Online helps you prepare for online learning success by introducing you to the online learning environment and your role as a learner within it. As you come to understand yourself as an self-directed learner, you will also be introduced to effective learning strategies: time management for online learners, information management, professional communication, and reading strategies.

Non-Traditional Students

A Different Road To College: A Guide For Transitioning Non-Traditional Students by Alise Lamoreaux, Lane Community College
Publication Date: 2016
A Different Road To College: A Guide For Transitioning Non-Traditional Students is designed to introduce students to the contextual issues of college. Non-traditional students have an ever-growing presence on college campuses, especially community colleges. This open educational resource is designed to engage students in seeing themselves as college students and understanding the complexity of what that means to their lives.
Success Strategies for the Reentry Adults by Concepcion Perez
Publication Date: 2020
Success Strategies for the Adult Re-Entry Student integrates personal growth and values, academic study strategies and critical and creative thinking proficiency for adult reentry students, emphasizing the attainment of lifelong success in academic, professional, and personal development.

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Freshman Experience
The focus of this textbook is preparing students for a college education with the study and life skills they need to become successful students.
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College Success
This course provides new students with an orientation to the college environment. It works to build more capable lifelong learners by combining conceptual knowledge with practical strategies and skills. With engaging content and a focus on applying course concepts to real-world situations, College Success is particularly helpful for first-generation students and those entering college underprepared, academically or otherwise. This course was developed by Lumen Learning with contributing work from Linda Bruce of Goucher College, Ronda Dorsey Neugebauer and Zack Varpness of Chadron State College, and others.
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iSucceed College Success
A derivative of Lumen’s College Success course, this course provides new students with an orientation to the college environment and features additional content developed by SUNY faculty, including a Metaliteracy module. It works to build more capable lifelong learners by combining conceptual knowledge with practical strategies and skills. With engaging content and a focus on applying course concepts to real-world situations, iSucceed College Success is targeted at those who are first-year college students or who are entering college underprepared.
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Learning in a Digital Age - Saylor Academy
Learning in a Digital Age is a credit-bearing course designed to improve digital learning literacies for higher education and help learners gain more value from open educational resources (OER).
College Success - Saylor Academy
This course offers new students an orientation to the college environment. It helps build more capable lifelong learners by combining conceptual knowledge with practical strategies and skills. It will equip you with the basic academic, professional, and personal skills you need to be successful in college.

Study Skills & College Success

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