Your College Experience
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John N. Gardner
John N. Gardner brings unparalleled experience to students as an author. The recipient of his institutions highest award for teaching excellence, John has over forty years of experience directing and teaching in the most widely emulated first-year seminar in the country, the University 101 course at the University of South Carolina (USC), Columbia. John is universally recognized as one of the countrys leading educators for his role in initiating and orchestrating an international reform movement to improve the beginning college experience, a concept he coined as "the first-year experience." He is the founding executive director of the National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition at USC, as well as the Policy Center on the First Year of College and the John N. Gardner Institute for Excellence in Undergraduate Education (www.jngi.org), both based in Brevard, N.C.
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Betsy O. Barefoot
Betsy O. Barefoot is a writer, researcher, and teacher whose special area of scholarship is the first-year seminar. During her tenure at USC from 1988 to 1999, she served as co-director for research and publications at the National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition. She also taught University 101 and graduate courses on the first-year experience and the principles of college teaching. She conducts first-year seminar faculty training workshops around the world and is frequently called on to evaluate first-year seminar outcomes. Betsy is co-director and senior scholar in the Policy Center on the First Year of College and Vice President of the John N. Gardner Institute for Excellence in Undergraduate Education both in Brevard, N.C. In her Policy Center role she led a major national research project to identify institutions of excellence in the first college year. She currently works with both two- and four-year campuses in evaluating all components of the first year.
Table of Contents
Part One Foundations
Chapter 1 Thriving in College and Life
Student Profile
Welcome to Your College Experience
Thriving in College and Life
Making the Most of the College Success Course and this Textbook
The First Day of This Course
Introducing VIPS: Very Important People
Students
Instructors
Staff Members/Administrators/Advisers
The Value of College
Accessing Better Jobs, Higher Salaries, a Better Life
Preparing for Graduate or Professional Education
Developing Lifelong Friendships and Professional Networks
Building Academic Skills
Considering Other Outcomes
Exploring Purpose and Setting Goals
Considering Purpose
Getting Started with Goal Setting
Setting SMART Goals
Making Choices
Locus of Control
Guided Pathways and the Downside of Poor Choices
Being "HIP" In College: Participating in High-Impact Practices
What are High-Impact Practices?
When, How, and Why Should I Be HIP?
techtip: E-mail with Style
Build Your Experience
Chapter 2 Cultivating Motivation, Resilience, and Emotional Intelligence
Student Profile
The Importance of Motivation, Attitude, and Mindsets
Motivation
Attitude
Mindsets
Resilience
Understanding Emotional Intelligence
Perceiving and Managing Emotions
The Role of Emotional Intelligence in Everyday Life
Improving Emotional Intelligence
Identifying Your EI Skills and Competencies
How Emotions Influence Success and Well-Being
techtip: Build a Digital Persona
Building Your Experience
Chapter 3 Time Management
Student Profile
Managing Your Time
Taking Control of Your Time
Your Memory Cannot Be Your Only Planner
Using Time-Management Tools
Procrastination
techtip: Organize Your Time
Overcoming Procrastination
Dealing with Distractions
Managing Your Energy
Establishing a Routine
Setting Priorities
Find a Balance
Don’t Overextend Yourself
Stay Focused
Appreciating the Value of Time
Creating a Workable Class Schedule
Scheduling Your Classes in Blocks
Build Your Experience
Chapter 4 How You Learn
Student Profile
How People Learn
Learning Theories
Learning Preferences
The VARK Learning-Styles Inventory
Use VARK Results to Study More Effectively
The Kolb Inventory of Learning Styles
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
Multiple Intelligences
When Learning Styles and Teaching Styles Conflict
techtip: Navigate Online Learning with Your College LMS
Learning with a Learning Disability
Attention Disorders
Cognitive Learning Disabilities
Build Your Experience
Part Two Preparing to Learn
Chapter 5 Thinking in College
Student Profile
College-Level Thinking: Higher and Deeper
Problem Solving in and out of Class
Making a Choice between Slow and Fast Thinking
Collaboration
Creativity
Becoming a Critical Thinker
Asking Questions
Considering Multiple Points of View and Drawing Conclusions
Making Arguments
Challenging Assumptions and Beliefs
Examining Evidence
Recognizing and Avoiding Faulty Reasoning
Applying Bloom’s Taxonomy
Bloom’s Six Levels of Learning
Bloom’s Taxonomy and the First Year of College
techtip: Use your Critical-Thinking Skills in Conducting Research
Build Your Experience
Chapter 6 Reading to Learn
Student Profile
A Plan for Active Reading
Previewing
Strategies for Marking Your Textbook
Reading with Concentration
Reviewing
Chapter 7 Getting the Most from Class
Student Profile
Become Engaged in Learning
Prepare for Class
Participate in Class
Listen Critically and with an Open Mind
Speak Up
Take Effective Notes
Note-Taking Formats
Note-Taking Techniques
techtip: Explore Note-Taking Programs and Apps
Review Your Notes
Compare Notes
Class Notes and Homework
Build Your Experience
Chapter 8 Studying
Student Profile
Studying in College: Making Choices and Concentrating
How Memory Works
Connecting Memory to Deep Learning
techtip: Use the Cloud
Myths about Memory
Improving Your Memory
Strategies for Remembering
Studying to Understand and Remember
Build Your Experience
Chapter 9 Test Taking
Student Profile
Getting Ready…
Prepare for Test Taking
Prepare for Math and Science Exams
Prepare Physically
Prepare Emotionally
Tips for Test Taking
Types of Tests
Problem Solving Tests
Machine-Scored Tests
Computerized Tests
Laboratory Tests
Open-Book and Open-Notes Tests
techtip: Conquer Online Tests
Take-Home Tests
Types of Questions
Essay Questions
Multiple-Choices Questions
Fill-in-the-Blank Questions
True/False Questions
Matching Questions
Overcoming Test Anxiety
Symptoms of Test Anxiety
Types of Test Anxiety
Strategies for Dealing with Test Anxiety
Getting the Test Back
Cheating
What is Cheating?
Why Students Cheat and the Consequences of Cheating
Build Your Experience
Chapter 10 Information Literacy and Communication
Student Profile
Information Literacy
Learning to Be Information Literate
What’s Research—and What’s Not?
Choosing, Narrowing, and Researching a Topic
Using the Library
The 20-Minute Rule
Scholarly Articles and Journals
techtip: Conduct Effective Searches
Periodicals
Books
Evaluating Sources
Relevance
Authority
Bias
Using Your Research in Writing
The Writing Process
Steps to Good Writing
Know Your Audience
The Importance of Time in the Writing Process
Citing Your Sources
About Plagiarism
Using Your Research in Presentations
Guidelines for Successful Speaking
Build Your Experience
Part Three Preparing for LIfe
Chapter 11 Majors and Careers
Student Profile
Careers and the New Economy
Characteristics of Today’s Economy
Building a Professional Mindset for Life after College
Working with an Academic adviser
Prepare for Your First Meeting with Your Academic Adviser
Know the Right Questions to Ask about Your Major
Learn How to Select Your Classes
Explore Course Options and Pay Attention to Your Grades
Deal with a Mismatch
Finding Career Resources on Your Campus
Getting to Know Yourself
Assess Your Career Competencies
Clarify Your Personal and Workplace Values
Understand Your Skills, Aptitudes, Personality, and Interests
Using the Holland Model
Gaining Professional Experience
Internships and Other Professional Work Experiences
techtip: Join the Professional Community
Part-Time Work in College
Marketing Yourself and Putting it All Together
Branding "You, Inc."
Building a Résumé
Writing a Cover Letter
Putting it All Together
Build Your Experience
Chapter 12 Relationships
Student Profile
Building Relationships with College Instructors
What Your Instructors Expect from You
What You Can Expect from Your Instructors
What You Can Expect from Your Peer Leader
Make the Most of the Learning Relationship
Understanding Academic Freedom
Handling a Conflict between You and an Instructor
Family Connections
Marriage and Parenting during College
Relationships with Your Parents
Homesickness
Personal Relationships
Roommates
Romantic Relationships
Maintaining Sexual Health
Communicating about Safe Sex
Avoiding Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)
Using Birth Control
Protecting Yourself and Others against Sexual Assault and Violence
Communicating in a Digital Age
Get Involved
To Greek or Not to Greek?
Working
techtip: Build a Digital Persona
Community Service
Build Your Experience
Chapter 13 Diversity and Inclusion
Student Profile
Exploring Diversity and Inclusion
Ethnicity, Culture, Race, and Religion
Other Differences You Will Encounter in College
Bias, Stereotyping and Microaggressions
Overcoming Discrimination, Prejudice, and Insensitivity on College Campuses
Raising Awareness
What You Can Do to Stand for Inclusion on Campus
Expanding Your Worldview
Embracing Diversity in College
Embracing Diversity in the Workplace
Embracing Diversity in Life
techtip: Go Beyond the Filter
Build Your Experience
Chapter 14 Wellness
Student Profile
Understanding Wellness
Managing Stress to Maintain Wellness
The Importance of Good Nutrition
Body-Positivity: Having a Healthy Self-Image
Exercising to Maintain Wellness
Getting Enough Sleep to Maintain Wellness
Spirituality
Emotional Health
Alcohol and Other Substances
Alcohol Use
Tobacco
Mairjuana
Prescription Drugs
techtip: Turn Off Your Screens for Better Sleep
Build Your Experience
Chapter 15 Money
Student Profile
Living on a Budget
Creating a Budget
Cutting Costs
Understanding Financial Aid
Types of Aid
Navigating Financial Aid
Qualifying for Aid
How to Keep your Funding
Achieving a Balance between Working and Borrowing
Advantages and Disadvantages of Working
Student Loans
Managing Credit Wisely
Understanding Credit
techtip: Track Your Budget with Digital Tools
Debit Cards
Planning for the Future
Build Your Experience
Glossary
Index
Product Updates
- Three brand-new Instructor Activity Guides designed to reinforce and expand upon the skills in Achieve’s goal-setting and reflection surveys.
- An Instructor Guide that details strategies on how to use the survey results to effectively discuss students’ goals and progress.
Better, more inclusive learning experience. The new edition puts diversity, inclusion, and social belonging at the core of its pedagogy. With the guidance of Macmillan Learning’s Editorial Board for Diversity, Inclusion, and Culturally Responsive Pedagogy (DICR Board), the photos, text examples, and content coverage throughout the book have been extensively revised ensuring that the perspectives in each chapter truly reflect the diversity of students in todays classrooms. Learn more about this group here.
• Updated Chapter 13: Diversity and Inclusion contains new, updated, and expanded coverage of key topics like bias, gender identity, and abelism, as well as broader inclusion topics and strategies for maintaining an inclusive campus culture.
Enhanced coverage of mental health and wellness. The new edition has been revised with a new contributor, Warrenetta Mann, Director of Counseling & Psychiatric Services at the University of South Carolina, to address one of the key barriers to student success--mental health.
• Updated Chapter 14: Wellness now discusses self-care, loneliness, body positivity and more.
• A new Wellness Toolkit includes a directory of adaptive coping and self-care strategies, including managing anxiety and depression, getting enough sleep, navigating loneliness, homesickness, social media, and eating well and exercising.
• Two new tech tips offer best practices for using social media and getting enough sleep.
Reorganized Chapter 12: Relationships covers the importance of building and maintaining relationships with instructors, family, roommates, peers, and romantic partners. This chapter features new coverage on Homesickness and updated coverage of connecting with others online.
Authors
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John N. Gardner
John N. Gardner brings unparalleled experience to students as an author. The recipient of his institutions highest award for teaching excellence, John has over forty years of experience directing and teaching in the most widely emulated first-year seminar in the country, the University 101 course at the University of South Carolina (USC), Columbia. John is universally recognized as one of the countrys leading educators for his role in initiating and orchestrating an international reform movement to improve the beginning college experience, a concept he coined as "the first-year experience." He is the founding executive director of the National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition at USC, as well as the Policy Center on the First Year of College and the John N. Gardner Institute for Excellence in Undergraduate Education (www.jngi.org), both based in Brevard, N.C.
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Betsy O. Barefoot
Betsy O. Barefoot is a writer, researcher, and teacher whose special area of scholarship is the first-year seminar. During her tenure at USC from 1988 to 1999, she served as co-director for research and publications at the National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition. She also taught University 101 and graduate courses on the first-year experience and the principles of college teaching. She conducts first-year seminar faculty training workshops around the world and is frequently called on to evaluate first-year seminar outcomes. Betsy is co-director and senior scholar in the Policy Center on the First Year of College and Vice President of the John N. Gardner Institute for Excellence in Undergraduate Education both in Brevard, N.C. In her Policy Center role she led a major national research project to identify institutions of excellence in the first college year. She currently works with both two- and four-year campuses in evaluating all components of the first year.
Table of Contents
Part One Foundations
Chapter 1 Thriving in College and Life
Student Profile
Welcome to Your College Experience
Thriving in College and Life
Making the Most of the College Success Course and this Textbook
The First Day of This Course
Introducing VIPS: Very Important People
Students
Instructors
Staff Members/Administrators/Advisers
The Value of College
Accessing Better Jobs, Higher Salaries, a Better Life
Preparing for Graduate or Professional Education
Developing Lifelong Friendships and Professional Networks
Building Academic Skills
Considering Other Outcomes
Exploring Purpose and Setting Goals
Considering Purpose
Getting Started with Goal Setting
Setting SMART Goals
Making Choices
Locus of Control
Guided Pathways and the Downside of Poor Choices
Being "HIP" In College: Participating in High-Impact Practices
What are High-Impact Practices?
When, How, and Why Should I Be HIP?
techtip: E-mail with Style
Build Your Experience
Chapter 2 Cultivating Motivation, Resilience, and Emotional Intelligence
Student Profile
The Importance of Motivation, Attitude, and Mindsets
Motivation
Attitude
Mindsets
Resilience
Understanding Emotional Intelligence
Perceiving and Managing Emotions
The Role of Emotional Intelligence in Everyday Life
Improving Emotional Intelligence
Identifying Your EI Skills and Competencies
How Emotions Influence Success and Well-Being
techtip: Build a Digital Persona
Building Your Experience
Chapter 3 Time Management
Student Profile
Managing Your Time
Taking Control of Your Time
Your Memory Cannot Be Your Only Planner
Using Time-Management Tools
Procrastination
techtip: Organize Your Time
Overcoming Procrastination
Dealing with Distractions
Managing Your Energy
Establishing a Routine
Setting Priorities
Find a Balance
Don’t Overextend Yourself
Stay Focused
Appreciating the Value of Time
Creating a Workable Class Schedule
Scheduling Your Classes in Blocks
Build Your Experience
Chapter 4 How You Learn
Student Profile
How People Learn
Learning Theories
Learning Preferences
The VARK Learning-Styles Inventory
Use VARK Results to Study More Effectively
The Kolb Inventory of Learning Styles
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
Multiple Intelligences
When Learning Styles and Teaching Styles Conflict
techtip: Navigate Online Learning with Your College LMS
Learning with a Learning Disability
Attention Disorders
Cognitive Learning Disabilities
Build Your Experience
Part Two Preparing to Learn
Chapter 5 Thinking in College
Student Profile
College-Level Thinking: Higher and Deeper
Problem Solving in and out of Class
Making a Choice between Slow and Fast Thinking
Collaboration
Creativity
Becoming a Critical Thinker
Asking Questions
Considering Multiple Points of View and Drawing Conclusions
Making Arguments
Challenging Assumptions and Beliefs
Examining Evidence
Recognizing and Avoiding Faulty Reasoning
Applying Bloom’s Taxonomy
Bloom’s Six Levels of Learning
Bloom’s Taxonomy and the First Year of College
techtip: Use your Critical-Thinking Skills in Conducting Research
Build Your Experience
Chapter 6 Reading to Learn
Student Profile
A Plan for Active Reading
Previewing
Strategies for Marking Your Textbook
Reading with Concentration
Reviewing
Chapter 7 Getting the Most from Class
Student Profile
Become Engaged in Learning
Prepare for Class
Participate in Class
Listen Critically and with an Open Mind
Speak Up
Take Effective Notes
Note-Taking Formats
Note-Taking Techniques
techtip: Explore Note-Taking Programs and Apps
Review Your Notes
Compare Notes
Class Notes and Homework
Build Your Experience
Chapter 8 Studying
Student Profile
Studying in College: Making Choices and Concentrating
How Memory Works
Connecting Memory to Deep Learning
techtip: Use the Cloud
Myths about Memory
Improving Your Memory
Strategies for Remembering
Studying to Understand and Remember
Build Your Experience
Chapter 9 Test Taking
Student Profile
Getting Ready…
Prepare for Test Taking
Prepare for Math and Science Exams
Prepare Physically
Prepare Emotionally
Tips for Test Taking
Types of Tests
Problem Solving Tests
Machine-Scored Tests
Computerized Tests
Laboratory Tests
Open-Book and Open-Notes Tests
techtip: Conquer Online Tests
Take-Home Tests
Types of Questions
Essay Questions
Multiple-Choices Questions
Fill-in-the-Blank Questions
True/False Questions
Matching Questions
Overcoming Test Anxiety
Symptoms of Test Anxiety
Types of Test Anxiety
Strategies for Dealing with Test Anxiety
Getting the Test Back
Cheating
What is Cheating?
Why Students Cheat and the Consequences of Cheating
Build Your Experience
Chapter 10 Information Literacy and Communication
Student Profile
Information Literacy
Learning to Be Information Literate
What’s Research—and What’s Not?
Choosing, Narrowing, and Researching a Topic
Using the Library
The 20-Minute Rule
Scholarly Articles and Journals
techtip: Conduct Effective Searches
Periodicals
Books
Evaluating Sources
Relevance
Authority
Bias
Using Your Research in Writing
The Writing Process
Steps to Good Writing
Know Your Audience
The Importance of Time in the Writing Process
Citing Your Sources
About Plagiarism
Using Your Research in Presentations
Guidelines for Successful Speaking
Build Your Experience
Part Three Preparing for LIfe
Chapter 11 Majors and Careers
Student Profile
Careers and the New Economy
Characteristics of Today’s Economy
Building a Professional Mindset for Life after College
Working with an Academic adviser
Prepare for Your First Meeting with Your Academic Adviser
Know the Right Questions to Ask about Your Major
Learn How to Select Your Classes
Explore Course Options and Pay Attention to Your Grades
Deal with a Mismatch
Finding Career Resources on Your Campus
Getting to Know Yourself
Assess Your Career Competencies
Clarify Your Personal and Workplace Values
Understand Your Skills, Aptitudes, Personality, and Interests
Using the Holland Model
Gaining Professional Experience
Internships and Other Professional Work Experiences
techtip: Join the Professional Community
Part-Time Work in College
Marketing Yourself and Putting it All Together
Branding "You, Inc."
Building a Résumé
Writing a Cover Letter
Putting it All Together
Build Your Experience
Chapter 12 Relationships
Student Profile
Building Relationships with College Instructors
What Your Instructors Expect from You
What You Can Expect from Your Instructors
What You Can Expect from Your Peer Leader
Make the Most of the Learning Relationship
Understanding Academic Freedom
Handling a Conflict between You and an Instructor
Family Connections
Marriage and Parenting during College
Relationships with Your Parents
Homesickness
Personal Relationships
Roommates
Romantic Relationships
Maintaining Sexual Health
Communicating about Safe Sex
Avoiding Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)
Using Birth Control
Protecting Yourself and Others against Sexual Assault and Violence
Communicating in a Digital Age
Get Involved
To Greek or Not to Greek?
Working
techtip: Build a Digital Persona
Community Service
Build Your Experience
Chapter 13 Diversity and Inclusion
Student Profile
Exploring Diversity and Inclusion
Ethnicity, Culture, Race, and Religion
Other Differences You Will Encounter in College
Bias, Stereotyping and Microaggressions
Overcoming Discrimination, Prejudice, and Insensitivity on College Campuses
Raising Awareness
What You Can Do to Stand for Inclusion on Campus
Expanding Your Worldview
Embracing Diversity in College
Embracing Diversity in the Workplace
Embracing Diversity in Life
techtip: Go Beyond the Filter
Build Your Experience
Chapter 14 Wellness
Student Profile
Understanding Wellness
Managing Stress to Maintain Wellness
The Importance of Good Nutrition
Body-Positivity: Having a Healthy Self-Image
Exercising to Maintain Wellness
Getting Enough Sleep to Maintain Wellness
Spirituality
Emotional Health
Alcohol and Other Substances
Alcohol Use
Tobacco
Mairjuana
Prescription Drugs
techtip: Turn Off Your Screens for Better Sleep
Build Your Experience
Chapter 15 Money
Student Profile
Living on a Budget
Creating a Budget
Cutting Costs
Understanding Financial Aid
Types of Aid
Navigating Financial Aid
Qualifying for Aid
How to Keep your Funding
Achieving a Balance between Working and Borrowing
Advantages and Disadvantages of Working
Student Loans
Managing Credit Wisely
Understanding Credit
techtip: Track Your Budget with Digital Tools
Debit Cards
Planning for the Future
Build Your Experience
Glossary
Index
Product Updates
- Three brand-new Instructor Activity Guides designed to reinforce and expand upon the skills in Achieve’s goal-setting and reflection surveys.
- An Instructor Guide that details strategies on how to use the survey results to effectively discuss students’ goals and progress.
Better, more inclusive learning experience. The new edition puts diversity, inclusion, and social belonging at the core of its pedagogy. With the guidance of Macmillan Learning’s Editorial Board for Diversity, Inclusion, and Culturally Responsive Pedagogy (DICR Board), the photos, text examples, and content coverage throughout the book have been extensively revised ensuring that the perspectives in each chapter truly reflect the diversity of students in todays classrooms. Learn more about this group here.
• Updated Chapter 13: Diversity and Inclusion contains new, updated, and expanded coverage of key topics like bias, gender identity, and abelism, as well as broader inclusion topics and strategies for maintaining an inclusive campus culture.
Enhanced coverage of mental health and wellness. The new edition has been revised with a new contributor, Warrenetta Mann, Director of Counseling & Psychiatric Services at the University of South Carolina, to address one of the key barriers to student success--mental health.
• Updated Chapter 14: Wellness now discusses self-care, loneliness, body positivity and more.
• A new Wellness Toolkit includes a directory of adaptive coping and self-care strategies, including managing anxiety and depression, getting enough sleep, navigating loneliness, homesickness, social media, and eating well and exercising.
• Two new tech tips offer best practices for using social media and getting enough sleep.
Reorganized Chapter 12: Relationships covers the importance of building and maintaining relationships with instructors, family, roommates, peers, and romantic partners. This chapter features new coverage on Homesickness and updated coverage of connecting with others online.
Inclusive learning for social belonging
Your College Experience provides a comprehensive, trusted framework for making the crucial first year of college impactful, inclusive, and positive for all students. For this groundbreaking new edition, the book’s long-acclaimed authors partnered with Macmillan Learning’s DICR Editorial Board to make diversity, inclusion, and social belonging the driving forces behind every word, photo, and example. Combined with new coverage on mental health, resilience, and mindset, Your College Experience speaks to the real needs of today’s students, helping them overcome their barriers to success and become successful students in academic communities they can call their own.
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Are you a campus bookstore looking for ordering information?
MPS Order Search Tool (MOST) is a web-based purchase order tracking program that allows customers to view and track their purchases. No registration or special codes needed! Just enter your BILL-TO ACCT # and your ZIP CODE to track orders.
Canadian Stores: Please use only the first five digits/letters in your zip code on MOST.
Visit MOST, our online ordering system for booksellers: https://tracking.mpsvirginia.com/Login.aspx
Learn more about our Bookstore programs here: https://www.macmillanlearning.com/college/us/contact-us/booksellers
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Our courses currently integrate with Canvas, Blackboard (Learn and Ultra), Brightspace, D2L, and Moodle. Click on the support documentation below to find out more details about the integration with each LMS.
Integrate Macmillan courses with Blackboard
Integrate Macmillan courses with Canvas
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If you’re a verified instructor, you can request a free sample of our courseware, e-book, or print textbook to consider for use in your courses. Only registered and verified instructors can receive free print and digital samples, and they should not be sold to bookstores or book resellers. If you don't yet have an existing account with Macmillan Learning, it can take up to two business days to verify your status as an instructor. You can request a free sample from the right side of this product page by clicking on the "Request Instructor Sample" button or by contacting your rep. Learn more.
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Sometimes also referred to as a spiral-bound or binder-ready textbook, loose-leaf textbooks are available to purchase. This three-hole punched, unbound version of the book costs less than a hardcover or paperback book.
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Achieve (full course) includes our complete e-book, as well as online quizzing tools, multimedia assets, and iClicker active classroom manager.
Most Achieve Essentials courses do not include our e-books and adaptive quizzing.
Visit our comparison table for details: https://www.macmillanlearning.com/college/us/digital/achieve/compare
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Achieve (full course) includes our complete e-book, as well as online quizzing tools, multimedia assets, and iClicker active classroom manager.
Achieve Read & Practice only includes our e-book and adaptive quizzing, and does not include instructor resources and assignable assessments. Read & Practice does integrate with LMS.
Visit our comparison table for details: https://www.macmillanlearning.com/college/us/digital/achieve/compare
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We can help! Contact your representative to discuss your specific needs for your course. If our off-the-shelf course materials don’t quite hit the mark, we also offer custom solutions made to fit your needs.
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Your College Experience
Your College Experience provides a comprehensive, trusted framework for making the crucial first year of college impactful, inclusive, and positive for all students. For this groundbreaking new edition, the book’s long-acclaimed authors partnered with Macmillan Learning’s DICR Editorial Board to make diversity, inclusion, and social belonging the driving forces behind every word, photo, and example. Combined with new coverage on mental health, resilience, and mindset, Your College Experience speaks to the real needs of today’s students, helping them overcome their barriers to success and become successful students in academic communities they can call their own.
New! Achieve courseware for Your College Experience sets the standard for driving student learning in your college success course with powerful learning content, engaging activities, and actionable insights and analytics. Achieve brings together an interactive e-textbook, LearningCurve adaptive quizzing and other assessments and activities, plus extensive instructor resources–all within a new, enhanced technology platform carefully built over the past five years. In order to support students’ self-regulated learning and success, Achieve includes Goal-setting and Reflection Surveys. This series of quick, actionable pre-built surveys is designed to get students to set goals for themselves and reflect on their learning throughout the semester.
Select a demo to view:
Sample Achieve