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BECOMING A MASTER STUDENT Fifteenth Edition is all about "Embracing the new." As students begin their education, they embrace a new culture and need new tools to be successful. BECOMING A MASTER STUDENT can be their guide! Beginning with a new Power Process motivational article called "Embracing the new" students will be empowered to try new tools presented in the textbook to enhance their experience in college and in life. Tools like the Discovery Wheel and Discovery and Intention Journal System to Power Process articles, Master Student Profiles, and the Kolb Learning Style Inventory (LSI), have made BECOMING A MASTER STUDENT the bestselling College Success textbook and will give students a deeper knowledge of themselves and their power to be successful in college. Integrated technology discussions and tips throughout the chapters help today's students navigate the wide variety of web resources and apps that can support them throughout college. And, with the Fifteenth Edition, Cengage's MindTap Course will bring all of these assets to one place with an integrated technology solution.

416 pages, Unbound

First published March 8, 2006

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96 reviews
January 21, 2011
I thought that this book was really great for the returning college student. I have been out of school for several years now and it helped me in my study skills class to learn (again) how to take notes, effective ways to study and writing papers. Some of it seemed a little redundant, but that was after I got the hang of school again and I was reading stuff I already knew about. It is great though, like I said, for returning college students.
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July 24, 2018
This book was good on so many levels. As a college textbook, I was curious as to how secular it is. Yes, it is secular, but it is also well-balanced. Actually, many things in here can be backed by Scripture.

There are so many good tips about how to live a productive lifestyle--not just how to become a master student. If it weren't so expensive as a textbook, it would be a book I'd recommend left and right. It addresses issues such as schedules, productivity, memory, application (and how to apply), and much, much more. I copied down so many quotes and tips that I will be using!
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87 reviews
August 25, 2019
This is for a student starting school. Of course, like any other book, I did pick up a few usefull ideas in it. It has a lot of worthwhile information in it. I highly recommend it for a student just starting higher education.
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July 5, 2024
Was forced to pump through this thing and answer the questionnaires in less than a week. It’s actually a really good textbook for anyone looking to strengthen their learning and thinking skills, and I might have enjoyed it more if it wasn’t part of a week-long class
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214 reviews
August 7, 2015

The class I used it for is a study skills class and the book has suggestions on study help some of it is useful most of it is waste. Tips on ways to deal with stress and test anxiety I mean come on! They even have a chapter on I'm not kidding "Diversity" I can't connect study skills and diversity someone help me out with that one.
If you are just starting to use this book just know that most of it is common sense and most if not all of the suggest ions the author gives are useless.
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176 reviews
March 9, 2015
Very colorful and helpful.
Everything is sorted by the type of learner you are at the beginning of every chapter.
One of the more useful and helpful textbooks I've had.
I really liked the layout to this book much more than I liked a different textbook (On Course) for a similar course.
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97 reviews3 followers
July 12, 2015
My dad gave me a copy of this when I was in high school and wow what a difference. No, I didn't go from a C student to straight A's, but I did dramatically decrease the time it took me to get my usual A's. And even better, it opened my eyes to learning chances outside of classrooms and books.
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167 reviews8 followers
April 4, 2010
lots of good helpful info in it 4 college
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September 9, 2010
Having taught this book to entry level students, I didn't necessarily appreciate it so much, but the latest edition is very substantive and contains great resources for learning styles.
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September 12, 2011
There's very little in this book that any intelligent person couldn't figure out on their own at least as quickly through self-reflection.
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June 6, 2012
Not much in this book I didn't already know. But it was well written and had a lot of advice in it. Good for students who are maybe straight out of high school.
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18 reviews6 followers
May 19, 2012
Just finished this in a College Success class... REALLY enjoyed this book!!!! Will be staying in my library.
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September 9, 2012
I didn't read 100% of this book because it wasn't required for my class. I do think some of the information is very helpful to new students or students re-entering the school life.
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