Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-292) and indexes.

What's on your mind? -- Critical thinking : how will higher-order thinking skills improve academic success? -- Goal setting : if you know what you want to do, why do you need to read about goal setting? -- Organizing time and space : how will these skills improve academic performance and reduce your stress? -- Learning styles : how will knowing your learning style help with your studies? -- Class time : how can you be more successful during class time? -- Note taking : how will effective notes help you understand class material? -- Reading : you have to read 1,000 pages by when? -- Memory : why do you forget, and what can you do about it? -- Test taking : how can you improve your test-preparation and test-performance skills? -- Information literacy : how can you use information and technology for your benefit? -- Civility : how can working with others affect your academic success? -- The choices you make : how do your current decisions affect your future?