description: This academic preparation text provides essential information about academic success through a hands-on approach that uses interactive discussion techniques to cover over 100 success strategies. The first five chapters lay a foundation for academics success, then chapters 6–11 contain the interactive discussions. Each chapter includes Case Studies that demonstrate how some students have overcome academic hurdles using a variety of success strategies; Take It Away summaries that highlight strategies covered and encourage students to apply them to academic and personal life; and Questions for Critical Thought which allow students to practice critical-thinking skills, reflect on their own difficulties, and assess the strategies most likely to work for them.
language: English
title: Overcoming the Hurdles to Academic Success: Strategies that Make a Difference
titlecomplete: Overcoming the Hurdles to Academic Success: Strategies that Make a Difference
publisher: Houghton Mifflin College Div