Champions in the Classroom
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Lanham, MD
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781475818215
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Mike Candrea; title: What I bring to the game; title: Dumb jocks or demi-gods; title: Introduction; title: Part one : Mini history of sports and culture.; title: Sports grows up and goes to college : the birth of intercollegiate sports; title: Stars and stripes : games on the corner lot; title: Can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em : rules of the game; title: Birth of the NCAA; title: Winning is everything?; title: Putting an end to Underwater Basket-Weaving 101; title: Formation of new watchdog group : the Knight Commission; title: Why join the NCAA?; title: Understanding the hurdles : academic success is a challenge; title: Show me the money : high school athletics; title: Part two : Recipes for developing a winning support program.; title: The right stuff : characteristics of a good support team; title: The game changers : ideas for helping high school athletes; title: Support team players : role of advisors and counselors; title: Special teams : a learning specialist's contribution to student-athlete success; title: The game plan : components of the support program; title: The coach approach : master plan from a master coach; title: The head coaches : tutoring programs; title: First things first : the fundamentals for building a game plan; title: The head-head coach : directing the tutoring program; title: Textbook reading : a tutor's guide; title: Tutors, take note : strategies for effective note-taking; title: The clock's running : a tutor's guide to managing time; title: Reach for the prize : helping athletes with goal-setting; title: Keeping up : helping students avoid procrastination; title: Sweaty palm syndrome : tutors can calm exam anxiety; title: Understanding test formats; title: Being critical is good : critical thinking; title: Just do it : motivational theories; title: Let's check this out : assessments; title: The tutors' tool kit : tutoring strategies; title: Part three : The playbook : strategies for academic success.; title: Where am I and how did I get here? : Goal setting; title: If you play the waiting game you'll lose : ways to ban procrastination; title: Keeping your head in the game : textbook reading tips; title: Maybe I'll have time next week : guide to time management; title: No doodling please : taking good notes; title: Don't choke : winning over exam anxiety; title: The game plan : preparing for the big exam; title: Don't believe everything : critical thinking; title: Making fans out of faculty : working with instructors; title: Smoothing the bumpy road : handling the challenges of travel; title: Life after athletics : out of the uniform, into the suit; title: Appendix : The tool box; title: About the author