Download or read book Your College Experience written by John N. Gardner and published by Bedford/St. Martin's. This book was released on 2007-01-04 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Authored by three of the nation's leading experts on the first-year experience, this Concise Edition of Your College Experience continues a 20-year tradition of straightforward, realistic, and intelligent coverage of the skills students need to succeed in college. Each edition is revised based on information uncovered during exhaustive research, surveys on the First Year Experience, and course outcome measurements. Gardner, Jewler, and Barefoot outline the strategies students need to sharpen their skills in note taking, reading, memorizing, writing, and test-taking; enhance social relationships; get to know themselves better by exploring their values; learn vital information about staying healthy; connect to information on career planning; and more!