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Title Your College Experience:  Strategies for Success           CC
Number/Length 12/varied   (priced as 15-minute programs)
Subject/Grade Level Guidance, College Prep/10-12
Producer The University of South Carolina and South Carolina ETV
Date Produced 1994
Support Material Teacher Guide ($5)
  
 
  • Description 
    This series is based on the nationally acclaimed freshman seminar at the University of South Carolina.  Topics include time management, learning styles, listening skills, teachers and students as partners in learning, using libraries, advisors and counselors, selecting a major, and making healthy decisions.
   
   
  • Episodes 
    1. “Keys to Success” includes discussions of decision-making and goal setting. (5:46)
     
    2. “Time Management: The Foundation of Academic Success” explores balancing freedom and responsibility and developing a time management plan. (5:38)
     
    3. “Learning Styles” presents differences in learning and teaching styles and stresses the importance of study groups. (5:10)
     
    4. “Listening and Learning in the Classroom” teaches active listening and effective note taking skills. (4:46)
     
    5. “A Sound Approach to Textbooks” discusses reading difficult text and reading comprehension. (5:08)
     
    6. “Making the Grade” presents test taking strategies and ways to deal with test anxiety. (5:13)
     
    7. “Teachers and Students/Partners in Learning” shows how to feel comfortable with the expectations and behaviors of professors, which differ from those of high school teachers. (5:14)
     
    8. “An Information Age Introduction to the Library” teaches how to use a college library to retrieve and process information. (6:17)
     
    9. “Finding Answers: Your College Catalog and Academic Advisor/Counselor” introduces key college catalog components, defines the role of the academic advisor, and provides tips for developing a good advisor relationship. (5:06)
     
    10. “Major, Career, and Transfer Planning” explores identifying interests and skills, major selection, and career planning. (4:26)
     
    11. “Yourself and Others” shows the benefits of involvement and how to balance respect and assertiveness to communicate effectively. (5:15)
     
    12. “Healthy Decisions: Sexuality, Drugs, and Stress” discusses making responsible decisions and sexual harassment. (5:39)

     
    
 
 

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