AAA115 - Creating College Success
Paradise Valley Community College
Course Handouts

Journals:

Chapter 1: Getting On Course to Your Success

• Forks in the Road (1-1_fork.pdf)
• Five Suggestions for Creating a Meaningful On Course Journal (1-2_five_sugg.pdf)
• Choices of Successful Students (1-3_choices.pdf)
• SCANS and On Course (1-4_scans.pdf)
• Self-Esteem: What is it? (1-5_self_esteem.doc)
• Formula for Computing Your Grade Point Average (1-6_gradepoint.pdf)

Chapter 2: Accepting Personal Responsibility

• Language of Responsibility (2-1_language.doc)
• Excuses/Reasons (2-2_excuses.doc)
• A + B = C (2-3_a_b_c.doc)

Chapter 3: Discovering Self-Motivation

• Roles and Goals (3-1_roles.doc)
• Guess My Dream (3-2_guess_dream.doc)
• My Life Plan (3-3_my_life_plan.doc)
• Blank Concept Map (3-4_concept_map.pdf)

Chapter 4: Mastering Self Management

• Big Rocks (Big Rocks First.doc)
• Calendar (4-1_calendar.pdf)
• Sample Next-Actions List (4-2_samp_next_act.pdf)
• Next-Actions List (4-3_next_actions_list.pdf)
• Sample Tracking Form (4-4_samp_track_form.pdf)
• Tracking Form (4-5_tracking_form.pdf)
• 32-Day Commitment (4-6_commitment.pdf)

Chapter 5: Employing Interdependence

• Scavenger Hunt (On-CourseScavengerHunt.doc)
• Study-Team Bingo (5-2_study_team.doc)

Chapter 6: Gaining Self Awareness

• Character Cards (6-1_character_cards.doc)
• Changing Habits (6-2_changing_habits.doc)

Chapter 7: Adopting Lifelong Learning

• Making Course Corrections (7-1_corrections.doc)

Chapter 8: Developing Emotional Intelligence

• I'm Willing to Feel… (8-1_willing_to_feel.pdf)
• Right Now I Feel… (8-2_now_i_feel.doc)
• Ways to Love Myself Physically (8-3_ways_to_love_myself.doc)

Chapter 9: Staying On Course to Your Success

Study Strategies (LSC Tip Sheets)

• Avoiding Plagiarism
• Improving Memory
• Improving Vocabulary
• Learning to Learn
• Preparing for Exams
• Process of Writing
• Taking Lecture Notes
• Taking Text Notes
• Textbook Study Strategy: Plan-Do-Review
• Time Management
• Using Typography
• Writing a Research Paper