P.O.W.E.R. Learning and Your Life: Essentials of Student Success

by Robert S. Feldman

POWER is the only research-based First Year Experience series with a unifying system for students to develop essential critical thinking and problem-solving skills. POWER Learning maximizes students' potential for success in college and life by addressing a diverse student population with real-world examples and applications in the context of their career in an engaging, accessible and meaningful way. Connect tools like SmartBook 2.0’s adaptive reading experience helps solidify students’ understanding of the foundational material, while others like the interactive Application-Based Activities put students in real-world situations to help them apply course concepts.

336 pages, Paperback

First published January 7, 2010

About the author

Robert S. Feldman is Dean in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, and Professor of Psychology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Feldman, who is winner of the College Distinguished Teacher award, has also taught courses at Mount Holyoke College, Wesleyan University, and Virginia Commonwealth University.

A Fellow of the American Psychological Association and the American Psychological Society, Feldman received a B.A. with High Honors from Wesleyan University and an M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is winner of a Fulbright Senior Research Scholar and Lecturer award and has written more than 100 books, book chapters, and scientific articles. In addition, he is on the Board of Directors of the Federation of Associations in Behavioral and Brain Sciences (FABBS).

His books, which have been translated into languages ranging from Spanish and French to Chinese and Japanese, include The Liar in Your Life, Understanding Psychology, Essentials of Understanding Psychology, Fundamentals of Nonverbal Behavior, Development of Nonverbal Behavior in Children, Social Psychology, Development Across the Life Span, and P.O.W.E.R. Learning: Strategies for Success in College and Life. His research interests include honesty and deception and impression management. His research has been supported by grants from the National Institute of Mental Health and the National Institute on Disabilities and Rehabilitation Research.

Reviews

[Kevin Driskill]

This book is packed with facts and easily read on several levels. There is the straight through the text method. Then there are snippets in the margin to summaries and mark the broader content, commentary, practice and illustrations . Each chapter has extensive wrap-up and intro. Good content on learning and managing school work. Do not be deceived by the price that this book is well bound. It is essentially a magazine, a good one, but a magazine at best. This book is so well done it deserves a good cover, maybe the next edition.

[Karen Pless Gaines]

Very informative