Our research involving more than 400 instructors established that poor student motivation is one of the biggest challenges you face in this course--and we were certain that the Successful Intelligence theme could help you address it. Ninety-five percent of our reviewers, class testers and focus group participants agreed: Our innovative, text-wide theme of Successful Intelligence will motivate students. It will also help students achieve more than if they used standard study methods based on analytical skills alone.
What is Successful Intelligence?
The concept of Successful Intelligence is based on the idea that analytical, creative, and practical thinking skills are not fixed. More than that, this framework moves individual students from self-awareness to action as they integrate and apply analytical, creative, and practical thinking skills. -Analytical intelligence, often referred to as critical thinking, is the ability to assess, analyze, compare, and evaluate information. -Creative intelligence is the ability to innovate--to generate and defend ideas, shift perspective, take risks, and think oustide the box. -Practical intelligence is the ability to understand and manage yourself, understand others, implement ideas, and find ways to adapt to or change your environment. This A-C-P approach has been proven to improve student achievement across age, gender, socioeconomic status, and culture. Students learn that they are more than their test scores. They learn more about who they are as thinkers and how they learn. They build creative and practical skils in concert with analytical skills dicovering how to balance these skills to reach goals more successfully than if they'd used one skill alone.
How Can You Teach with it?
View the faculty training DVD on Successful Intelligence. Visit our faculty online training site with author Joyce Bishop and a community of others to ask for teaching strategies, tips, and ideas. Attend the yearly Denver training seminar hosted by authors Joyce Bishop and Carol Carter--or call the Keys hotline at 877-737-8510. Have students listen to each chapter's podcast from author Sarah Kravits on how to apply Successful Intelligence to the chapter coverage. Investigate the Instructor's Manual. Introductory material describes how to teach Successful Intelligence. Then, each chapter highlights the skills your students will build. The Companion Website and Test Bank offer essay and short-answer questions asking students to apply their A-C-P thinking skills.
Keys to Success
Building Analytical, Creative and Practical Skills
Keys to Business Communication
Success in College, Career and Life
Keys to Effective Learning
Developing Powerful Habits of Mind
Keys to College Studying
Becoming an Active Thinker
Keys to Nursing Success
Keys to Business Success
Keys to Engineering Success
Keys to Science Success
Keys to Liberal Arts Success
Free Phone Assistance
If you need help thinking through your syllabus, class plans and strategy, or would like guidance on how to use this book, any of its supplements, or technology, please call author Carol Carter toll-free at 877-737-8510
Joyce holds a Ph.D. in psychology and has won numerous teaching awards. She is in charge of Developmental Studies at Golden West College in Southern California.
