How to Solve a Problem: Insights for Critical Thinking, Problem-Solving, and Success in College - Couverture rigide

Donald, Kelling J.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1032203684 ISBN 13 : 9781032203683

Editeur : CRC Press, 2023

Synopsis

This concise and accessible resource offers new college students, especially those in science degree programs, guidance on engaging successfully with the classroom experience and skillfully tackling technical or scientific questions. The author provides insights on identifying, from the outset, individual markers for what success in college will look like for students, how to think about the engagement with professors as a partnership, and how to function effectively in that partnership toward achieving their pre-defined goals or markers of success. It is an ideal companion for science degree prospects and first-generation students seeking insight into the college experience.

• Offers transferable problem-solving ideas and skills applicable for other disciplines and future careers
• Provides new students with support and inspiration for their college experience
• Includes guidance for successful interactions with professors, peers, professionals, and others
• Encourages thoughtful determination of desired outcomes from the college experience and shaping one's actions toward accomplishing those objectives

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Kelling J. Donald is a professor of Chemistry, and currently Clarence E. Denoon Jr. Chair in the Natural Sciences, and an Associate Dean in the School of Arts and Science at the University of Richmond (UR). A theoretical chemist by training, he teaches students across the undergraduate Chemistry curriculum, in Introductory and Physical Chemistry courses, and mentors undergraduates in research, employing theoretical and computational approaches to solve chemical problems. Among other acknowledgments of his work with undergraduates, he has received the Distinguished Educator award from UR and the Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award from the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation. Born in Jamaica, he lives in Richmond, Virginia.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: CRC Press
• Date d'édition: 2023
• ISBN 10: 1032203684
• ISBN 13: 9781032203683
• Reliure: Relié
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 132
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible