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College Knowledge : What It Really Takes for Students to Succeed and What We Can Do to Get Them Ready, Paperback / softback Book

College Knowledge : What It Really Takes for Students to Succeed and What We Can Do to Get Them Ready Paperback / softback

Paperback / softback

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Although more and more students have the test scores and transcripts to get into college, far too many are struggling once they get there.

These students are surprised to find that college coursework demands so much more of them than high school.

For the first time, they are asked to think deeply, write extensively, document assertions, solve non-routine problems, apply concepts, and accept unvarnished critiques of their work.

College Knowledge confronts this problem by looking at the disconnect between what high schools do and what colleges expect and proposes a solution by identifying what students need to know and be able to do in order to succeed. The book is based on an extensive three-year project sponsored by the Association of American Universities in partnership with The Pew Charitable Trusts.

This landmark research identified what it takes to succeed in entry-level university courses.

Based on the project's findings - and interviews with students, faculty, and staff - this groundbreaking book delineates the cognitive skills and subject area knowledge that college-bound students need to master in order to succeed in today's colleges and universities.

These Standards for Success cover the major subject areas of English, mathematics, natural sciences, social sciences, second languages, and the arts.

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