This text is a multi-faceted instructional program that gives first-year students the essential tools they require to learn productively and succeed academically. In addition to providing highly effective study and test preparation skills, the book also trains students to think analytically, critically, and strategically. It systematically offers a range of specific, easy-to-learn and -use methods for identifying, understanding, and solving the day-to-day problems individuals are likely to encounter in college and in life.