The eagerly anticipated 4^th Edition of Foundations of Learning is now available. While much of the core Process Education content remains the same as in the previous edition, we’ve really shaken things up in an attempt to engage today’s first-year college students. Today’s students face new challenges and complexities, and are far more technologically adept than students of previous generations. We put these facts together and realized that we needed to find a way to make the tools and processes that ensure student success interesting and engaging...in a word, cool.

As you use this book in your classroom, your students will follow the experiences and growth of model students who are also confronting, struggling with, and responding to the content of Foundations of Learning. They will watch Sandra discover the value of the Personal Development Methodology as she works to cope with a personal life that begins to jeopardize her education, observe Ken finding out that the Learning Process Methodology can be used to learn almost anything, follow Jennifer as she applies the Theory of Performance to help her realize her goals, and share the fun as several of these students come together to work as a collaborative team. While the stories are engaging, they also model high-quality student performance and allow your students the opportunity to explore the increasingly complex content of Foundations of Learning in a way that is not simply theoretical.

Behind the stories is a treasure trove of Process Education-based tools such as methodologies, models, and rubrics. There are also interactive and writing-intensive sections such as, What Do YOU Think? and Critical Reflection, which give students the opportunity to respond to engaging prompts and challenges, even as they practice their written communication skills.

Additionally, and perhaps most importantly for their long-term success, students are required to assess their ongoing performance as college students and learners in a Foundations of Learning course, throughout the book, and therefore over the course of a semester or term.

But because seeing really IS believing, we invite you to take a look at what this book has to offer:

Please note that the .pdf files available here are for review purposes only.