We are pleased to announce the revised 4th edition of Foundations of Learning. Though there are several new features of this edition, the most noticeable is that the whole book is now in color! We'd like to add that there has been no price increase over the black-and-white edition ($50 before bookstore markup.) We love this book and want it to be as interesting, engaging, and meaningful as possible...and while we stand firmly behind the content of the book, regardless of its appearance, we are also aware that color opens up whole new worlds.

While this shift from black-and-white to color might not affect textual content, full-color printing was not simply an aesthetic choice. Color allowed us to convey additional information:

Visibility

color can enable better detection,
discrimination, and recognition

 Attention

color can be used to spotlight information
and bring it into conscious perception

Meaning and Association

colors have multiple associations (green = natural/go; red = hot/stop, for example) and can be associated with specific concepts through intentional presentation and repetition

All the rubrics presented in the book use color in precisely this way (see the images at right). Once students become familiar with two or three rubrics where color reinforces different skill levels, they are able to focus that much more quickly on skill levels for new rubrics.

Additionally, because Foundations of Learning uses virtual students as models, the more we can do to make those students seem realistic, the more likely it is that students using the book will pay attention to them, react to them, and learn from them.

Another important upgrade from the 4th edition is that we have added a new chapter: Time Management. We previewed a portion of this new chapter in the previous issue of Reflections; we'd now like to offer you the opportunity to view that entire chapter.

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ISBN: 978-1-60263-101-4
Fourth Edition, Revised
414 pages 
$67 ($9 S/H)

For anyone interested in learning more or learning how to facilitate a course with Foundations of Learning, there is a

Student Success Institute

focused specifically on

Facilitating with Foundations of  Learning

scheduled for June 22 and 23 at St. Louis

College of Pharmacy, St. Louis, MO.

Pacific Crest is willing to cover registration fees for instructors who adopt Foundations of Learning ($450 per person without an adoption).

For more information, contact us!

If you're interested in adopting Foundations of Learning or would like to learn more, please contact us:

inquiries@pcrest.com

630-737-1067