Champions in the classroom / Penny Turrentine.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Turrentine, Penny, 1944-

Contributor:

Albert E. Visk, W'28, Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

College athletes--Education.

College athletes.

College sports.

Physical Description:

xxii, 228 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2015]

Summary:

Little has been written about the problems student-athletes encounter in attempting to balance their sports with the grueling demand for academic success in classrooms. As a resource guide for professionals, Champions in the Classroom offers a model and historical perspective for understanding the challenges faced by "student-athletes" while providing solutions and guidance to put the needed emphasis on "student." Penny Turrentine also provides a "Playbook," written in jargon that athletes understand, which offers students the methods for not only testing themselves but to easily understand their strengths and weaknesses. This book strives to conquer academic problems that student-athletes face and shows how to win in the classroom. - Publisher.

Contents:

Foreword / Mike Candrea

What I bring to the game

Dumb jocks or demi-gods

Introduction

Part one : Mini history of sports and culture. Sports grows up and goes to college : the birth of intercollegiate sports

Stars and stripes : games on the corner lot

Can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em : rules of the game

Birth of the NCAA

Winning is everything?

Putting an end to Underwater Basket-Weaving 101

Formation of new watchdog group : the Knight Commission

Why join the NCAA?

Understanding the hurdles : academic success is a challenge

Show me the money : high school athletics

Part two : Recipes for developing a winning support program. The right stuff : characteristics of a good support team

The game changers : ideas for helping high school athletes

Support team players : role of advisors and counselors

Special teams : a learning specialist's contribution to student-athlete success

The game plan : components of the support program

The coach approach : master plan from a master coach

The head coaches : tutoring programs

First things first : the fundamentals for building a game plan

The head-head coach : directing the tutoring program

Textbook reading : a tutor's guide

Tutors, take note : strategies for effective note-taking

The clock's running : a tutor's guide to managing time

Reach for the prize : helping athletes with goal-setting

Keeping up : helping students avoid procrastination

Sweaty palm syndrome : tutors can calm exam anxiety

Understanding test formats

Being critical is good : critical thinking

Just do it : motivational theories

Let's check this out : assessments

The tutors' tool kit : tutoring strategies

Part three : The playbook : strategies for academic success. Where am I and how did I get here? : Goal setting

If you play the waiting game you'll lose : ways to ban procrastination

Keeping your head in the game : textbook reading tips

Maybe I'll have time next week : guide to time management

No doodling please : taking good notes

Don't choke : winning over exam anxiety

The game plan : preparing for the big exam

Don't believe everything : critical thinking

Making fans out of faculty : working with instructors

Smoothing the bumpy road : handling the challenges of travel

Life after athletics : out of the uniform, into the suit

Appendix : The tool box

About the author.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-223) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Albert E. Visk, W'28, Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

1475818211

9781475818208

1475818203

9781475818215

OCLC:

898424393

Publisher Number:

99963611026