The fourth edition of Peak Performance has been thoroughly updated and revised in light of many helpful comments and suggestions from adopters and reviewers of the previous editions. The goal is to help students become lifelong learners. Each chapter presents several new and revised features to highlight the connection between the world of school and the world of work. Besides these and other features, the Peak Performance text and program offer these advantages:
Peak is the first study-skills text to connect school success and job success. It has many examples in every chapter of this important relationship—PLUS it is the only text to have a Career Development Portfolio that provides students with hands-on experience in linking school and job success.
Peak is the first and only text to have an entire chapter devoted to motivation, character, integrity, and civility. Character issues are becoming more and more important. Our mothers were right—manners do count.
Peak is the only text that offers a comprehensive package of retention tools: Student Retention Kit, Student Planner, extensive Web site, PowerPoint® and ExamView® Pro Testbank CD-ROM, Instructor Resource Manual, etc.—as well as direct access to the author and workshops sponsored by Glencoe/McGraw-Hill.
Peak is geared for all ages and addresses older, working, and reentry students as well. Peak has an easy-to-read, contemporary text that does not talk down to students.
Peak is up-to-date and involves practical application. The author is an active professional who has over 30 years community college and university teaching experience, as well as advising and administrative experience. The author also has a business background and is an active management and student-success consultant, participating in professional organizations and speaking at major student-success conferences.
People from all walks of life can become peak performers by setting goals and developing appropriate attitudes and behaviors to achieve the results they want. Peak performers become masters at creating excellence by focusing on determination. The new fourth edition of Peak Performance provides the knowledge and tools for all students to succeed.
