- The LTL System A unique learning system which builds on natural thinking skills. Recommended for National Dissemination by the U.S. Department of Education as the most effective student success program for college students.
- Empower Yourself Students use LTL skills to solve problems and sort through daily-living issues.
- Student Voices Personal success stories that your students they can identify with &endash; from recent high school grads, adults returning to school, students with a wide range of backgrounds.
- Learning Styles Inventory Students evaluate themselves as left/right brain learners; big picture/detail focus learners; high/low structure learners. They also discover when and where they learn best.
- Reaching For The Top Students take Success Inventories and chart their college readiness before and after the freshman seminar course. Students see the gains they've made ]during the course.
- Life Skill Issues Students learn how to apply the Four LTL Thinking Tools to solve personal and social problems in: values; relationships with others; managing time; being a residential or commuter student; reducing stress; maintaining health; handling financial matters; and career planning.
- Internet Exercises Includes reprinted information on doing Internet research from The Internet for Dummies. Internet exercises on a wide range of freshman seminar topics are also provided.
- Being All That You Can Be Includes new self-esteem strategies unique to LTL.
- Going Back To School Helps adults returning to school resolve issues relating to work, family, and a new self-image.
- LTL Games Classroom games that make key ideas vivid.
- LTL National Scholarshio Award Winners of this award will receive $1000 in tuition expense reimbursement.
- Student Voices Personal success stories that your students they can identify with &endash; from recent high school grads, adults returning to school, students with a wide range of backgrounds.
What are LTL's long-term impacts?
Learning to Learn® is the only college-level program that the U.S. Department of Education found to have significant, long-term impacts on college students' grade point averages and retention through graduation. The studies validated by the Department of Education showed these LTL results:
- At 2-year colleges: 40% improvement in retention through graduation as compared with other interventions
- At 4-year colleges: 20% improvement in retention through graduation as compared with other interventions
- You can get the same results at your college. The LTL studies show that 97 out of 100 colleges would have significant improvements in student retention rates with LTL.
- These improvements resulted from LTL, not other factors: LTL and non-LTL students in the studies were equivalent on race, sex, age, number and types of courses taken, previous academic achievement, college entrance exam scores, and motivation to take the course.
Free LTL Supplements
Toll-free telephone consulting
Call us at 800-28-THINK (800-288-4465) if you have any questions about teaching Learning to Learn®.
Instructor's Manual
Complete package of information, including: Step-by-step instructions for teaching this course; sample course syllabi for 1-, 2-, and 3-credit courses; student handouts; and transparency masters.
Controlled study
We will help you conduct your own study comparing LTL's impact on your students to the effect of any freshman seminar program you have used in the past.
Learning to Learn® video
A 2-hour video which can be used (1) to train faculty new to Learning to Learn® and (2) as an instructional support in the classroom.
Motivational video
A video of interviews with past LTL students who describe the impact LTL has had on their academic and personal success.
Customized syllabus
On request, we will prepare a free, customized syllabus to help you adjust this course to your students' needs, the length of your course, and special freshman-related events on your campus.
LTL National Scholarship Contest
LTL students will write an essay of 800 words or less on the topic, "How the Four LTL Skills Made a Difference in My Life." An award plaque will be presented to the winner at each LTL college. The three national winners will receive $1000 in tuition expense reimbursement.